The Book of Martha: I Love My Son

Thursday, August 25, 2011

I Love My Son

“For tomorrow belongs

to the people

who prepare for it today.”

--African Proverb

I don't mean to single out my son Tommy (like he's my favorite or something), but it has been so good to have him home. He came home one year ago today from his Texas mission. He's been helpful and fun and I just had to say so. I'm feeling so grateful and proud of him. I just don't know how long he'll be living with us, but I'm enjoying the moment. Sooner or later he'll be moving on.

He has decided he wants to become a carpenter. He wanted to do that when he came home from his mission, but the work wasn't out there to support him in that endeavor. In the meantime, he's worked a little, went to school a little, talked with co-workers, friends, and family. He's done some investigating, thinking, weighing all his options, plus lots of praying. Work has picked up this summer, so he's feeling confident about pursuing carpentry again. Making a decision about a career is often difficult. Happily Tom has found his way. This will be a foundation he can build on.

We've been working on my dad's house this summer (pictures to come later). Tom's been very helpful with that project. He's learning more than just carpentry. I'm feeling very happy about his choice. Best Wishes Tommy!

Janna and Tommy
Mormon Night at Dodger Stadium

2 comments:

families are foreverAugust 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM
It is always so nice to have direction. Good Luck!
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THE HATHCOCK'SAugust 26, 2011 at 11:00 PM
It is so nice when we have these great moments of joy because of our childrens choices!
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Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.

And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

Moroni 10:3-5

“Search the scriptures—search the revelations … and ask your Heavenly Father, in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, to manifest the truth unto you, and if you do it with an eye single to His glory nothing doubting, He will answer you by the power of His Holy Spirit. You will then know for yourselves and not for another. You will not then be dependent on man for the knowledge of God; nor will there be any room for speculation.”

Joseph Smith,
from Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 11–12.

"It is the Holy Ghost who testifies that Jesus Christ is the Beloved Son of a Heavenly Father who loves us and wants us to have eternal life with Him in families. With even the beginning of that testimony, we feel a desire to serve Him and to keep His commandments. When we persist in doing that, we receive the gifts of the Holy Ghost to give us power in our service. We come to see the hand of God more clearly, so clearly that in time we not only remember Him, but we come to love Him and, through the power of the Atonement, become more like Him."

--President Henry B. Eyring,

“O Remember, Remember,” Ensign, Nov 2007, 66–69