Thoughts.

This morning I was lucky enough to go with my Mom and listen to Sheri Dew, and Wendy Nelson (wife of Elder Nelson) speak at our Relief Society Stake Conference. I am just so grateful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and be apart of the greatest women's organization in the world. Relief Society. I love being surrounded by amazing, beautiful women who love their savior, who realize the importance of being a righteous women in this crazy world. I just wanted to share a couple things I learned from these two great women today;

Sis. Wendy Nelson

• She taught that when we have our focus on our Savior Jesus Christ, everything else in life will become clear.
• She taught us how important priorities are in our lives. We need to make sure we do the most important things first and everything else can/will get done too. But the order in which we do them is so critical.
• She taught that if we ever have any question and we are searching for an answer we need to turn to the scriptures. If we ask the question, and then read anywhere in the scripture with faith we can and will receive an answer to any type of question that may be troubling us.
• She told us that Elder Nelson does all the vacuuming. How cute is that!!

Sis. Sheri Dew

• She taught that the priesthood keys open the flow of priesthood power
• She taught us that God knows who we are, and where we are. He knows where we need to get to where we are going. He will help us and bless us to accomplish what we need to do.
• She taught us that you can't limit or measure the influence of a righteous women who follows the spirit. (It was kind of overwhelming to think of the influence we each can have on so many... the hope is that it will be a good influence!)
• She asked us who we are letting influence us? Prophets and apostles, or the world.
• She taught that we can have a spiritual experience everyday, and we should strive to do so.

This was the quote used as the theme for the conference. I just love it. Although it gives me a huge sense of the responsibility I have before me.

"Much of the major growth that is coming to the Church in the last days will come because many of the good women of the world (in whom there is often such an inner sense of spirituality) will be drawn to the Church in large numbers. This will happen to the degree that the women of the Church reflect righteousness and articulateness in their lives and to the degree that the women of the church are seen as distinct and different- in happy ways- from the women of the world... Thus it will be that female exemplars of the Church will be a significant force in both the numerical and spiritual growth of the Church in the last days..." -Spencer W. Kimball