"Promise me you'll always remember, You are BRAVER than you believe, You are STRONGER than you seem, And you are SMARTER than you think." ~Christopher Robin

Thursday, May 5, 2011

"Tend that for me."


Mother's day thoughts from a poem from President Monson's biography.

"Father, where shall I work today?"
And my love flowed warm and free.
Then He pointed out a tiny spot
And said, "Tend that for me."
I answered quickly, "Oh no, not that!
Why no one would ever see,
No matter how well my work was done.
Not that little place for me."
And the word He spoke, it was not stern;
He answered me tenderly:
"Ah, little one, search that heart of thine:
Art thou working for them or for me?
Nazareth was a little place,
And so was Galilee."

This makes me teary and puts things into perspective. Happy Mother's day!

4 comments:

Heidi-n-Scott said...

Ah, I love this!! Thank you for sharing! I really love that poem. Hope you don't mind if I put it on my blog too. :)

The Littlefields said...

I do like that! I've never heard it before. Thanks!

Vee said...

That's beautiful! I love that.

Recksieks said...

Thank you for sharing that beautiful poem! Happy "late" Mothers Day!