lost in the details

today i had the opportunity to speak in sacrament meeting. my topic was "primary organization and its current role in the church." as usual, the topic ended up being more for my benefit than anyone else's. :) the story of how the primary was organized was really interesting. who knew primary didn't get organized until almost 50 years after the church was official?! not me. but reading about the amazing woman that got the ball rolling to get primary established and finding talks from prophets and primary presidents about how vitally important primary is and how much Heavenly Father is depending on us to rear up a righteous generation was so inspiring to me! preparing for this talk helped me see primary again. it helped me focus beyond the mechanics and really look at the children today and see them for who they are preparing to become: seminary students, missionaries, institute students, primary teachers, bishops, mothers, and fathers. kawelo needed to be fed during senior primary's singing time and it was wonderful to sit and listen to the children sing. some sang out of tune or abnormally loud, but i couldn't help but think that no sound must be sweeter to our Heavenly Father than children singing that they're "trying to be like Jesus." i love that Heavenly Father looks over our fumbling mortality and sees what's in our hearts. i love that today, listening to the children, was more inspiring than even mo-tab could've been. (cue whitney houston's "i believe the children are our future...") :)