We had the wonderful opportunity last night @ our closing fireside for our women's conference to be in the presence of such a great woman. Sister Barbara Thompson is the second counselor in the General Relief Society presidency. She's AMAZING & I was surprised at how very humorous she is as well. She was cracking jokes the whole night. One minute we're cracking up laughing with her & the next, we're all in tears. It was a great emotional roller coaster. LOL!! She focused her talk on what our theme was which was D&C 88:119. "Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; & establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order." She talked about the different ways that we can keep ourselves worthy enough to have the spirit of the Lord be with us always to guide us in our lives. One thing that she said that stuck out to me a lot was how God puts desires in our hearts & so he would not be so cruel as to not provide a way for us to fulfill them. That definitely hit home for me. She stressed the importance of prayer & how it's our communication line with God. How we don't have to go thru anyone or anything else when we get down on our knees, but how important it is that we do humble ourselves enough when turning to prayer so that the spirit of the Lord may reveal what we need in our lives.
It was a great talk & great way to end our conference. I'm so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who loves us so much that he provides such wonderful & inspirational leaders/people in our lives that we can turn to when we are in need. I'm especially grateful for the restoration of the Gospel & the Book Of Mormon because it has all the answers & instructions for how our families need to be taught in order to return to Him someday. We ran into a lot families & friends as well which made for a great end of a fireside. We're very blessed & very grateful for all that we have, which isn't much, but is all we need. :D
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Fiona, you're so good, going to women's conference and writing about it. :)
Hey, Kassie left a comment on my blog again for me email address. I've emailed her, but I don't know if she got it. Can you tell her my email address is linehafoka@hotmail.com. Lol, thanks for being the in-between person! Haha
How exciting! Sounds like a great spiritual experience!!
It really was!! I love the church for having these programs to help people like me, stay focused. :D
I love firesides like that! Beautiful family you have!
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