What a busy summer break we have had. I will start today and blog the highlights for the next few days. Most of the time we were out of town and I was without a computer so I could not blog.
Elizabeth was able to go to Girl's Camp this summer with our Young Woman Church group. She loved the independence and the zip line. We missed her smiling face and the joy that she brings to our family. I am amazed at the love she has for her siblings and am so glad to see her growing and maturing into a beautiful young woman.
After getting home she was having difficulty adjusting back to family rules and expectations. Sunday we had a nice long talk. After realizing that nothing was working I felt prompted to complement her and tell her why she is such a great young woman. It was fun to see her wiggle and squirm as I explained that we love her, she is so responsible, she is so mature for her age, she helps out so much, she gets such good grades, that her Father in Heaven loves her and how He is proud of her and the right decisions she makes, I went on and on. After that she was much more cooperative. I think sometimes I try to hard to compell my children to obedience when really they just need to be loved into obedience.
Everyone was excited to be with daddy. He had been gone on a High Adventure Camping Trip with the Young Men in our church ages 16-18. Needless to say he had quite the welcome home hug.
Elizabeth was able to go to Girl's Camp this summer with our Young Woman Church group. She loved the independence and the zip line. We missed her smiling face and the joy that she brings to our family. I am amazed at the love she has for her siblings and am so glad to see her growing and maturing into a beautiful young woman.
After getting home she was having difficulty adjusting back to family rules and expectations. Sunday we had a nice long talk. After realizing that nothing was working I felt prompted to complement her and tell her why she is such a great young woman. It was fun to see her wiggle and squirm as I explained that we love her, she is so responsible, she is so mature for her age, she helps out so much, she gets such good grades, that her Father in Heaven loves her and how He is proud of her and the right decisions she makes, I went on and on. After that she was much more cooperative. I think sometimes I try to hard to compell my children to obedience when really they just need to be loved into obedience.
“Something Better”: The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo
"In one Relief Society meeting, the Prophet Joseph discussed chapter 12 of the book of 1 Corinthians, emphasizing that each sister, fulfilling her own role, was important to the entire Church. He gave “instructions respecting the different offices [in the Church], and the necessity of every individual acting in the sphere allotted him or her; and filling the several offices to which they were appointed.” He also warned against the disposition to “consider the lower offices in the Church dishonorable and to look with jealous eyes upon the standing of others.” This, he said, “was the nonsense of the human heart, for a person to be aspiring to other stations than appointed of God.” 23 Through such teachings, he helped the sisters walk “in holiness before the Lord.” 24"
We
need to be happy with what we have. We are given what the Lord has
determined that we need at this time. One is not better than another in
the value the Lord places on the individual.
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