Opportunities to GIVE and RECEIVE Service in the Past

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Do you remember how you felt when you gave service to your immediate family members and your extended in the past? If yes, how did it made you feel? Did you felt happiness?  

Do you remember did you feel when you gave service to your friends in the past? If yes, how did it made you feel? Did you felt happiness?  

Do you remember did you feel when you gave service to strangers in the past? If yes, how did it made you feel? Did you felt happiness? 

Did you remember how you felt when you have received service to you? How did it made you feel? 

"It's not where you SERVE, but how." 
- President J. Reuben Clark.

Duration of my friend Jordan's mission; I had an opportunity to meet his Mum Helen and his Grandma Marjorie one day.  We had great memories together. I had multiple opportunities to serve Helen which always made me feel happy. I remembered constantly putting Helen's name and Marjorie's name on the Temple Prayer Roll each time when I went to the Temple. I added other names on the Temple Prayer Roll as well.

I was able to go with Helen when she went out to go groceries shopping, I watched over Marjorie in the car while Helen had to go to the bank, I went with Helen to visit Marjorie when she was in hospital, and so forth. I was able to live with Helen for a short time frame. I still kept in touch with Helen these days. It was recently when I found out the sad news, and that was Marjorie has passed away. I felt disappointed that I was not able to attend to Marjorie's funeral. I felt privileged to meet Marjorie when I did. 

I have reflected over the years that my parents has given me countless of times for service. One of the services that has helped me as I progressed in this life was when they taught me how to drive and supervised me while I was learning how to drive. They did not ever give up on me, and I was always willing to drive whether it was to short distances, or long distances, I was happy to drive at any time of the daytime and night time.

I remembered being employed at three Mount Ommaney Domino's, Calamvale Domino's and Logan Central Domino's; all of those stores has something in common for what I have done for giving service in the past. At least one in-store employee from each store that I had the opportunity to take them home after I have finished my shift if I have finished working roughly at the same times they did. 

I made me happy that I was able to do that for them. I know that they were always grateful and relied on me to take them home from work. I am grateful for the friendships that I have made with them. 

I remembered being called and set apart as a Temple Ordinance Worker. Most times, I enjoyed serving in the Temple. I always feel happy and seeing church members feeling happy while they're inside the Temple. Out of all the evenings that I have served in the Temple, there was one evening was a great a reminder to myself. 

Let me to share that evening about it was a great reminder to myself. While I was waiting for the sisters to come for an endowment session, I noticed that the evening was so quiet. I did not see any sisters coming. I waited for a little longer. I saw a sister named Sister Wood. She wanted to do an endowment session.

I immediately apologized to her that there was no other sisters for endowment session and I offered to her if she would like to do a different session inside. I mentioned about that she could do initiatory session instead. She felt grateful that she was still able to do another session in the Temple in replacement of not being able to go to an endowment session. 

You probably wondering why that evening was a great reminder to myself. That evening has helped me to remind myself of my purpose why I have chosen to become a Temple Ordinance Worker, and that was to help others to feel when there is no session available of what they are wanting to do, there are always other sessions that they can do instead. 

I remembered the same evening of my first car accident, and I was driving home from a former friend's home. It was not long after my car accident when my friend Monique's Dad was driving past the car accident scene and Monique has recognized it was me looking scared.. I am glad that friend was able to tell her Dad to stop and turn around. 

I am glad Monique and her Dad was able to help me out. Heavenly Father put two people that I knew on my path to provide a lift to the local chapel. I felt shakened, and disappointed because that car was my first ever owned vehicle but I felt so happy for Monique and her Dad was able to reach out and gave service to me.

I somehow was not able to contact to anyone at home by using my own phone so I thought to ask Monique if I could borrow her phone. She allowed me to, I was able to call Emma if she can pick me up at a local chapel. I am confident that I had a priesthood blessing for comfort after arriving at the local chapel. 

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