The Parable of the Unsliced Bread...

Sunday morning I was busy getting the kids ready and putting all my stuff for primary together while Andy was at Bishopric meetings. I was in the kitchen grabbing an unsliced loaf of homemade bread as part of sharing time. I had a distinct thought to slice the bread but I didn't want to slice it since I thought it would get smashed easier if it was sliced. I went and brushed my teeth and while I was doing this Andy came home and took the bread out and cut himself off a slice of bread. I walked in the kitchen and again had the thought that I needed to slice the loaf of bread. I didn't. We went to sacrament meeting and Andy was asked to pass the sacrament since we had only 3 deacons there. As the sacrament hymn started the priests pulled back the table cloth and just stood there. I was watching the entire event unfold and immediately felt sick to my stomach. They didn't have any bread and there I sat in the congregation with an UNsliced loaf of bread in my bag that would have been completely useful for the sacrament if I had heeded the thoughts earlier that morning to sliced the bread. It was a great lesson to me as I sat there that Heavenly Father knows all and no matter how small the prompting may seem it's important to listen and to do it. This quote from President Hinckley came to my mind: "May we go forward with determination to try a little harder to be a little better." This was a great reminder that I need 'to try a little harder to be a little better.'