5 in 1

Last night it I attended my daughter's induction to Junior Beta. A club at school that she was selected to be a part of because she is a good student and an even better child.

I was there with my wife and my son to support her. One of my daughter's best friends at school as also inducted and her parents and sister were there also. One of the students helping in the induction is on my soccer team. I also saw some people from our church that were there to support their daughter.

After the induction I realized (learned) that in that instance I was 1 person but had 5 different roles (titles). I was a father to my daughter and son, I was a husband to my wife, I was a friend to the Young's, I was a soccer coach to a student and I was a Bishop to the Ghanhems. I am just one person but I realized last night that in that brief hour I represented 5 different things to the different groups of people I was with.

I have learned over the last year or so that I can not do this (life) alone. I was thankful for the talk given in Priesthood session by President Eyring (if memory serves me) regarding how it is OK to realize you can not do it alone becuase you can't. You need help from our Heavenly Father and his Son Jesus Christ. I find myself in my daily prayers telling my Father in Heaven that I do not and can not do it alone. When I say "it" I mean: be a great husband, be a great father, be an adequate Bishop, go to work and provide for my family, be my children's soccer coach, be a good friend, help my neighbors, do good in the community, etc..... I was grateful to hear President Eyring's words that it is OK to admit you can not do it alone.