Church

I get excited for Sundays. I enjoy seeing the people there and feeling the Spirit. Today my new bishop called me into his office. We sat down and chatted for a few minutes. He wanted to get to know me a little bit. So we chatted and then as he was wrapping up the conversation he asked me if there was anything he could do for me. I don't think i have ever answered this question with anything but "no", "i don't know", "i don't think so", or "i think i am good" before. You know, home teachers ask it, VT ask it, bishops before have asked it. i never have anything, or want to bother them. Today i said "yes." Today i asked my bishop for a calling. He smiled at me and said "in fact we do have a calling for you." And he gave me a calling. I am not officially called or sustained, so i don't think i am supposed to say what it is, right? So get excited for a post next week.
I also knew that he was going to give me the calling he gave me. I was not surprised at all. I was thinking today about why i thought to ask my bishop for a calling. Usually i shy away from the bishop cornering me with that "calling" look in his eye. I think it is because i am nervous he is going to give me a calling that is going to be super hard for me like teaching Sunday school or something. With all those people starring at me for like 40 minutes. Yeah, it scares the trash out of me. But today i wanted a calling. Do you ever have those moments in your life where you know you need something in your life to challenge you spiritually? Or to make you better at something? Or to force you to get involved? (i don't know if that even makes sense.) I knew the calling he would give me. I knew it would be hard. But i knew that i would be better for it. And i am totally drawn to anything that can take the focus off my life. Off the struggles, and the worry that i am completely stupid for moving to TX all together. I need something good and uplifting and happy in my life to escape everything else. Maybe this calling will be it.