Visting Teaching message!

Its almost the end of the month, hopefully we all have done our visiting teaching :) I know i sometimes forget to do my visitng teaching or useto have an excuse like I have lots of school work, my work schedule is hectic i have no time, i'm just too bust but, I have no excuse now since I'm a stay at home mom and now that i think of it, all those reasons were just EXCUSES!! I love visiting teaching. The Lord knows we all need it.

Well, This months message for visiting teaching was such an awesome message which left me thinking about my role not only as a mother and a wife but as a women of the Church of Jesus Chrsit of Latterday Saints. In Julie Becks Quote it is said that "we will remember that we fought in a great conflict for this privlege". When i read that, i thought WOW!! I never really thought of it in that sense. I fought for my Divine Role, and am i really doing all i can to not only understand but fullfill this role???I know I'm not perfect but thats why i love this gospel so much. It reminds me daily of what I need to be doing to be a better person.

(I PUT BOLD LETTERS ON CERTAIN PARTS OF EACH QUOTE THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME IN THE VISITING TEACHING MESSAGE THIS MONTH BELOW) ENJOY READING!!!




Understand the Divine Roles of Women

Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president:
“I have a testimony gained from pondering and studying the scriptures of a plan of happiness given to us by our Father in Heaven. That plan has a part for His daughters. We have the female half to take care of, and if we don’t do our part, no one else is going to do it for us. The half of our Father’s plan that creates life, that nurtures souls, that promotes growth, that influences everything else was given to us. We can’t delegate it. We can’t pass it off to anyone. It’s ours. We can refuse it, we can deny it, but it’s still our part, and we’re accountable for it. There will come a day when we will all remember what we knew before we were born. We will remember that we fought in a great conflict for this privilege. How do we meet this responsibility? We daily put our energies into the work that is uniquely ours to do.”
Elder M. Russell Ballard : “
The basic doctrinal purpose for the Creation of the earth is to provide for God’s spirit children the continuation of the process of exaltation and eternal life. …
“… Although there is simply not a more significant contribution you can make to society, to the Church, or to the eternal destiny of our Father’s children than what you will do as a mother or father, motherhood and fatherhood are not the only measures of goodness or of one’s acceptance before the Lord. …
“Every sister in this Church who has made covenants with the Lord has a divine mandate to help save souls, to lead the women of the world, to strengthen the homes of Zion, and to build the kingdom of God”

Elder David A. Bednar :
“By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory. Because of their distinctive temperaments and capacities, males and females each bring to a marriage relationship unique perspectives and experiences. The man and the woman contribute differently but equally to a oneness and a unity that can be achieved in no other way”
Silvia H. Allred:
“The Lord has blessed women with divine attributes of love, compassion, kindness, and charity. Through our monthly visits as visiting teachers, we have the power to bless each sister as we extend our arms of love and kindness and give the gifts of compassion and charity. No matter what our individual circumstances are, we all have the opportunity to edify and nurture others”
President Spencer w. Kimball :
“To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling. The righteous woman’s strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times”