May 27, 2015

"Share Your Talents" by Sister Bugby

As I pondered what I should talk about in this post, I could not stop thinking about how talented the women of our ward are. It is truly amazing how many different talents we have and should share with each other. I feel a great need to be connected with each of you and can imagine that others feel the same. I want a friendship with you, to share with you, to love you.
 
Russel M. Nelson said: "Blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion..., for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb."
I come to you pleading to share with each other our great talents. To connect and bond and grow together so we are connected in a way that only sisters can be. If I want to do something crafty, I feel inadequate. If I want to learn something I know little about, I want someone to teach me. 
Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president said: "You have had every opportunity poured into you so that your gifts and talents and abilities will be built and strengthened. And why do you think the Lord gave you that opportunity?... All the talents and abilities that have been poured into the sisters of the church up to this time are going to be required to help build the kingdom."
The love is here in our ward, I can feel our sisterhood so eager to spring out and wrap it's arms around each other. Sisters, I am begging for your support to bring our ward together, to share with one another, to become true sisters in the gospel. I can feel a love of the gospel in our ward and I again Plead with you to share the gifts that the Lord has given each one of you with just one sister. If we start small and gain the courage and strength to expand our own horizons we will be able to lift up each of our spirits, lift up each of our hearts and grow together as a unit in the love of the gospel and true service.

Little by little, line upon line and precept upon precept we can change how we look at unity, support and love. When you think about praying for a sister, do so, then go do something special for her. When you feel the need to hug a sister, do so (even if you think they'll wonder what we're doing) they may have been praying for that very thing! If we're prompted by the Holy Ghost to go and do, then Go and Do. I have always wondered if that still small voice is my own or the Holy Ghost. Last week I heard something that changed how I view that difference. It doesn't matter if it's our own voice or the spirit of the Holy Ghost, it only matters that we Act upon it. Now let each one of us Go and Do, Live and Learn and find our sweet sisters who need to be gathered and lifted up (I assure you, each one of us needs this) we need the love and support of one another, our sisters, in the gospel to help us return to our loving home, to our Heavenly Father, with honor. 

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