Sister Beck

So this past weekend, (Sat March 19th) I got the privilege of attending a Relief society meeting where Sister Julie B. Beck spoke! It was so awesome to be in the same room as her, and hear her words, and to meet her! :) Here are some of the highlights that I loved in this meeting::
** When you are asked to do a calling, ALWAYS say yes. Then pray and figure out what yes means!
** Relief society isn't a program, it's a way of life. We have been prepared in Primary and Young womens to come to relief society and live the way of a Disciple.
** The Lord doesn't care about your excuses of why you don't go Visiting Teaching... ( House isn't clean, you are to busy, you don't even know your sisters you teach, you don't have an active companion, you are shy..etc) He only cares about you helping his other sheep, to rescue them and offer them RELIEF.
** The Lord EXPECTS us to lead and to guide.
** As mothers, we need to be raising up Missionaries!
** Blogging is not to waste time, or to neglect your children, to whine and complain, it is an opportunity to SHARE THE GOSPEL! It's exactly what this blog is :) I love it!

She had some time where she answered questions from the audience. someone asked sister beck this: "After traveling so many places, and meeting so many women, what is your greatest concern for the women?"
Her answer was this:: Number 1: We are not always aligned with God.
number 2: Anger-- (2 nephi 28:20)
number 3: Apathy--Saying its ok what people do, it's there choice. not trying to help people come to Christ. (2 nephi 28:21)
and number 4: Entitlement. (2 nephi 28:22) Satan leads us to believe there is no Hell.

** Simplify our lives, get rid of activities that are not important.
** Some things are essential; making covenants, serving others, and being aligned with God. That means to spend some time with Him, reading our scriptures and praying to our Heavenly Father. We are to FEAST upon His words. The Lords says: Pray always lest ye enter into temptation.
** as mothers we think we have to do everything, there are certain "shifts" to a day. the day shift, swift shift, and night shift. We need to decide which one of those shifts are the most important to us and conserve our energy for that shift. We cannot work all three shifts or else we will eventually tire and wear out.
** We can be precise in things.
** Sometimes the spirit makes us feel guilty for us to repent. repentance= change.
** When I have the spirit, the biggest challenge challenge will not matter and I can handle it, when I don't have the spirit, the littlest challenge will be a BIG deal. --eliza snow. (D&C 11:12)

I loved her talk, and I loved how she would get a question and answer it perfectly. she has a great knowledge of the scriptures, and she has the strongest testimony. I am so grateful for the opportunity that I had to listen to her!