Reflections

I hope you will bare with me as I take the time to post about some things I have been reflecting on this week. First of all I took the time to watch the Young Women General Broadcast last Saturday which was wonderful and uplifting as always. But I couldn't help but feel just a little bit of a void, I have gotten so used to having our Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley around at conference time that it just seemed kind of weird to me. I know President Monson is a true Prophet and is called of God to lead the church at this time but I just seems like something is missing to not see President Hinckley smiling and waving his cane! I know that President and Sister Hinckley are not far off and will be watching over this weekends proceedings.

I came across this today I don't know if any of you have seen it but it kind of reinforced what I have been feeling. He was such a great example to me and my family and we will continue to learn so much from that example!

Also this week I had a neat opportunity to listen to Emily Freeman the author of 21 Days Closer to Christ. She came and spoke to our Relief Society and shared her powerful testimony of the Savior.

As I listened to her my heart reflected on the amazing friend I have in Jesus! He has been with me as long as I can remember and I'm sure much longer than that! As a mother he is the one who I have always been able to turn to and he never lets me down. I see his tender mercies every day in my life. I'm reminded of one day in particular not long after we had moved. I had been having a few hard months for some reason. Nothing was really wrong but nothing was right I didn't know why. I was feeling guilty for not just being happy cause I've always been so blessed. Well I was just sitting at the table looking out the window crying when Curt came in. He was two at the time he looked at me and he said, "Mom Jesus loves you!" It's so funny but those little words from my two year old made all the difference! I had taught him that Jesus loved him and he said it often. I would ask him who loved him he would say, "Jesus!" But he had never before told me that Jesus loved me until that day and he has not said it again since! The Lord knew that day I needed to hear it and he used my pure sweet baby boy to tell me!

I mentioned to Ry last night that I have been trying this week to prepare myself to hear what the Lord would have me hear during General Conference. It's amazing to me how much more we can get from meetings like these when we come prepared. One last thing I want to share, it is called. . . . . .

Reflections of Christ just click on the title and it will take you to a five minuet slide show. I love it when people do inspiring projects like these!

Just a Thought:

"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." ~Thomas A. Edison~