Behind the Badge

One of our sweet sisters who is returning home wrote this and read it as part of her departing testimony before returning home in a couple of weeks.

Behind the Badge

By:  Sorella Baker

Every morning when I wake up

I put on this black badge,

Study for the day ahead

And then I grab my bag.

I’m out the door, we hit the streets

With hope for a great day

To talk to all that we might meet

To find someone, I pray.

Now people pass, but no one stops

To listen to our message.

No matter what I try to say

They don’t accept the package.

I guess I need to worry

Not about the things I say

But rather worry about the person

I am day to day.

What person do I want to be?

What changes can I make?

To heed the call, “Come Follow Me”

With every step I take.

“Be even as I am,” He said,

The Savior, Lord of all

And now it’s finally up to me

To answer to this call.

As Ammon I will need the FAITH

To stand before a king.

As Esther I will need the HOPE

To fight for my beliefs.

Then DILIGENCE and VIRTUE

Like two thousand stripling sons

I’ll fight until my time is through,

Until the battle’s won.

Like Job I’ll need HUMILITY

And PATIENCE to the end,

To make it through my Calvary,

On Christ I will depend.

I’ll need a little KNOWLEDGE,

WISDOM to the core.

I’ll testify as Alma did

To every Korihor.

With OBDIENCE as Nephi

A will go and do!

I will remain faithful,

I will remain true!

And finally like unto Christ

I’ll need CHARITY and LOVE

Then I will be exalted

In His kingdom up above.