At least now I can hide...

behind the organ in church.  I have really hated having to sit alone during Sacrament Meeting.  My husband has to sit up front, as he has most of our married life, but I had always had children to sit with me.  That changed when Miranda began attending the Singles Ward last Fall.

So I have been sitting alone...

But yesterday I received a new calling to be the Ward Organist.  At least one problem has been solved.  Now I have another one to face.   This is really going to push me.  I have never really paid much attention to the organ.  I think that subconsciously I thought it would be an effective way of burying my talent. "Oh no, I can play the piano but I CAN'T play the organ..."

I was given the opportunity a few years ago to be the organist, but it was such a brief calling.  I figured I must have been fired cause I didn't do a very good job.  I suppose I get to try again.

The downside of a new calling is being released from an old one.  I have been a Sunday School teacher for the 16-18 year olds.  Wow.  That, too, has been a challenge.  A delight at times, to be sure.  But a challenge nonetheless.

I am thankful that the Lord gives us new challenges.  What a great way to push ourselves and discover new abilities.  In my heart, I believe that I will always be a teacher.  I have had so many wonderful opportunites to teach in Young Womens, Relief Society, Sunday School, and Seminary.  That is when I am stretched the most.  That is when I grow the most.

One calling I have never had is as a Primary teacher.  I guess the Lord knows that would be asking way too much of me.  The thought makes me quiver in my boots...