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Presidency Message:
“The Lord wants us to live providently because of who we become in the process: responsible, generous, mature, kind. For the more self-reliant we are, the better we can help our families and others. There are six areas that we can focus on to become self-reliant; they are:
*Spiritual strength: Trust in the Lord; obey the commandments; pray and study the scriptures daily; serve others.
*Physical health: Obey the Word of Wisdom; exercise; get adequate sleep; practice good sanitation and hygiene.
*Education: Become literate; obtain job skills; study “the best books” (D&C 88:118)
*Employment: Work to provide for your own and your family’s needs.
*Home storage: Store clean drinking water and gradually build a supply of foods you eat on a regular basis and a longer-lasting supply of foods, such as grains and beans.
*Finances: Pay tithes and offerings; avoid unnecessary debt; gradually build a financial reserve.
If you are like me and take a look at this list and find yourself woefully lacking in many of these areas; and perhaps feeling a little overwhelmed by a 6 subject list with so many offshoots, please remember that we are not beyond the reach of the Savior and his guidance and help through the Spirit. Sisters, we each have many strengths and many weaknesses. I hope that we can be encouraged by our discussions to try to do a little better and do a little more; that we won’t be discouraged by what we are not doing, but encouraged and prompted to add to what we are currently doing and do a little more.
- Sister Beyeler
March Theme
"As a Relief Society… we ask that you pray for ward members who may be struggling with disabilities, health or job challenges, and strife in the home; that they may be blessed with peace, guidance, and faith in the atonement required to overcome their trials." ~RS Presidency
Provident Living Message
"We encourage you wherever you may live in the world to prepare for adversity by looking to the condition of your finances. We urge you to be modest in your expenditures; discipline yourselves in your purchases to avoid debt. . . . If you have paid your debts and have a financial reserve, even though it be small, you and your family will feel more secure and enjoy greater peace in your hearts." —The First Presidency Feb 2007
Temple Thoughts
"I urge our people everywhere, with all of the persuasiveness of which I am capable, to live worthy to hold a temple recommend, to secure one and regard it as a precious asset, and to make a greater effort to go to the House of the Lord and partake of the spirit and the blessings to be had therein.” -- Gordon B. Hinckley
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