Thornton Mom

Derek took me for a hike Saturday.  It was a wonderful date.  So nice to be in nature, get some exercise, and talk to my best friend.  He is the best!!  I am so grateful to be his wife. This morning was one of those mornings where I had so much I wanted to accomplish and no way to get it all done.  But I was on track getting dressed to go Visiting Teaching when I had the prompting that I really needed to prepare a lesson.  I couldn't just wing it.  I had been prompted to do this all day yesterday and kept putting it off.  So I looked at the clock and realized I had an extra 5 min. and decided that would be enough time.  I prayed and then found my Ensign and began to read. Now I had read this message at least twice and had it read to me by my visiting teachers but it wasn't until I sat down and tried to focus and tried to see what the Lord wanted me to learn that I was truly taught. Elder D. Todd Christofferson  of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: "The Sav