It will be over for me one day; the end will come. We have but a little bit of time here on this Earth, one life. Our life will be full of surprises.
We have plans for our lives, some of these will happen, however not all of them.
That is just how it is. Life does not turn out as you expect.
What do we do then? Are we afraid to move forward? Remember that there are no guarantees in life!!! But there is something Sister Hinkley can promise us. . .If we can establish and nourish an ongoing relationship with our Savior, we will be happier, we will feel His love for us.
Our greatest safety is in our membership in the church. Cling to the church for dear life.
Coming to church on Sunday for three hours can be life changing; it will make a difference in your life. It will not be as easy as you think, but it will be worth it! It will help you start and build a relationship with God. You can become a product of this church by participating in programs of the church. Implement things they teach when at these meetings. No family can expose you to everything there is to do out there. The programs of the church may be able to broaden your scope. Sign up, suit up and do it! You cannot lose doing this.
Getting into the harness and coming to church ever week gives you the ability to hear other's ideas and broaden your mind. Every week, year after year, you will learn and in the end you will be surprised at how much you have learned.
We learn at our own pace, there are no midterms in life (just in class ;). When you are ready or almost ready to learn something, you WILL learn it.
When you have a boring sacrament meeting, you have to figure out what is the subject of the talk/what is he or she trying to teach me and then give yourself a lesson on the topic. President Eyring was sitting in a sacrament meeting when he was a child, and said that it was decidedly boring. He looked over at his father and noticed a smile upon his face. After all the meetings were over, President Eyring asked his father what he had thought of Sacrament meeting. His response was that he had enjoyed it immensely. Trying to figure out if his father was 'attending' the same meeting as him, President Eyring had thought the meeting was boring, to which his father responded that if he finds a speaker boring, he will figure out what the actual topic is of the talk and then teach himself in a way that is not quite as boring. President Eyring has never had another boring meeting again.
It is also about how you listen to the talk, do you have the spirit with you, are you trying to learn something from the talk or lesson? You cannot put all of the blame upon the teacher or speaker. You must have a different spirit, ask questions which will spur discussion, and if you do not understand something, ASK! Pray for your teachers and speakers during the week, ask that they will say something to answer questions that you might have.
Having church for three hours a week makes it a place of revelation. Over and over you will see your prayers being answered. Watch for the miracles. Make sure you let Heavenly Father know what it is that you want answered and that you want Him in you life.
Doctrine and Covenants 123:17-
"Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed."
Not only do we receive revelation, but we are able to answer people's prayers.
We will always have a way to serve.
We will always have a way to be in people's lives. Some of us are bubbly, ready and willing to serve. But some are more shy about it. Service does not need to be a fanfare even; humble, quiet acts are just as good, if not better acts of service.
Quit looking down upon yourself, degrading yourself in the mirror, open your heart to those that are around you, sit next to new people in church, thank them, love them. The more you reach out to other's, the more you will feel the Lord's love. When Sister Hinkley's children were younger, her eleven year old daughter asked her mother if she might sit next to another lady in the ward. Sister Hinkley told her that she could after the sacrament had been past. After the sacrament had been passed, the little girl went and sat next to the lady. After all the meetings had concluded, Sister Hinkley's daughter told her that as soon as she had sat down next to the lady, the lady turned to her with tears in her eyes and said "Thank you for sitting here, I was praying that someone would."
Make the decision that you will always go to church. And as the surprises of life come, you will profit and grow.
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The sisters of the stake are the backbone of our stake.
Before attending this fireside, each and everyone of us had a three hour block of church, and yet we chose to come to the fireside willingly. If you don't go for your three hour block, then we are not allowing the Spirit to fill us up.
Be apart of the STP (same ten people). Be the dependable ones that will be there to help set up, take down, plan lessons/activities, etc.
When you come to church prepared, feel or hear the promptings of the Spirit, ACT UPON THEM! You might be the difference in someone else's life that day.
The young men want to be better because of the young women of the church. Remember always that Heavenly Father knows what you need and what you want.
Doctrine and Covenants 4
"Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.
Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.
Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;
For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he thrusteth in his sickle, with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his sould;
And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work.
Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.
Ask, and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened unto you. Amen.
The Stake Relief Society is worried about the women of our stake. They want us to become charged again and continue on in doing good.
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