Dear Frankie

I've had this movie in my Netflix queue for awhile now. We finally watched it last night and I really enjoyed it. It is a little slow at first, but the music, the acting, and the scenes were wonderful. It is a great love story, and I don't mean romantic love. I had never heard of the movie before because it is Scottish, but I highly recommend it. It has been awhile since I have seen a clean, feel good show like this one.

To Mothers...

“To mothers, daughters, and women everywhere, let me stress the fact that because of your great potential and influence for good in the lives of all of us, Satan is determined to destroy you. You cannot compromise with him. Your must have the courage, the strength, the desire, and the determination to live as the Lord would have you live- good clean lives. Girls, keep yourselves virtuous and worthy of fine young man who has likewise kept himself clean, so that together you can go to the House of the Lord to be sealed in the holy bonds of matrimony for time and all eternity, and prepare a home where God will be pleased to send his spirit children.”

President N. Eldon Tanner

Some of my favorite quotes...

"Marriage is a joint quest for the good, the beautiful, and the divine."
James E. Faust

"If you love the Lord, spend time with him. Meditate on his words, take his yoke upon you. ... When we love the Lord, obedience ceases to be a burden. Our love for the Lord deepens our minds."
Elder Wirthlin

"Love Makes the world go round. But laughter helps us from getting dizzy."

"Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels."

"Happiness is a grateful heart"

"we could learn a lot from crayons... some are sharp, some are
pretty, and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are
different colors, but they all have to live in the same box."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt

"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be
seen or touched; they must be felt with the heart."
~Helen Keller

Wheat is for man. D&C 89:19
Chocolate is for woman. M&M 24:7

"A woman is like a tea bag: You never know her strength until you drop her in hot water."
~Eleanor Roosevelt

Feeling the Love of the Lord...

Feeling the Love of the Lord Daily in our lives

“True gratitude is the ability to humbly see, feel, and even receive love. Gratitude is a form of returning love to God. Recognize His hand, tell Him so, express your love to Him. As you come to truly know the Lord, you will find an intimate, sacred relationship built on trust. You will come to know He understands your anguish and will, in compassion, always respond to you in love.”

Elder Gene R. Cook

Small and Simple Things...

...but the biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make while doing this. I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of the three on them sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages 6, 4, and 1. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in a hurry to get on to the next things: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less. Anna Quindlen


By small and simple things will great things come to pass…

As Latter-day Saint Women...

“The only place Latter-day Saint women will learn the whole and complete truth about their indispensable role in the plan of happiness is in this Church and its doctrine. We know that in the great premortal conflict we sided with our Savior, Jesus Christ, to preserve our potential to belong to eternal families. We know we are daughters of God, and we know what we are to do. Women find true happiness when they understand and delight in their unique role within the plan of salvation. The things women can and should do very best are championed and taught without apology here. We believe in the formation of eternal families. That means we believe in getting married. We know that the commandment to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. That means we believe in having children. We have faith that with the Lord’s help we can be successful in rearing and teaching children. These are vital responsibilities in the plan of happiness, and when women embrace those roles with all their hearts, they are happy! Knowing and defending the truth about families is the privilege of every sister in this Church." Sister Julie Beck

Women of God

Women of God can never be like women of the world.
The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender.
There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind.
There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined.
We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith.
We have enough greed; we need more goodness.
We have enough vanity; we need more virtue.
We have enough popularity; we need more purity.

Margaret D. Nadauld
YW General President
The Joy of Womenhood

Guidelines for discerning when you do
or when do not have the Spirit of God with you


Positive

When you have the Spirit:
You feel happy and calm.
You feel full of light.
Your mind is clear.
Your bosom burns.
You feel generous.
Nobody can offend you.
You feel confident in everything you do.
You wouldn’t mind everybody seeing what you are doing.
You feel outgoing.
You love to be with people.
You are glad when others succeed.
You want to make others happy.
You bring out the best and say the best of others.
You gladly and willingly perform church ordinances.
You’d like to be in the temple for a while every day.
You feel you can magnify your church calling.
You feel like praying.
You wish you could keep all of the Lord’s commandments.
You feel you have control of your appetites and emotions.
You eat and sleep in moderation.
You are generally just glad to be alive.



Negative

When you do not have the Spirit:
You feel unhappy, depressed, confused or frustrated.
You feel heavy and full of darkness.
Your mind is muddled.
You feel empty, hollow, cold inside.
You feel selfish, possessive, self-centered.
Everything anyone does bothers you.
You are always on the defensive.
You are easily discouraged.
You become secretive, sneaky, and evasive.
You want to be alone.
You avoid other people, especially family members.
You are envious of what others do and of what they have.
You are critical of others, especially of family members and of authority.
You feel hesitant, unworthy to perform church ordinances.
You don’t want to go to the temple.
You wish you had another church job or no job at all.
You don’t want to pray.
You get mad when others want to pray.
You find the commandments bothersome, restricting or senseless.
You become a slave to your appetites.
Your emotions become passionate and extreme with wide mood swings.
You wonder if life is really worth it.




Effect of the Holy Ghost on the individual

“An intelligent being in the image of God, possesses every organ, attribute, sense, sympathy, affection of will, wisdom, love, power and gift which is possessed by God himself.”

But these are possessed by man in his rudimental state in a subordinate sense of the word. Or, in other words, these attributes are in embryo, and are to be gradually developed. They resemble a bud, a germ, which gradually develops into bloom, and then, by progress, produces the mature fruit after its own kind.

The gift of the Holy Spirit adapts itself to all these organs or attributes.


 It quickens all the intellectual faculties,

 increases, enlarges, expands and purifies all the natural passions and affections, and adapts them by the gift of wisdom to their lawful use.

 It inspires, develops, cultivates, and matures all the fine-toned sympathies, joys, tastes, kindred feelings, and affections of our nature.

 It inspires virtue, kindness, goodness, tenderness, gentleness, and charity.

 It develops beauty of person, form and features.

 It tends to health, vigor, animation and social feeling.

 It develops and invigorates all the faculties of the physical and intellectual man.

 It strengthens, invigorates, and gives tone to the nerves.


In short, it is, as it were,
Marrow to the bone,
Joy to the heart
Light to the eyes,
Music to the ears,
And Life to the whole being.


(found in Appendix 8- Articles of Faith by James E. Talmage, page 487).

Ideas for handouts for youth

"Don't be a Butterfinger, keep your goals within your grasp"


"Be a Life Saver and read the scriptures both Now and Later"


"Reading the scriptures can bring excite-mint into your life"


"Let the scriptures Krackel and pop into your life"


"We all look at the world the same, but see it a little differently" You can use cut outs for this one.


"Go the Extra mile, read your scriptures"

Hugs

I've always loved this handout I received as a Young Woman. It talks about hugs and the types of hugs out there. I think this would be a great handout for Young Women, because everyone needs a hug!

Relief Society Survial Kit

I found this cute handout that I've been holding on for years... What a cute idea to share as Visiting Teachers, Enrichment Leaders or as a Relief Society Presidency.