*“Leaven”
We put leaven in bread to make it rise.
Just a small amount of leaven can influence
a large loaf of bread, making it full
and pleasing to both eye and tastebuds,
enhancing what the other ingredients
cannot do by themselves.
It is this leaven, our ability to add to
and enhance our surroundings
and make us pleasing unto the Lord and others.
It is the leaven that propels us to do simple acts
of service in the lives of those around us.
Often, these simple acts turn to heroic acts
as people grow and develop and become
what they need to be, what they can become,
what they must become, today and tomorrow
because of who and whose they are.
Along the way, the leaven we share enhances
our own lives, elevating us to be able to see
beyond ourselves and to heaven above
where the spiritual leaven will let us rise
and spend eternity with Him who created us all.
*Inspired by Sister Lauralie Morales, Sunset Stake RS 2nd Counselor (Provo, Utah)
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