But it's more like this...
Sorry I'm so slow, but things are going to be better soon. Please...let them be better soon!!!
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Sorry I'm behind!!
Since my surgery right after Christmas I have not been up to much. So sorry...Boy, I thought I would just breeze right through it but NOT so. Patience is a virtue and I know that the Lord knows that I need to be patient with the healing process and really....it's not going so well. I thought I would be doing this...
Another great lesson on Sunday!! Rochelle, Chapter 1
The Great Commandment---Love the Lord
"When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives."
What a great saying!! Things will work out or they will not be of importance.
Heavenly Father knows just how to take care of us, if we will be TRUST!!
The lessons this year are from the life of Ezra Taft Benson. He was an outstanding prophet who knew what was important and then made sure he put that first in his life. I hope you take the opportunity to read about his life in the manual. If you don't have a manual then just let me know. I will get you one!!!
Question:
One of the greatest tests that we face in this life--Obedience to God???
True or False??
It's TRUE for me!!
The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.
Story: When President Benson thinks of charity, he thinks of his father and the day he was called on his mission. He says--"I suppose some in the world might say that his acceptance of that call was proof he did not really love his family. To leave seven children and an expectant wife at home alone for two years, how could that be true love? But my father knew a greater vision of love. He knew that all things shall work together for good to them that love God. He knew that the best thing he could do for his family was to obey God." WOW!! Think about that!! And then try to put yourself in his wife's shoes.
Love this statement:
To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor. It is total commitment of our very being--physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually--to a love of the Lord.
Daily...constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable. One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness. That it will come is certain, but ofttimes there is a waiting period that occurs.
Great lesson---Thanks Rochelle!! Always glad to hear from her.
Ladies---Obedience is the key!!!
Monday, January 5, 2015
Lessons for the past 2 weeks!!
Sorry I didn't get Carol's lesson on here before I headed off to have hip surgery. But here it is along with Kathy's for this past week. Both excellent lessons and we missed you if you weren't there. Actually, I hope I was missed on Sunday!! Couldn't make it but wished I would have!!! (It's always nice to be MISSED!!)
Carol--Loving others and Living with Differences--November Ensign, Dallin H. Oaks, pg. 25.
Great question....Why is it so difficult to have Christlike love for one another?
I think this is something to ponder and really think about.
Elder Oaks suggests that it's hard because we must live among those who do not share our beliefs and values and covenant obligations. We are to live IN the world but not be OF the world.
Easy to Say...Hard to DO!!
The Savior has commanded us many times--"For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another. Behold, this is...my doctrine, that such things should be done away." (3 Nephi 11:28-30.
He has asked ALL of us to eliminate contention our of our lives!!!
We must never compromise our standards and beliefs. We must not surrender our positions or our values. There is no middle ground in the contest between truth and error. We need to be firm in the truth.
Elder Oaks states: We as Latter Day Saints should love all people, be good listeners, and show concern for others sincere beliefs. Though we may disagree, we should not be disagreeable.
We need to teach out children, even encourage them to be kind to everyone. They are such great examples of what we really should act like. They are some of our best missionaries. Strong teachings in the home will encourage them to be good people and good missionaries.
Also remember that in families, there will inevitably be differences. We can show, if we follow the Savior's example, loving-kindness and still be firm in the truth.
Good luck out there!!! This is a great talk and Carol did a great job as usual!!! Thanks you from all of us sisters.
As I mentioned before...I wasn't there on Sunday so when I talked to Kathy she said she didn't have time to read a couple of quotes that she really wanted to. So here they are.
"Love of God, love of our fellow beings, and keeping the commandments are three interdependent things in the sense that we cannot claim to do one of them without also doing the other two; and when we raise our level of performance in one area, it automatically helps us to do better in the other two.
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.
Sometimes it seems grievous to try to live the commandments. But if we really trust that God would not ask us to live any commandment that would not ultimately bring complete joy, would we not then find joy even in the difficult struggle to obey? Thus his commandments, though no easy, would not be grievous. However, it seems that many times we lose sight of the fact that the commandments are guides to lead us to joy. If it grieves me to keep one of God's commandments, then I am not trusting him.
"Now, the atonement of the Christ is the most basic and fundamental doctrine of the gospel, and it is the least understood of all our revealed truths. Many of us have a superficial knowledge and rely upon the Lord and His goodness to see us through the trials and perils of life. But if we are to have faith like Enoch and Elijah we must believe what they believed, know what they knew, and live as they lived."
Thank you Kathy for a great lesson. Keeping the commandments is not easy but so worth it!!! We just have to keep an eternal perspective!!!
Carol--Loving others and Living with Differences--November Ensign, Dallin H. Oaks, pg. 25.
Great question....Why is it so difficult to have Christlike love for one another?
I think this is something to ponder and really think about.
Elder Oaks suggests that it's hard because we must live among those who do not share our beliefs and values and covenant obligations. We are to live IN the world but not be OF the world.
Easy to Say...Hard to DO!!
The Savior has commanded us many times--"For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another. Behold, this is...my doctrine, that such things should be done away." (3 Nephi 11:28-30.
He has asked ALL of us to eliminate contention our of our lives!!!
We must never compromise our standards and beliefs. We must not surrender our positions or our values. There is no middle ground in the contest between truth and error. We need to be firm in the truth.
