Sparrow

"What is the best that lies within us? of how much we are capable?  None of us yet knows.  An old Arabic legend tells of  a rider finding a spindly sparrow lying on its back in the middle of the road.  He dismounted and asked the sparrow why his feet were in the air.  Replied the sparrow, 'I heard the heavens were going to fall today.'  'And I suppose you think your puny bird legs can hold up the whole universe?' laughed the horseman.  'Perhaps not', said the sparrow with conviction, 'but one does whatever one can."  --Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Sometimes trying to juggle the demands of a mission is like trying to hold the universe up on "puny bird legs".  We do the best we can but have a strong conviction that someone stronger and wiser than we are is in charge and carries the bulk of the burden.  

A mission is like an operating table where a doctor tries to save someone's life.  Lots of people surround the operating table doing their assigned task that hopefully will lead to the survival of the person being operated on.  Each operation requires specific instruments that need to be used at the right time.  The term "being an instrument in thy hand" has taken on much greater significance during the past three months.