10 Mar 10 - 17 Mar 10

11:25 AM

When All Is Said And Done - The Standards

When the music fades into the past
When my days of life are through
What will be remembered of where I've come
When all is said and done

Will they say I loved my family
That I was a faithful friend
That I lived to tell of God's own son
When all is said and done


Time That's Left - Mark Schultz

What will you do with the time that’s left
Will you live it all with no regret?
Will they say that you loved till your final breath?
What will you do with the time that’s left?

Oh, Hallelujah!
Oh, Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Amen

What will you do with the time that’s past?
Oh and all the pain that seems to last?
Can you give it to Jesus and not look back?
What will you do with the time that’s past?

Oh, Hallelujah!
Oh, Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Amen

What will He say when your time has come?
When He takes you into His arms of love?
With tears in His eyes will He say well done?
What will He say when your time has come?

Oh, Hallelujah!
Oh, Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
(Lord be present in all my ways,
help me follow You all my days oh Father God)
Amen

What will you do with the time that’s left?
Will you live it all with no regret
Will they say that you loved till your final breath?
What will you do with the time?

I love these two songs cause it makes me think of who I am and who I want to become. For the longest time, I couldn't figure out who I was. I think I'm still trying to figure that part but for the most part I think I've got it figured out...

I think I'm the stereotypical Hero type. It's never been in my nature to pick on the weak or afflicted or peculiar person (and if I have done that I've done away with it). I was never one to give up on someone. It's not in me to betray anyone and I can't seem to not stand up for what is right.

I see a lot of problems with the world or society. We all want to be like those superheroes in comics who do just that. But it's hard. We're imperfect. We criticize and demean and bring others down. As that Reel Big Fish album says, "We're not happy till you're not happy." It seems like this is the world that we've created.

I don't want to live in that world. I want to live in that comic book world where there ARE heroes out there waiting to rescue us and save the day. Unfortunately for me, I seem to have stepped up and taken that position. I'm socially awkward and unaccepted because of the way I choose to act (can you believe it?). Yet I keep running into people who needed me to come into their lives and save them.
Ghandi said, "Be the change you want to see in the world." It's going to be a long hard road but that seems to be a goal of mine. To change the world for the better even if it's one person at a time.

I bet a lot of you are wondering, "what is he going on about?" In truth, I don't know. I just like to reflect on things that are WAY beyond me. If I only have milk, I'd starve. Meat's so much more tastier anyways. And the funny thing is that I understand.

So I'm going to ask what I've been asked a lot in the past, if Jesus came tomorrow would you be prepared to meet Him. If not, what do you need to do in order to look Him straight in the eyes? What would you give up just to hear Him say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." For me, right now, I gave up two years of my life to prepare the way for His coming. But like I say, this won't be the end for me.

"Never give up. Never surrender."

Elder Garcia