Milestones

Some days you wonder what it all means. You blast away at the rubble trying to clear a spot in the cave in to see the light. Hoping that there is something worth it at the end. Too many times it becomes about "big events." It's about milestones. Days you can point to and say: "Yep, that's where we made it to the top of the mountain."

What a bunch of garbage!

This life is made up of a million tiny victories and defeats, and today...well today was one of those days. A little victory, filled with the culmination of hundreds, if not thousands little choices and victories. Today was Spirit's ordination day.

For those that are unfamiliar, we believe, once a young man has reached the age of twelve they are eligible to receive the Aaronic Priesthood, if they so choose. Spirit chose to receive the priesthood today. A milestone? I sure hope not. I hope it's a stepping stone. This isn't the top of the mountain, it's the beginning of the path. I had the privileged to act as the conduit for the transmission of that priesthood, and was acutely aware that this is no milestone. Rather, it is his natural progression, and although some days his autism seems like his AUTISM!, we find ourselves on a journey that puts him in the lead. Not born of choice, but born of his purity. His limitations are minuscule compared to his goodness and I know his Savior knows it.

So amid the complaints that will accompany his additional responsibility, I know that the priesthood he bears, and will ever be worth to bear, will supersede mine in its power because of his ability to shut out the world that so easily distracts me.