First, there are lots of changes at our household. William left for this mission. A son leaves; a daughter will move into our household. Things have not worked for her in this economy. So, she is forced to move in with us. And, I will potentially become a grandfather sometime in August. My third daughter just broke up with a friend with an emotional investment of over a year.
Two weeks ago, Samuel had his board of review for the rank of star in Boy Scouts. You need to understand, for his last two board of reviews, the one for tenderfoot and the one for first class, he had been grilled about many details of being a Boy scout: Tying knots, Outdoor code, scout oath, scout law, first aid, swimming, camping, cooking and so forth. So, for this board of review, he pulled down his Boy Scout handbook and reviewed all the information. He reviewed it everyday from Wednesday to Sunday, when the Board of review was to occur. In-fact just before the review, he crammed a few more minutes of scanning his handbook. So he has his board of review with Brother B. I can see Brother B’s point of view, “It is late after church, I’m hungry,” Anyway, the way I heard it from Samuel, Brother B checks his book to see that all the paperwork has all the proper signoff an so forth. He says, “I see that you have all the proper sign offs, scout spirit, the 6 merit badges the leadership, and your interview with Brother Hemmis. I have one question for you, What did you do for your 6 hours of service?”
Well, Samuel was taken aback by that. Please understand, in the last year since he completed 6 hours of service. For example, he helped with the cleaning our road here, he helped with the yard work at the Washington DC temple, he help with scouting for food, he helped with a service project over at the Shriver’s, he and Nathan and Brother Y helped on a project for Christmas when they took gifts to different families. So, he had done the service. However, when that question hits, its, “what have I done lately?”
Most of our acts of service, we do them, and they go away. We normally don’t keep a ledger of these acts. There is a myth that our heavenly father records them. Maybe he does and maybe he does not. What we know is, what we record on earth is recorded in heaven.
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