I love this statement. I think it should be part of my mission statement.
In the recent Women’s broadcast at conference, President Uchtdorf quoted President Brigham Young as saying….
“There is a great work for the Saints to do. Progress, improve upon and make beautiful everything around you. Cultivate the earth, and cultivate your minds. …..adorn your habitations, make gardens, orchards, and vineyards, and render the earth so pleasant that when you look upon your labors you may do so with pleasure, and that angels may delight to come and visit your beautiful locations. In the mean time continually seek to adorn your minds with all the graces of the Spirit of Christ.
President Uchtdorf went on to say….
The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create. That is your opportunity in this life and your destiny in the life to come. Sisters, trust and rely on the Spirit. As you take the normal opportunities of your daily life and create something of beauty and helpfulness, you improve not only the world around you but also the world within you.
Meatball minestrone soup in the crockpot
7 months ago
7 comments:
You do create wonderful things!!!, and thanks for sharing them with the rest of us.
Did you not just love Elder Uchtdorf's talk? It was great. What a beautiful mission statement.
And by the way, all of the angels will hanging out in your yard!
Thanks Shelly and Danielle
kathy.
I love your blog!! You have inspired me...as in your mission statement blog....the weight blog will take A LOT more inspiration!!
Viki A.
I love that MOM! I just loved his talk.. It was just what I needed. He gave such practical ways to be happier: Create things, serve others.. and I can't remember the other one right now.. It isn't often that I can remember the main points of a talk this long afterwards.. but his talk really spoke to me.
I can't create children.. so I will create beautiful cards! :) that is where that came from.. And serve others.. It is so fundamental yet it is the first thing to go when we are suffering.
I loved LOVED his talk. And I love LOVE your beautiful 'location'. Almost nothing gives me more comfort than to be at home in your beautiful yard.
This past summer I began to realize what a joy it is to be in this yard. I think that is having the trees enclosing it and making it so private. I loved to sit on the deck or any other place. That quote best sums up how I feel.
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