A year ago, I was called to be the Primary Chorister in my ward. I was terrified. A few months earlier, I had been the Gospel Doctrine teacher but that was NOTHING compared to Primary. Sheer terror. I shook and struggled thru my first few weeks in there with those intimidating children. All 120+ of them...
Then, as the new year came and we were working on the songs for the year, I realized that I would have to lead them in the PRIMARY PROGRAM! Again, sheer terror. I dreaded the fall because that meant we'd have to do the program and I didn't think I could lead them.
But each week that passed, I realized that I LOVE PRIMARY!!!!! I don't ever want to leave it. I adore the children SO much and love their spirit, joy, enthusiasm, innocence, and craziness. I think I have the best calling in the world. It is definitely the most demanding Sunday calling I have ever had. There have been weeks that it is more like a work out than singing time. In the last month, we've doing singing time for almost 2 hours straight a few times which, admittedly, is exhausting. But I love it.
Yesterday was our program. That dreaded program. But about 2 months ago, I stopped being afraid of it. And last week, I didn't worry about it at all. Sunday morning came and I wasn't nervous. And the kids ROCKED! They sang better than ever, remembered their words, stood up and sat down together...they made me so proud!!
Then, the 3 oldest nursery classes got to come in for 10 minutes of singing time during Primary to practice being in there in preparation for them moving into Primary in January. So Keara got to come sing! She had been so excited about it for 2 weeks. Unfortunately, her class sat in the back of the room while the other 2 classes sat on the floor at the front. It was funny to see how shy she became. I hope next week will be more fun for her as she can be up at the front with her friends. I'm excited to have her come in for good in January.
I know I'll have other callings, but I think my heart will always be in Primary now.
2 comments:
Uh oh! It's usually right when you start loving & getting the hang of your calling that you get released and switched! Just when you learn how to fully trust yourself and the Lord in these things, He challenges you to apply it somewhere else. Beware! The only way out of this is to not love it so much, but what's the fun in that?
The program was awesome Cheri!!
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