Elder Oaks states: We as Latter Day Saints should love all people, be good listeners, and show concern for others sincere beliefs. Though we may disagree, we should not be disagreeable.
We need to teach out children, even encourage them to be kind to everyone. They are such great examples of what we really should act like. They are some of our best missionaries. Strong teachings in the home will encourage them to be good people and good missionaries.
Also remember that in families, there will inevitably be differences. We can show, if we follow the Savior's example, loving-kindness and still be firm in the truth.
Good luck out there!!! This is a great talk and Carol did a great job as usual!!! Thanks you from all of us sisters.
"Love of God, love of our fellow beings, and keeping the commandments are three interdependent things in the sense that we cannot claim to do one of them without also doing the other two; and when we raise our level of performance in one area, it automatically helps us to do better in the other two.
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.
Sometimes it seems grievous to try to live the commandments. But if we really trust that God would not ask us to live any commandment that would not ultimately bring complete joy, would we not then find joy even in the difficult struggle to obey? Thus his commandments, though no easy, would not be grievous. However, it seems that many times we lose sight of the fact that the commandments are guides to lead us to joy. If it grieves me to keep one of God's commandments, then I am not trusting him.
"Now, the atonement of the Christ is the most basic and fundamental doctrine of the gospel, and it is the least understood of all our revealed truths. Many of us have a superficial knowledge and rely upon the Lord and His goodness to see us through the trials and perils of life. But if we are to have faith like Enoch and Elijah we must believe what they believed, know what they knew, and live as they lived."
Thank you Kathy for a great lesson. Keeping the commandments is not easy but so worth it!!! We just have to keep an eternal perspective!!!
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Goals for Indian Hills Relief Society--2015
After our survey a couple of weeks ago..and by the way, thanks for responding, we came up with 3 different goals that you felt were important to you, and also to us as a presidency in our Relief Society. 2015---we're ready!! We have put a lot of thought and prayer into these and hopefully will serve us well as we work together in becoming more like our Savior, Jesus Christ.
1, We want to continue to work on UNITY in our Relief Society. That was one of our last years goals and it seems that many sisters want to continue to work on it this coming year. We pray as a presidency that every sister feels included and wanted and needed. If not, then we need to keep trying. We need to remember that it's a two way street and there needs to be effort on all parts. If we want to be unified then we need to be the solution not the problem. We need to reach out. And then to those that are being reached to, they need to come join!! It's a joint effort. And thank you to all of you that continue to REACH!! That's who we are. We love, support, teach, lift, and NEVER give up!!
2. We want to do our VISITING TEACHING for the right reasons!! This was also one that we choose for last year. We want to help all of us understand that it's a privilege to be a friend and represent our Savior in such a way. It is a sacred duty that come from our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
D&C 81:5--"Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hand down, and strengthen the feeble knees."
D&C 58:27--"Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness."
3. We want to work on LIFTING, not dwelling on the negative in our lives. We need to remember that the negative thoughts we have about ourselves and about others do not come from our Heavenly Father. They come from Satan. And he is very happy and pleased when we surrender to those thoughts.
Now how are we going to achieve these awesome goals? Oh....we have our plans!! And we will be discussing them in our meetings.
1, We want to continue to work on UNITY in our Relief Society. That was one of our last years goals and it seems that many sisters want to continue to work on it this coming year. We pray as a presidency that every sister feels included and wanted and needed. If not, then we need to keep trying. We need to remember that it's a two way street and there needs to be effort on all parts. If we want to be unified then we need to be the solution not the problem. We need to reach out. And then to those that are being reached to, they need to come join!! It's a joint effort. And thank you to all of you that continue to REACH!! That's who we are. We love, support, teach, lift, and NEVER give up!!
2. We want to do our VISITING TEACHING for the right reasons!! This was also one that we choose for last year. We want to help all of us understand that it's a privilege to be a friend and represent our Savior in such a way. It is a sacred duty that come from our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
D&C 81:5--"Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hand down, and strengthen the feeble knees."
D&C 58:27--"Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness."
3. We want to work on LIFTING, not dwelling on the negative in our lives. We need to remember that the negative thoughts we have about ourselves and about others do not come from our Heavenly Father. They come from Satan. And he is very happy and pleased when we surrender to those thoughts.
Now how are we going to achieve these awesome goals? Oh....we have our plans!! And we will be discussing them in our meetings.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Found some awesome quotes!! Go Pinterest!!
I think we all need to be positive about ourselves and realize that we do a lot of good...everyday.
We need to just keep trying!!
I'M BACK!!
I so hope that all of you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.
2015!!!
Wow. Time seems to fly by faster than ever. When I was young it seemed that between Christmas's it was FOREVER!! But now, it's January, then June, then December. Relief Society has been so great this past year. I hope you have learned as much as we have. Thank you for being patient, being supportive, and most of all, being loving and kind to us and to each other.
This past year our Visiting Teaching was amazing!! Pat yourselves on the back!!
But...we can work hard in encouraging our sisters to come and join us on Sunday!!
We need EVERYONE!!
Invite your friends, invite your neighbors. BE BRAVE...you'll never know til you try!!!
We love all of you and pray that 2015 will be a happy and successful years for us all.
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