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Monday, September 21, 2009

Limbo - "State of Uncertainty" or "How Low Can You Go?"


Are we staying in Benson? Are we moving back to Tucson? Are we moving back into the Bellatrix house? Are we going to rent somewhere else in Tucson while our renters stay in the Bellatrix house? Are we going to keep renting in Mescal? How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?

All these questions keep swirling around in my head and I don't know which way is up sometimes. It is very hard to keep up morale when there is no end in sight and no prize on the horizon. I had such a tangible goal for so long that now that it is gone I don't know what to look forward to anymore.

I don't know what I'm working towards in the short term. As always, the long term goal is to become like and live with my Heavenly Father and to achieve this with Lesley, my children, and all those that I love and hold dear. That is always clear and perhaps even more clear than just a few months ago. But what gets muddy is what is between here and there. My attention span is too short not to fill that gap with what's right around the corner: General Conference, Thanksgiving, Adrianna's birth, Christmas, etc...

I am aware that now is the time that I need to put my faith in Jesus Christ and allow Him to guide me to my next path, but I struggle with that. I feel the urge to complain and wonder what else could go wrong. I just need to remember that "The aSon of Man hath bdescended below them all. Art thou greater than he?" D&C 122:8. That though right there will straighten out even the biggest whiner and help put one's troubles into perspective.

5 comments:

Joshua said...

We love you Ben.

Lesley said...

Does this mean you are going to get a pair of pants like Chubby Checker?! I certainly will not be wearing a bathing suit with feather coat tails! I always felt we were treading water, but limbo is a better visual. With treading water if you stop you drown, what happens if we stop playing the game of limbo? Do we get to go to a refreshment table to hang out until the next game starts up? I could use a little finger foods.

Anonymous said...

I think that having the faith to trust that Jesus Christ is going to guide you where you need to be is probably the easy part. It is the patience between the answers to prayers that is the toughest. You guys are a great example to us and we love you guys! As I've said before, there are a lot of houses up here for sale! :)

Grandpa Howe said...

Don't go to Phoenix. The only reason they keep putting temples there is so the Mormons will have someplace to go that's cool.

Check out Linda's Dad's latest marathon. He fell down SEVEN times but kept on going. Wow! what a man!

You are doing what's right, you have no need to fear. We love and pray for you allways...

We also wouldn't mind having you back in town.

me said...

'Limbo' has a different meaning to us Catholics. Sean