Recognizing God’s Hand in Our Daily Blessings BY ELDER D. TODD CHRISTOFFERSON

Good Morning Sisters,
Please enjoy this talk about remembering our daily blessings.....I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for the Gospel in my life. I am thankful I live in this wonderful country.
What are you thankful for?

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2012/01/recognizing-gods-hand-in-our-daily-blessings?lang=eng

Kathy

Book of Mormon Evidence Fireside

Mother's Day

Hello Sisters,
We have an amazing calling called Motherhood. It has it ups, it has it's downs and through it all, our love for our children grows and blossoms into eternal love, never ending love, with every fiber of our being love.
And if we are not Mother's to a biologic child, we still are capable of having this love for the child we adopt, or the children we call nieces and nephews, the children we teach in Sunday School/Primary; maybe the children we teach out in the world.
This calling works hand in hand with Heavenly Father; it is our destiny; it is our nurturing natures.
President D. McKay states: “Motherhood consists of three principal attributes or qualities: namely, (1) the power to bear, (2) the ability to rear, (3) the gift to love. …
President H. Hunter states: “The First Presidency has said: ‘Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind’ (in James R. Clark, comp., Messages of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6 vols. [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1965–75], 6:178). The priesthood cannot work out its destiny, nor can God’s purposes be fulfilled, without our helpmates. Mothers perform a labor the priesthood cannot do. For this gift of life, the priesthood should have love unbounded for the mothers of their children. …
Our calling is important, eternal and necessary; for all of us to return to Heavenly Father, Motherhood is an important key stone.
Let's take joy in being what we are suppose to be...co-creators with our Priesthood Partner in making eternal families.
Kathy

Thoughts to Ponder

Good Afternoon Sisters,
Today's program had a quote from President Henry B. Eyring from the 2014 April General Conference. I kept reading it over and over again through out Sacrament Meeting today. It really struck a chord with me. As testimonies were being born, my eyes kept falling to this quote. One testimony was about Patriarchal Blessings. Somehow, President Eyring's quote and the need to read my Patriarchal Blessing came through loud and clear.
Did this happen to you? Did you feel the need to read your personal revelation again? I found mine and am going to read it. It has been way too long I'm afraid!
"A covenant is a sacred agreement between God and a person or group of people. God sets specific conditions, and He promises to bless us as we obey those conditions. When we choose not to keep covenants, we cannot receive the blessings, and in some instances we suffer a penalty as a consequence of our disobedience.
When you choose whether to make or keep a covenant with God, you choose whether you will leave an inheritance of hope to those who might follow your example." Henry B. Eyring
The last sentence is powerful.....read it again.....breathe it in.....by living the Gospel, keeping our covenants, we "leave an inheritance of hope to those who might follow" our examples.
Who are "those"????? Our families, our children, our grandchildren, our nieces, our nephews, our friends, our neighbors, our co-workers, the random people we meet....there are so many we influence just by our examples....pretty powerful I think.
By doing our best to live the Gospel, to remember the promises in our Patriarchal Blessings, we can
Come Unto Christ!
Kathy