It is great (most days) to be together

It has been exactly 4 weeks since school was last in session. We have done a great job at staying home but there are definitely days where we want to be back to normal life. Ginny's graduation announcements came in yesterday and she received notice that she received the Chic-fil-A scholarship. It is surreal to think that she is done with high school, eighteen, and on to her next phase of life.  Last week was General Conference and we participated in the Hosanna shout from home.  A new proclamation was also given about the restored gospel. President Nelson also asked the world to join him in fasting this Good Friday for control of the pandemic, economy strengthened, caregivers protected, and life back to normal.

Last night as our family had family scripture and began our fast, uniting with others in the world to help with the pandemic, protection for health care withers, economic improvement, and life becoming somewhat normal, my kind turned the parallels of this historic event to Earth’s most historic event. We reflected Last Supper of Jesus Christ before Gethsemane and Calvary, which would’ve been today.
Before offering family prayer, we discussed briefly the parallels happening in our world today with that time some 2000 years ago.

Christ lived a life of love, compassion, kindness, obedience, and serving others. People are pausing their everyday lives and showing obedience and compassion by staying home and reaching out to help others even from a distance.
Christ’s character is filled with love, patience, hope, encouragement, and shouldering the burden of others....daily I see this happening in our stories right now with one another. People of all denominations are caring for, comforting, empathizing with and encouraging others. There is so much good in our world!
Christ suffered in Gethsemane and hours later died on Calvary, rose three days later that we might live. Our health care workers are risking their lives daily to give the sick a chance to extend their lives here on this Earth.
It is my testimony that we have a loving Father in Heaven who sent His Son to provide the light needed in this ever-darkening world. We are empowered by His grace and become His hands today. He is our healer and allows us to help heal as we love one another.
We are one nation under God....we are the United States unified with other nations pleading to our Savior to rescue us in way that only He can.
He lives and because He lives, we will one day live again too.