Let Him Do It with Simplicity

My thoughts on Elder Perry's talk Let Him Do It with Simplicity

Four things. How simple and yet how complex.

Food! At our house food comes and goes like it was water. My kids are never satisfied unless I make something and then I hear choruses of "I’m not hungry." Feeding a family of six, most of which are teens, is hard work. I feel like I should give up most days as I'm never going to get ahead.

Clothing! We don't have the modesty fight at our house, thankfully. We have the pick them up off the floor fight! And the "that's MINE!" fight.

Shelter! Staying within your means is hard--especially when you are home educating your kids. I try so hard to stay within our budget but it so hard. Who doesn't get music lessons? Who doesn't get extra? Who gets short changed? BUT, we have been warned and those who didn't heed are in trouble. Thankfully we think we can weather this financial storm, but of course my children may not like the food they eat during that time. Oh, well, they are feed, shelter and clothed.

Fuel! With a teen driver boy has our gasoline bill shot up! Of course he is very good about where he drives, because he has to fill the tank up too. Thankfully the prices are falling finally but it will never be enough. But Elder Perry wasn't talking about fuel for the car or home, but for our souls.

Just as our cars need fuel to get from point A to point B our bodies need the proper fuel to get back to our Heavenly Father. Just like at the gas station, we must first pay for that fuel. But unlike the gas station the charge is our will. I think that is harder to give up than money, but we must give it as it is the only way to pay. "We must acquire knowledge of God’s eternal plan and our role in it, and then by living righteously, surrendering our will to the will of the Lord, we receive the promised blessings."