My favorite mistake was getting bored in church. Now don't get me wrong and assume I don't like church, I love it! In fact this mistake taught me how to love it.
I was an eleven year old girl, who got bored very easily. The Saturday before, I had gone to my friend's birthday party! It was a "bug-themed" party and the goodies were bug shaped candy, bug glasses, and 3 neon stretchy snakes. I brought it all except the glasses to church! Today was fast and testimony meeting and I was anxious and bored beyond comprehension. My back was hurting along with my legs and I could not stay focused.
My neighbor, Sister Curtain was bearing her testimony. She was crying and expressing her love and joy, which seemed a silly thing to me at my age. To cry over joy. A strange thing it was to me.
So I sat there in the back corner of the comfy seats with my family, trying to respect my neighbor and listen. "Ugh! This is so lame!" My thoughts said. "Your legs and your back hurt Aspen, why don't you get up and walk around." I often got up and walked around the halls during sacrament meeting due to pain and restlessness. "No! I like Sister Curtain, and I WILL stay and listen!”
So I stayed and tried to listen. I failed.
I got out one of my neon snakes from the party and started to play with it. I wanted to wrap it around my wrist and tie it in a bracelet.
"Almost there." I thought "Almost there."
Whoosh!
I watched in horror as my snake sailed over the rows, high in the air. I watched in mortification as the snake smacked Sister Curtain smack dab in the face! She stopped crying abruptly and looked down at the snake in shock.
Everyone in the congregation turned around simultaneously to see who had just flung that snake. I turned around too, pretending to be in shock wondering what nincompoop had just done that!
Sister Curtain finished her testimony, perhaps swifter than planned, but it ended good. I sat in shame feeling the looks from my parents waiting for me to make apologetic eye contact. "Nope." I though. "Not gonna look." The heat from there stares got worse. "Okay okay!" I looked over and gave them my best apologetic,embarrassed, "I'm-really-sorry-I-did-that-look-at-this-angelic-face" look.
My dad looked at me disapprovingly with a grin forming. My mom smiled her accepting "you're-my-daughter-and-I-love-you-no-matter-what" smile.
After the testimony meeting was over, Sister Curtain's so brought my snake over! That was the most embarrassing moment of my life! (At least at age eleven). She knew! She knew it was me! What was I going to do?!
I took the snake without making eye contact.
Later Sister Curtain walked by knowingly and gave me a smile. I was alright after that;however, this created new resolve. I was going to find a way to sit through an entire sacrament meeting if it was the last thing I did!
I did find other ways. Food, gum, coloring books, play dough, even walking around in reach of the speakers. I learned to love sacrament meeting. All it took was mortification to it's finest for an energetic, eleven year old girl named Aspen.
11 comments:
Hey it's Keith again, I liked that you found ways to sit through and listen during church, because church is mighty important. I hope that sense this happened you have been better able to enjoy your church expeirences. I think that God had a specific way to get that message out to you- even though it might have been such an silly way.
Aspen,I think that you have learned your lesson from your adventures in church in a pretty funny way because I think that embarrassment is the only way to really learn from your mistakes. You have learned a valuable lesson, the lesson of respect to people who are not wanting to be hit in the face by a green neon snake. So you found other ways to entertain yourself and you did so with a good knowledge of what not to do with a neon green snake!!!
Sincerely,
Andrew " Droobie" terry
Wow Aspen a neon snake. That's got to be the funniest mistake I've ever heard of. I HOPE YOU LEARNED YOUR LESSON YOUNG LADY.
Well at least you learned your lesson. Also b glad it was a fake snake instead of letting some live snake loose in church. I still can't sit through church. I get bored and leave so good job.
That's pretty great :) haha. Sounds funny but I'm sure it had to be embarrassing. I think it's great you can take something So significant out of a small, silly mistake like that. Great job.
This is probably the funniest thing that I have read all day. But it does have a good lesson to it.
Hope you did learn your lesson that I'll admit was funny but at the same time I'd be embarrassed too.. Hope everything went well with her after. Seems like your parents didn't yell at you but at least had you apologize.
Haha that's a very fun and interesting store. I like all the details of the store, like sister curtain came and give u the glasses. It was a very funny and good lesson.
Hey aspen, you are one funny girl! I love this mistake because I know how hard it is to sit through sacrament! I was taught at a young age to just sit and listen, but I could never do it. Hard as it was I learned as well and got through many a sacrament. Love ya girl and hope you never make the same sort of mistake again!
Hey your a very nice girl and a strong one at that keep pushing on you will make it
Keep on moving sweet heart don't let things get in your way your a very nice person and your personality is amazing don't let people get in your way keep moving to a brighter day.
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