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Saturday, July 19, 2008

One More Post Today...

I know not very many of you will read my blog before tomorrow evening, but if you do, and you're a girl (or a boy who has ideas) please share with me any great young women activities that you have done/ would like to do. I have a big planning meeting tomorrow, and would love to take some tried and tested ideas. These can be little simple things, or big neato ones. Thank you!!

4 comments:

Annalee Kelly said...: In our planning mtgs with the laurel class pres., the laurels wanted to learn more homemaking ideas before graduating; also, our bishop required that 50% of all y.w./y.m. activities be service oriented. SO... once a month for class activities, the laurels and leaders would meet at one of our homes and teach them how to cook a favorite recipe. Then we would take it to a family in the ward. Also a neat activity that the girls LOVED was going to the Lehi Bridal Shop (LDS owners) and trying on modest wedding dresses and then we took pictures and made these cool handouts with their bridal pictures alonside a temple and a quote "Where do you see yourself on your wedding day?" and a Boyd K. Packer quote about the most important decision in your life being just that... Also prior to trying on the dresses, the owner spoke to the girls about goal setting and modesty, etc. It was a wonderful evening. You could adjust that depending on the owner's flexibility/religious orientation, etc. It's late and i have many more ideas, so let me know if you need more. Good luck, President Smith!; 11:11 PM
Melissa said...: I don't know if this counts as an activity, but during church one Sunday, everyone in young womens sat around in a big circle. Then we'd start with one girl, and went around the circle having each person say one thing nice about that girl. We were pretty much all in tears at the end. It was something I'll never forget!

As far as doing something outside of church time, I liked collecting canned goods for the food drive. I also liked learning to budget. We split into groups and went shopping with the "money" we had. Then we came back and cooked it (it was all for a dinner for I think the young women families or something).; 11:42 AM
Mindy said...: Great ideas, girls! Thank you so much! I'm off to my meeting...; 3:54 PM
Rachel Holloway said...: Darn! I missed this! Hope your meeting went well!; 12:27 AM

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To Do Today

* Embrace this day with an enthusiastic welcome, no matter how it looks. The covenant with God to which you are true enables you to become enlightened by him, and nothing is impossible for you.
* When you are physically sick, tired, or in despair, steer your thoughts away from yourself and direct them, in gratitude and love, toward God.
* In your life there have to be challenges. They will either bring you closer to God and therefore make you stronger, or they can destroy you. But you make the decision of which road you take.
* First and foremost, you are a spirit child of God. If you neglect to feed your spirit, you will reap unhappiness. Don't permit anything to detract you from this awareness.
* You cannot communicate with God unless you have first sacrificed your self-oriented natural man and have brought yourself into the lower levels of meekness, to become acceptable for the Light of Christ.
* Put all frustrations, hurt feelings, and grumblings into the perspective of your eternal hope. Light will flow into your soul.
* Pause to ponder the suffering Christ felt in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the awareness of the depth of gratitude for him, you appreciate every opportunity to show your love for him by diligently serving in his Church.
* God knows that you are not perfect. As you suffer about your imperfections, he will give you comfort and suggestions of where to improve.
* God knows better than you what you need. He always attempts to speak to you. Listen, and follow the uncomfortable suggestions that he makes to us--everything will fall into its place.
* Avoid any fear like your worst enemy, but magnify your fear about the consequences of sin.
* When you cannot love someone, look into that person's eyes long enough to find the hidden rudiments of the child of God in him.
* Never judge anyone. When you accept this, you will be freed. In the case of your own children or subordinates, where you have the responsibility to judge, help them to become their own judges.
* If someone hurts you so much that your feelings seem to choke you, forgive and you will be free again.
* Avoid at all cost any pessimistic, negative, or criticizing thoughts. If you cannot cut them out, they will do you harm. On the road toward salvation, let questions arise but never doubts. If something is wrong, God will give you clarity but never doubts.
* Avoid rush and haste and uncontrolled words. Divine light develops in places of peace and quiet. Be aware of that as you enter places of worship.
* Be not so much concerned about what you do, but do what you do with all your heart, might, and strength. In thoroughness is satisfaction.
* You want to be good and to do good. That is commendable. But the greatest achievement that can be reached in our lives is to be under the complete influence of the Holy Ghost. Then he will teach us what is really good and necessary to do.
* The pain of sacrifice lasts only one moment. It is the fear of the pain of sacrifice that makes you hesitate to do it.
* Be grateful for every opportunity to serve. It helps you more than those you serve.
* And finally, when you are compelled to give up something or when things that are dear to you are withdrawn from you, know that this is your lesson to be learned right now. But know also that, as you are learning this lesson, God wants to give you something better.

from "Unleashing the Dormant Spirit by F. Enzio Busche