Dear Sisters,
Many sisters had the opportunity to meet with the Relief Society Presidency in Visiting Teaching interviews last month, to share their joys, strengths and challenges. We were uplifted by your sweet spirits and the love you have for one another, the sacrifices you make and the care and concern you share for those sisters in our ward. We appreciate the way you uplift each other, are quick to accept service opportunities and share your talents.
Many sisters had the opportunity to meet with the Relief Society Presidency in Visiting Teaching interviews last month, to share their joys, strengths and challenges. We were uplifted by your sweet spirits and the love you have for one another, the sacrifices you make and the care and concern you share for those sisters in our ward. We appreciate the way you uplift each other, are quick to accept service opportunities and share your talents.
Taking a personal inventory, expounding on what we see in ourselves and setting goals, will help us to improve our “caring”. How can we be a better friend? How can we prepare ourselves to be open to the spirit and willing to obey the promptings we receive so we can be in tune with our sisters needs? Robert D. Hales said "As we follow [the Savior], He blesses us with gifts, talents, and the strength to do His will, allowing us to go beyond our comfort zones and do things we’ve never before thought possible."
How well we prepare will help to define the way we emulate our savior as we fill our lamps with oil. As I sit in Relief Society Meeting taking roll, looking out at each of you sisters, I am often awestruck at how I feel. I’m amazed at the caliber of sisters in our ward, talented, beautiful, righteous sisters. A room full of magnificence. And yet, we are missing so many; they are not there to share in the gospel light with us. They are not there to help strengthen their testimonies and their families. They are not receiving the blessings that are offered to them through the Savior. Our lives would also be enriched if these same sisters were with us.
As we walk with Christ this year, as we fill our lamps, let us beckon those who are missing, to walk with us.
Many of our sisters are simply in need of a friend, someone who will take the time to get to know then, love then unconditionally and not give up on them.
Who will we beckon to walk with us, as we Walk with Christ this year?
Hugs,
Hugs,
Shelly Ward, Secretary
