Spiritual Perspective.

Before church this morning, I was thinking how great it would be to start making a profoundly spiritual post to my blog each and every Sunday. I have a few times in the past, but I want to express this fervent side of me and share my testimony more often. So, I was sitting in sacrament meeting today and was wanting to take away something really illuminating to share on the blog. I was focused on focusing, listening, learning. Instead, I found myself hushing and shushing, getting books out, putting books away, feeding Cheerios, eating Cheerios, cleaning Cheerios, one potty break, one crying baby exit, etc. I was struggling to just begin to write something, anything spiritually driven. I decided procrastination was the best answer, and maybe, just maybe, tomorrow will hold more enlightenment.

Now that it is Monday, today's blogging purpose is to finish yesterday's post. Instead I chose to catch up on everyone else's blogs I read, when I stumbled upon a blog belonging to a very dear, childhood friend, Kasia, the Diana to my Anne of sorts. I will talk more about her later, for now I will finish this post. While catching up on the last I-can't-bear-to-think-of-how-many years, I came across this entry in her blog and it epitomized every emotion I was feeling and conjured the solution for which I searched. She was discussing Lehi's vision of The Tree of Life as told in 1 Nephi 8, and says Lehi PARTOOK of the fruit of the tree of life and it filled his soul with exceedingly great joy [while] many of the people simply TASTED of the fruit and they were ashamed and fell away and were lost. SO...What is the difference between partaking and tasting? Tasting refers to getting acquainted with or maybe testing the flavor of something; whereas, partaking means to share in something or to take part in something. I reflect on this a lot in my life, because I feel that I can easily get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. I really want to be a partaker of God's greatest gift. I don't want to just taste of it. I really want to *share in* and *take part in* eternal life with my family and with God.