My lot in life

I received a new calling last night. I was extended a release from teaching Sunday School for the adults in our ward and a new call was issued. My husband and I are to be the Cub Scout leaders for a group of little boys in our ward who have a really hard time together. I get the impression that there may be some bullying going on and that they really dislike one another.

I have loved my Sunday School class. The study it took to prepare lessons for them was stimulating and fun and very intense for me and I enjoyed the interaction with the adults in our ward. I will be sad to see it end; but if I believe that the Lord extends new calls (and I do) then, this is a new challenge and opportunity in my life to make a difference in someone else's life. These little boys seem to me to be comparable to the little boys that I used to raise in my own family. The Spirit whispers to me that this is right and that "all things work together for he who loves God." (Romans 8:28).

Allen and I have been given a great opportunity to affect the lives of our young Scouts for good; and we will, with the Lord's help, be able to do that. In return, these little guys may just fill a void in my life left by our own boys who have grown up and moved on with their own families and pursuits. I pray that will be the outcome.

So, with faith in God to help me and with the guidance of the Spirit to comfort and lead me, I will accept this new calling with anticipation, trusting in the Lord with all my heart (Prov. 3:5).