Blessings

I am so very grateful for the gospel in my life. I am grateful for all of the blessings that come from knowing that my Savior lives and that His church has been restored to the earth. I am grateful to be a part of that church. I am grateful for the blessings of a family that is sealed together for eternity. I am grateful to have a husband that has made and keeps promises that he has made to me and to his Heavenly Father. I am grateful for children and for knowing their purpose here on earth. I am grateful to be their mom. I am also grateful that the power of the priesthood has been restored. I am grateful that Philip remains worthy to use that power to bless the members of our family. (learn more here)

On Sunday, September 2, 2012, William was given a name and a blessing.

This is a special event that is commonly done when a child is born to a family in the church. The blessing establishes the name that will be used in the church records for that child. It then allows the priesthood holder a chance to deliver and pronounce on the child the blessings that Heavenly Father has in store for him or her. I am happy that Philip has been able to do this for each of our children.

It had been a couple weeks between the time that Philip talked to the bishop about the blessing and the actual day of the blessing. We were running late enough that he didn't get to touch base with bishop before church started. Bishop had forgotten that we were planning on blessing William that day and skipped past it. Luckily things all work out when they are meant to. A friend that was invited to participate was able to text the ward clerk. He then sent a text to a member of the bishopric. After checking with us, they made sure that we were able to bless him during the meeting. I am typically against using phones during Sacrament meeting, but they sure paid off this time.

 

Later that night Philip gave each of his kids and me a Father's blessing. He also received one from his Dad. Deployments are so much easier to handle when you have the reassurance from blessings that everything will be okay. My kids were blessed with strength and I was blessed to be able to "take things one day at a time". Philip was blessed to come home to his family.

I didn't really get a lot of pictures because it was a very busy weekend. But here is one I did get before church.

And a family shot from later that night.