Conversation with Dad

It's time for me to go to sleep right now so I'm going to keep this short, but I wanted to post some thoughts now so I wouldn't forget what I wanted to say. First off, I want to say that we should all be extremely grateful for what an incredible father Dad is. I think we all know he isn't perfect (none of us are), but that doesn't matter, because I know that he is exactly the father I need, imperfections and all. The reason I say that is because he has been able to work through and overcome a lot of things in his life, and as a result has developed a very unique and powerful spiritual gift of being able to see the potential that we as his children each have, even when we can't see it ourselves. Now, Dad has always seen my potential to use music/singing as a way to touch people's hearts and share my testimony, and as we talked about that earlier tonight, my eyes, mind, and heart were opened more fully to what that really means. I don't know exactly yet what the Lord has in store for me in regards to the ways through which he will ask/direct me to use my gift to further His work, but I did feel stronger than ever that I need to more actively seek out opportunities to do so, in whatever ways the Lord may see fit. As a result of this feeling, I am going to begin making that part of myself a matter of study and prayer, and would ask a favor of each of you to keep me in your thoughts and prayers as well where music is concerned, and share the thoughts or impressions you receive if and when you receive any. I would greatly appreciate it. I love you guys so much!

P.S. On a semi-related note, I feel that if each of us will at times use this blog as a way to communicate things like this (e.g. asking each other to keep certain things in our prayers, etc), it will enable us to help one another more in accessing all of our spiritual gifts so that we can use them to strengthen one another as a family, and to build God's kingdom within our homes, wards, communities, and even nation.