This photo was taken the night before Mac received the Priesthood (04/01/20).
I remember going into his room that night & looking at him sleeping and wondering to myself, how it was possible that he grew up so quickly from that cute little helpless baby, who couldn't do a single thing for himself, into this handsome, young man that Heavenly Father trusts to pass on his power to & to give Him authority (in stages) to act in His name.
Is he old enough and really capable of everything that Heavenly Father expects of him I wondered? He still seems so young & inexperienced in life?
And then in my mind, I quickly remembered the prophet, Joseph Smith.
This has always been the pattern Heavenly Father has followed with His chosen ones. He sees potential, not perfection. He sees what we can become when sometimes we only see things as they are. And he sees our heart, when others can only see with their eyes.
As I let the magnitude of what Heavenly Father was entrusting my precious boy to do sink in, I got to see just a little glimpse of what Heavenly Father sees in Him and I felt excited for great things to come.
I know he doesn't fully comprehend right now, the marvellous gift he has been given in being blessed with the Priesthood, but I hope the more and more opportunities he has to serve, the more and more He will see the power of God in his life and in the lives of others. And that it will change Him.
It was one of my best Mummy moments EVER to see you serve the sacrament for the first time my precious boy. And each Sunday since xxx
Another awesome thing about his ordination day is that he got to receive the Aaronic Priesthood on the same day as his good buddy, Isaac Cabaron, who was an old family friend of ours from Aeroview Ward. They moved into West Harbour Ward just a couple of weeks before! Perfect timing!!
Bishop Pilling & 2nd counsellor, Brother Rima
Pics of the freaky yellow skies over Auckland that afternoon, after church. This was a result of the smoke from the terrible bush fires over in Australia at the time. The fires were so bad that the smoke blew all the way across the Tasman. It was such an eerie feeling to look out & see the skies that colour. Kind of like the Apocolyse was coming :(
