Nobility in Motherhood and Joy in Womanhood

Part of the Relief Society Declaration states that "We are women... who find nobility in motherhood and joy in womanhood." We live in a time of great opportunity for women.  We can have much influence on the world around us, particularly the youth.  We can use the nurturing instincts that our Heavenly Father gave us to help the world around us and to further His work.

Mary Ellen Smoot, former Relief Society General President said, "Each of us has a vital role, even a sacred mission to perform as a daughter in Zion...It is our destiny to rejoice as we fill the earth with greater kindness and gentleness, greater love and compassion, greater sympathy and empathy than have ever been known before.  It is time to give ourselves to the Master and allow Him to lead us into fruitful fields where we can enrich a world filled with darkness and misery." (Rejoice, Daughter of Zion,"  Ensign, Nov. 1994, 94)

"I suggest that you...humbly ask the Lord what he would have you do and why you are uniquely suited to serve.  Ask yourself  questions like these:   'What can I contribute?'  'Why was I chosen to be the mother of these children?'  'What can I do to strengthen  [others]? and so forth.  We each have a purpose and reason for being.  Every sister has a thread to weave in the tapestry of time.  Discover your thread and begin to weave." (Relief Society, The Possible Dream [address delivers at the 1998 Brigham Young University women's conference.)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Book Club meets this Thursday, July 9 at Margaret Williams' home at 7 p.m.  We are discussing the book "The Little Prince"

Friday, July 10  Ward Temple Trip  7 p.m. session

The temple is closed for cleaning July 13 through July 26.

The Stake is holding a Pioneer  celebration on Saturday, July 18.  Check with Clayton Bolz for more information.