Day 17- WoW!

I can't believe I am past my half way mark! It's been amazing to do service everyday! Yesterday was Day 17, and I was very productive. I took Kathryn with me and we did some Major Shopping! It was great! One of my service's yesterday might not seem like a service, but believe me it was a huge "gift" for the person. Let me start by saying, I have road rage! Kyle can attest to that! I have no problem rolling down my window, leaning out and yelling at someone for cutting me off ( I actually did that in the church parking lot on the 4th of July!), so yesterday, as I was driving down the parking lot lane- minding my own business and following the rules- this lady decided to cut across all of the lanes and just drifted right in front of me and took my parking spot...."Oh No You Didn't!" ( imagine my head swerving like a black girl!). My blood pressure instantly rocketed and I was all ready to give the girl a tongue lashing when I got out of the car....but instead, I decided to leave it alone. I could tell she was stalling in her car. She knew what she had done and she could see me coming, so she wasn't getting out of her car. When she finally did, I walked right past her and into the store. That might seem weird, but to me, I gave her a huge service! I'm sure she was grateful that I didn't yell at her.

This morning when I was reading scriptures with my kids, Nephi is asking the Lord to help him to not make any room in his heart for anger against his enemies. 2 Nephi 4:26-35 is so wonderful! I truly feel the same desire. I pointed out to my kids that at the time, Nephi's enemies were his own brothers! I would hate for my kids to feel like they were enemies. It must have broken Nephi's heart. That lady at the store is my heavenly sister, and I need to love her and not allow any anger in my heart towards her.

This quest has made me think of service in a different way. I'm not getting any comments from anybody! Is anyone else doing service? I want to hear about it!! I'll blog about Day 18 later tonight.