Out of the mouth of babes...
This past Sunday I taught the Relief Society lesson at church. My lesson was from Elder Renlund's talk at General Conference. http://http//www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1117-31,00.html We talked about working to keep our hearts from becoming hardened. During the lesson I asked Aubree to play "I am a Child of God" on her violin. I prefaced this with a story from her hospital days. After Aubree was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and had gone through her second brain surgery, she had lost the ability to walk or even sit up. She was 2, and would lay in her hospital bed and often sing, "I am a Child of God." "I am a Child of God, and He has sent me here, Has given me an earthly home, with parents kind and dear. Lead me, guide me, walk beside me, Help me find the way. Teach me all that I must do, to live with Him someday." That song forever reminds me that sometimes we have trials to help us keep our hearts softened. It is our choi