Feeling Inadequate and Shy

Feeling inadequate and shy
I hesitated to go on a mission
Then pondering what growth I'd deny
I changed my limited decision

Now qualified in the work of the Master
My back has been reshaped to bear
Each burden that has been placed rightly there
As I strive to serve and share

pondering
President Thomas S. Monson
The Lord Needs Missionaries
Liahona, Jan. 2011, 4–6

Now, some of you may be shy by nature or consider yourselves inadequate to respond affirmatively to the call to serve. Remember that this is the Lord’s work, and when we are on the Lord’s errand, we are entitled to the Lord’s help. The Lord will shape the back to bear the burden placed upon it.