boiling pots

I had to teach RS yesterday and my subject was Pres. Hinckley's Priesthood talk from conference -- Slow to Anger. It has been an interesting week as I have had that message swimming around in my head while our delightful children have probably pushed every button we have this week with their disobedience. Combine that with a Saturday afternoon of plumbing toilets and you've got a real winner of a week. I guess Sunday was another reminder to repent and try harder this week. As a side note, the RS lesson went well. I used a humungous, gargantuan pot from the church kitchen as a visual aid to remind us of the saying, "a watched pot never boils" changed to "a watched temper never boils" . I also asked several sisters to sing with me the hymn "School Thy Feelings" -- which is arranged for men's chorus, but it sounded really nice played in the normal treble clef with women's voices. The message I really liked from the song is that we will always have emotions of anger or frustration, but the key is to let "wisdom's voice control" our words and actions -- not letting our pots boil even though they are warm. Funny how daily life gives us all a chance to practice what we preach, or at least try to apply the lessons we learn on Sunday...