Sunday, Sept 30th's Lesson...

Hey Sisters...

I just wanted to put up some of the main quotes/ideas from today's lesson so you have them available to you...

From the 13th Article of Faith we learn that...

"We Believe in being Honest & True"

I hope that in our ward we will be able to be honest and true with each other.  I want you to feel like you can be honest about how things are going in your lives!!!  We want to share in your joys and in your sorrows.  =)

One BIG truth I hope you will remember is....

“Being single does not mean you have to put off being happy!"

During the lesson we also talked about the fact that

"Your Once Upon A Time Is Now!!!" 

and that....

"You are unrepeatable... There is magic about you that is all your own."

President Uchtdorf taught us....

"On the first page of your Young Women Personal Progress book, you will find these words: “You are a beloved daughter of Heavenly Father, prepared to come to the earth at this particular time for a sacred and glorious purpose.”
 

Sisters, those words are true! They are not made up in a fairy tale! Isn’t it remarkable to know that our eternal Heavenly Father knows you, hears you, watches over you, and loves you with an infinite  love? In fact, His love for you is so great that He has granted you this earthly life as a precious gift of “once upon a time,” complete with your own true story of adventure, trial, and opportunities for greatness, nobility, courage, and love. And, most glorious of all, He offers you a gift beyond price and comprehension. Heavenly Father offers to you the greatest gift of all—eternal life—and the opportunity and infinite blessing of your own “happily ever after.”

We then focused on one of President Uchtdorf's Forget-Me-Nots...  

Forget Not To Be Happy Now...

I hope that we can remember  

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass... It’s about learning to dance in the rain.  =)

Another quote from President Ucthdorf...  (he's pretty amazing!)

"The lesson here is that if we spend our days waiting for fabulous roses, we could miss the beauty and wonder of the tiny forget-me-nots that are all around us.  This is not to say that we should abandon hope or temper our goals. Never stop striving for the best that is within you. Never stop hoping for all of the righteous desires of your heart. But don’t close your eyes and hearts to the simple and elegant beauties of each day’s ordinary moments that make up a rich, well-lived life.
    

The happiest people I know are not those who find their golden ticket; they are those who, while in pursuit of worthy goals, discover and treasure the beauty and sweetness of the everyday moments. They are the ones who, thread by daily thread, weave a tapestry of gratitude and wonder throughout their lives. These are they who are truly happy.


And last but not least we spoke about how President Monson has counseled us to 

Find Joy in the Journey...

My thought to go along with finding joy in the journey was...

If life were easy, where would all the adventures be?

I want to include a couple of quotes here that we were not able to get to in the lesson...  I think they can really apply to many of our lives and help us keep perspective!

Elder Oaks... Speaking of his own life said...
"How fundamentally different my life is than I had sought to plan. My professional life has changed.  My personal life has changed.  But the commitment I made to the Lord -- to put Him first in my life and to be ready for whatever He would have me do -- has carried me through these changes of eternal importance...  It never ceases to amaze me that even when we plan out our lives to match up what we think would please our Heavenly Father we very rarely get the plan quite right!   It's a good thing he is willing to make changes to our plans even when we don't understand the changes!   It allows us to grow and become so much more than we ever would have made of ourselves had we stuck to our original plan!"

Elder Maxwell?
"The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also in His timing. If we can truly believe that He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best?  Since faith in the timing of the Lord may be tried, let us learn to say not only"Thy will be done," but patiently also, "Thy timing be done."  Indeed we cannot have true faith in the Lord without also having complete trust in His will and in His timing."

I hope that we will all be able to learn to TRUST God completely with our lives and know that as we allow him to work in our lives, all will work out for our own good.   I have such a strong testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ.  He is our brother and our friend who suffered so much so that he might be able to say to us... I've been where you have been and I get the pain you feel and the hurt you are dealing with.  =)  

In the lesson I shared this little thought and I love it because it is so true!!!

When you feel like you are drowning in life, don't worry, your lifeguard walks on water.

Christ does walk on water and he will always be there for you.  He is so willing to get down in the trenches with us and help us through this life.  If he wasn't willing, he would not have come to this earth to suffer in the first place!  I love this gospel SOOO much!  I'm honored that the Lord trusts me to serve the sisters in the 9th Ward and I can't wait to get to know all of you better.  Please, please, please come introduce yourself to me!!!

Blog to you soon!

Wendy =)