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Today my heart is heavy…for others.  I feel so blessed.  I am so blessed.  My biggest worries today are if my kids will eat what I am preparing for dinner.  And how sore I'll be tomorrow from my kickboxing workout today. 

So many people - loved ones and those that I don't know – are facing challenges and discouragement.  And I wish that I could help lift some of that burden from others sometimes.  Derek often says, that as a bishop, one of the blessings that come from that responsibility is to be able, at times, to help people let go of some of the burdens they carry. 

So, today, for you who struggle, or weep, or feel that your burdens are heavy…

the mother who is overwhelmed by grief
the mother who worries and prays for her teenager
the grandmother who worries prays for her newborn grandbaby
the friend who feels she is not enough
the Japanese father who worries where his family's next meal will come from, and wonders about their future
the Libyan mother who waits in fear

For all of them, and all of the others, I pray today for grace, for strength, for peace.

And I express gratitude for THIS day – where my worries and burdens are so light.  For I know that "he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:45)  So today I will bask in the sun, but pray hard for those in the rain.