Tag: Womens Meeting
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Living the Gospel Joyful
I am grateful for my grandmother who decades ago decided to take her family to a Mormon sacrament meeting. I am grateful for Sister Ewig, an elderly single German lady, whose name translates into English as “Sister Eternal.” She was the one who extended this courageous and wonderful invitation to my grandmother. I am so…
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Sharing Your Light
Tonight I would like to consider two important responsibilities we carry: first, consistently adding gospel light and truth to our lives, and second, sharing that light and truth with others. You carry a circle of influence with you wherever you go. It is felt by the people around you—from your family to the contacts in…
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Covenant Daughters of God
The power of that individual covenant was impressed upon my heart three weeks ago as I attended a baptismal service. There before me were eight beautiful children sitting with reverent anticipation that finally their special day had arrived. But as I looked into their bright faces, I did not see just a group of children.…
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Prepared in a Manner That Never Had Been Known
As we consider the principle of being prepared, imagine with me the following scene. You are sitting in the celestial room of the temple and notice a number of brides and grooms being reverently ushered in and out as they wait to be married for time and all eternity. A bride enters the celestial room,…
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Daughters in the Covenant
I will speak tonight about the path—which in such beautiful ways has been described today—that we must take on our journey back to our Heavenly Father. That path is marked by sacred covenants with God. I will talk with you about the joy of making and keeping those covenants and helping others keep them. His…
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Wanted: Hands and Hearts to Hasten the Work
Why do the leading sisters of the church so consistently speak about the same kind of topics and with such consistent perspectives? There must be something about it that is natural to femininity. Like the rich young man in Jesus’s day, sometimes we are tempted to give up or turn back because maybe we think…
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Sisterhood: Oh, How We Need Each Other
The adversary would have us be critical or judgmental of one another. He wants us to concentrate on our differences and compare ourselves to one another. Concentrating on what separates us is a tactic of the adversary. When Sister Val Baker’s bishop asked to meet with her, she was looking forward to being called as…
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Keeping Covenants Protects Us, Prepares Us, and Empowers Us
Tonight we gather together all over the world as His disciples, with a desire to defend and sustain the kingdom of God. I wonder if “defend” is really descriptive of what women should seek to do. In extraordinary circumstances surely but I think this kind of verbiage blurs gender roles. I am going to hum…