3 Nephi 13:9-10

13:9-10 - Now we're into the Lord's Prayer. Jesus begins, "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name." JET says in "Jesus the Christ" "This is the earliest Biblical scripture giving instruction, permission, or warrant, for addressing God directly as 'Our Father.' Therein is expressed the reconciliation which the human family, estranged through sin, may attain by the means provided through the well beloved Son. This instruction is equally definite in demonstrating the brotherhood between Christ and humanity. As He prayed so pray we to the same Father, we are brethren and Christ as our Elder Brother." That is an interesting phrase for Jesus to use, "Our Father," not "my father" or "their Father" or even "your Father" it's "Our Father," both of us, he's the Father of us all. Jesus continues "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." The IM quotes President Henry B. Eyring as teaching "The prayer begins with reverence for our Heavenly Father. Then the Lord speaks of the kingdom and its coming. The servant with a testimony that this is the true church of Jesus Christ feels joy in its progress and a desire to give his or her all to build it up. The Savior Himself exemplified the standard set by these next words of the prayer: 'Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.' That was His prayer in the extremity of offering the Atonement for all mankind and all the world. The faithful servant prays that even the apparently smallest task will be done as God would have it done. It makes all the difference to work and to pray for His success more than for our own." It's one thing to say "thy will be done" but it's something totally different to really incorporate that attitude in your heart. To really desire that God's will be done instead of my own is really quite a challenging thing. For instance, take my work schedule, I feel like my kids would be much better off if I worked part time or days or something like that, but here I am working full time nights, and I'm grateful, don't get me wrong, I'm grateful, but my heart hurts for my babies. Do I want MY will to be done, which would be a change of shift? Or do I want God's will to be done, which apparently means staying where I am now? To be honest, many times I want my will to be done, it's the only way our of the situation that I can see, but that's the problem, it's only what I can see and my view is exceptionally limited. I truly believe that whatever the Lord has planned for me is 100 times better then anything that I could come up with myself. I also believe that there are many lessons that I must learn while in this situation, for instance, doing this blog came to be only because I work nights, I never would have been about to do it otherwise.