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2015.3.1 Treasures We Store in Heaven
The international celebration of all things green and Irish is this month. It began as a religious holiday in honor of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick. The symbols representing this celebration are fun, with fields of clover, laughing leprechauns and pots of gold filled to the brim with treasure.
We read in Matthew 6:20-21, But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth or rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through or steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
The treasures you and I are laying up for ourselves in heaven are those treasures we share unselfishly.
No one person has all the treasure. No one person has all the tools. We don't all use the tools we're given at the same speed or in like manor. Yet our treasures always grow when we reach out in love with acts of goodness and kindness to those around us.
As this month progresses take the time to evaluate 'the treasure we are storing up for ourselves in heaven,' as we look around to see where we can share those treasures.
St. Patrick was known for his legacy of love for the Irish people. Let us each be known for the treasures of love in our hearts that we reach out and share with all those around us.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Choose Hope 2015.2.1
Success in any endeavor begins with a strong and proven
foundation. The family is such; a strong and proven foundation that we can
build Christ-centered homes upon.
The structure of families can be diverse
and often change as circumstances in life do. But the strong and proven
foundation has been set. Though our family may appear out of alignment of where
we perceive it should be, or whether it is just where we want it to be, we all
have the responsibility to follow the pattern set by the Lord as closely as we
can.
Sometimes we as women are called upon to
be the leader in the home, sometimes the help meet, sometimes the daughter,
sister, care giver. Whatever our role, our mission remains the same: to learn
to love the Lord and share that love to strengthen and lift our family and
those around us.
But... with each role we as women preform,
it is easy to get lost in the 'giving' until even our own deepest reservoirs
have been drained dry. When this happens our strong foundation, the family,
feels strained and weakened.
During construction all foundations
require the use of certain tools to ensure the foundation will bear the weight
of the structure it is to support. In the foundation of the family, we as women
all need the tools that will help us fill our delicate spiritual reservoirs
against the daily stains and pressures this life puts upon us and our families.
This month, let's choose HOPE to help fill
our spiritual reservoirs. Filling our own reservoirs with hope will not happen
without our concentrated effort to do so. The world is coming at us too hard
and fast and will dry up any hope within us that is not nourished daily. We
need to open our hearts to hope, to be able to lift ourselves and share that
hope with others.
We live at such an amazing time in the
history of the world. God has revealed more truths than ever before, along with
the technology to bring more of that knowledge to us. We as women have
access to more spiritual knowledge than any other age of women. We have access
to books by prophets and apostles that can help us fill our delicate reservoirs
with HOPE. There is much in the scriptures to give us hope. There is much to
teach us of hope. The Savior stands near and ready to refresh our hope when we
ask.
Take the time away from the 'buzyness' of
life and strengthen the foundation for your Christ-centered home and family and
life by filling your delicate reservoir with HOPE.
Monday, January 26, 2015
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