Delegation

I attended a ward council meeting where one of the members of my bishopric asked us to think about how the semester was going with our callings and things that we have learned. He asked us to share with people in the group things that we felt had been going well and things we found were making us better individuals. As I started to think about this calling, the biggest thing that kept coming to mind was how I have learned to delegate. Weird I know- but it really is something I struggle with.

I thought about it all day and kept thinking of specific examples of times where I have had to put a lot of trust into an individual (something that I thought I could do by myself and probably better in my mind) to accomplish something that I would be responsible for. It's never something I would prefer to do but looking back on when I let someone help me and accomplish these tasks- it went better than I could have imagined because I was willing to let someone step into my life and help me.

As I continued to be stressed by other things going on in my life and letting all my worries catch up with me- my very own words came back to me as I thought "Why don't you delegate more? Why don't you "delegate" to Christ more?"

It's incredibly true. Why don't we delegate our problems, fears, trials, hard-times, things that make us overwhelmed, homework, tests (the list goes on and on) to CHRIST? Why do we feel that we have to do everything ourselves?

We can't do this alone. But the truth is, we are never alone. Christ is waiting for us to approach him and seek his help. When we seek his help, he doesn't turn away from us, or tell us we aren't good enough, or tells us we have to be perfect- rather he is filled with mercy and is willing to have compassion on those who need him.

John 11:35 says, "Jesus Wept." I love this scripture.

I think so many of us love this scripture because it suggests that we have a Savior who is willing to "mourn with those that mourn".  This scripture teaches us that a perfect, all knowing, loving Savior feels and understands emotions and what we are going through.

I love this beautiful picture that Simon Dewey painted. Christ is taking on the "delegation" of something the apostle could have clearly done by himself, but the image of Christ kneeling, cleaning, and taking care of this man's feet is a true act of delegation but most importantly... true love.

I hope I have the humility to delegate to my Savior. I hope I have the ability to stop holding unto all of these burdens, and let Christ help me with them. I know if I can delegate to him that everything will go better than I could have imagined because I was willing to let my Savior step in and take care of me.