Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The captivity of our fathers

I usually don't have religious posts but, this is something that I have been thinking about and then I read this verse today that went right along with it.

Alma 5:6 – “Have ye sufficiently retained in remembrance the captivity of your fathers? Yea, and have you sufficiently retained in remembrance his mercy and long-suffering towards them?”

I was driving back to the Colony on my way home from my house in Orem when I used the power windows in my car because it was getting hot inside. All of a sudden it hit me like a ton of bricks – my parents don’t have power windows in their car. Why do I? then it just kind of washed over me – all the things that I enjoy that my parents don’t. my laptop is way nicer than any computers my family has, as is my car. I began to think about when I was younger, when we first moved to Orem. I remember going with my parents at night to help them clean the courthouse. I didn’t know why we did it, I just knew that we did. With age comes understanding. My dad had left his job in West valley and moved to Orem so that my mom could be closer to her parents and so that we could live in a house where each of us could have our own room. My parents were cleaning the courthouse each night because money was really tight. My mom was teaching piano for a few hours a day and my dad was teaching full-time, speaking on the weekends, and doing EFY. How they did it, I really don’t know, but why I do know. They wanted us (their kids) to have the things they never enjoyed – and now we are. And I know that we will continue to enjoy things my parents never dreamed of. I know that I am guilty of not retaining in remembrance the sacrifices of my fathers and the blessings of the Lord to them. Think back to the pioneers – why did they do what they did? I’m sure there were many reasons, but I know one of them was because they wanted their children to have things they never did. They wanted their kids to have experiences that they knew they would never get to have.
Posted by Scotty B at 11:52 AM

1 comment:

Net said...

Scott, I know what you mean. I think about that same thing a lot. It didn't hit me until I left home, how much my parents really did/do for their kids.
Just wait, one day when you have your own kids, you will do the same thing for them. Because you will love them and want the best for them.

February 13, 2008 at 6:56 AM

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