In the Service of God

While home, not only has Greg found his appetite, but he has been acting normal - riding his bike, playing outside, doing his chores, etc. And he seems to be making more responsible decisions. It's interesting how when we go through hard things, they refine us, if we let them.

This is just one story that reveals Greg's refined nature: He was playing at the neighbors house. He came in our house and grabbed a garbage sack and left. When he came back, he said he was picking up garbage out of the neighbor's yard. I didn't think the family was home and I asked if the mother knew he was doing it (sometimes she rewards them for picking up) and he said no. He brought the bag of leaves and such home and put it in our garbage can. I asked why he did it and he just said because it needed to be picked up. I drilled some more and his response was that he thought it would be cool to see the mom get excited that he was helping (and I thought I was going to hear that he was hoping for a quarter). What a great kid! He did, however, get upset that Madilyn wasn't helping pick up and was instead watching Bella. Nobody's perfect.

I wonder if it is because of this scripture that we are memorizing as a family: "And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God." (Mosiah 2:17)