Helping Hands, Saving Hands

My thoughts on Elder Aoyagi's talk "Helping Hands, Saving Hands"

I could only cry when I read this talk. My prayer is that their is a saving hand in the life of my children. I've always hated the phrase, "It takes a village to raise a child," because I thought it was promoting the giving away of responsibility of raising your own children to others, but I've come to look upon it differently. It isn't that it takes a village, it takes their support and their help especially when they are older. My honest and fervent prayer is that there is someone out there who will be the saving hands to my family. They will follow this council:

"They follow the counsel of the prophet—not out of duty or responsibility but of their own free will, anonymously and joyfully.
"Sometimes we feel that we are weak and lack the strength to rescue others, but the Lord reminds us, “Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25:40)."

I need someone to come save my family. I've done (and am doing) all I can. I too plead like President Monson:
“My brothers and sisters, we are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness—be they family members, friends, acquaintances, or strangers. We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us.”