I know it's Christmas week and most people's lives are revolving around that now. Mine will be soon. And hopefully I can get my mind to focus on it when it's time. (I fly to Georgia tomorrow.) But right now there a lot of big things happening that have nothing to do with Christmas. Or travel. Or the time with family that I have been anticipating and working for for a very long time.
On Sunday I was released from my calling as a counselor in the stake YW presidency (I was by then the 1st counselor, basically same difference). It was in every possible way a shock. A shock. How it happened was completely informal and weird. And just added to the shock. It caught me completely off guard. And took hours to really sink in. The president was released, so I was too.
And then there were the suggestions that I might be called as counselor to the new president and that put in limbo for awhile. But finally I decided (with some help of the Spirit and a wise Nancy sister), I am released. I will assume that's that (and that feels very good).
I don't know that I've still processed the looking back part. I might do that later. Might be a few weeks (in part because of other things happening, not calling related; those will come to the blog. later). But I have now processed the reality that this just happened. Things I don't understand aside. It helped to have good conversations and prayer.
After talking, crying, praying, listening to the Spirit on Sunday night, I had a good, good sleep. On Monday morning I woke up and felt the release.
The term "release" has taken on a new meaning I haven't experienced before. I felt the weight lifting off my shoulders. One thing at a time, I thought of what this would mean and I felt so much pressure and doing-hard-things and responsibility drain away. In a way it left me tired (like muscles as stress leaves), but it was nice too. I feel released.
p.s. Nancy had texted me because she just called to her stake YW presidency. I guess the baton has been passed in more ways than one.
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I'm glad you got your own confirmation of your release. Sometimes things get lost in the shuffle. Thankful for personal revelation and a Heavenly Father who loves us enough to answer prayers. Thanks for the reminder.
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