A Sunday Post

I feel like I have so many things to blog about because I just got back from California. However, I am a little tired and an exciting post like that needs a lot more energy. 

I feel like I am a little shy when it comes to bearing my testimony in person, but when it's through writing it's a lot easier. So, sorry if I overwhelm people with my spiritual posts, but I just love writing about and sharing things that I'm passionate about. 

Today we had a Relief Society commemoration meeting with all three Relief Societies in my ward. We had a little video presentation with a lot of people sharing their thoughts on what Relief Society is and about the role that women play. It was really great. Our bishop's wife shared some thoughts also. I am indeed so lucky to be part of such a great organization. 

They gave everyone frames with a quote by Margaret D. Nadauld:

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. 

To go along with that I also read Dallin H. Oaks' talk from conference last week about desires. 

"Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. The desires we act on determine our changing, our achieving, and our becoming."

I have strong desires to be that woman that Margaret D. Nadauld spoke of and I know that as long as I have that desire I will be able to progress every day and become a woman who is tender, kind, refined, faithful, good, virtuous, and pure. This church is such a blessing in my life. =)

My Life in a Collage: Number Two.

Another Semester is Ending

Besides not having anymore tests or homework, the thing I love most about a semester coming to an end is hearing all my professors bear testimony. Today I had one professor teach about ethics and how there is no amount of money that can compensate for being unethical.

Another professor spent our entire class period talking about general conference. It wasn't just a random tangent either. He specifically sets aside one class period every semester after general conference to talk about highlights. He went around the entire classroom and had everyone share something. I shared that I really enjoyed Paul V. Johnson's talk about trials and how if we handle them properly they can be a strength for us and help us build our character. But of course all the talks are wonderful. I am so excited for the text to come out on Thursday so I can go back and read all of them and ponder them more fervently.

I am so lucky to go to Brigham Young University, the Lord's university, and to be a member of this church. I am grateful for parents who had the courage to join the church and stay strong all these years and raise my siblings and me in a gospel-centered home. I know that I can be perfected through the atonement of my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ and one day return to live with Him again.