- Life delivers many antidotes to pride.
- Through the Savior we know we are capable of rising above our struggles.
- We are beset by the tendencies of the natural man.
- Agency is the great gift of mortality.
- Day by day, hour by hour we show who we are. (I was a weepy mess at this point and felt relieved that it isn't just me who has to try, fail and try again hour by hour to be Christ-like.)
- The Holy Ghost testifies, teaches and guides.
- Have you yielded to the promptings about who the Lord wants you to be?
- We are free to choose how we will respond to life.
- The Holy Ghost can soften our hearts and help us to forgive.
- The Holy Ghost can change our hearts, it is the key to personal growth and happiness.
- Pride keeps us from apologizing, forgiving and from celebrating the successes of others.
- Between thinking it and saying it there is a choice.
- Promptings are enticings to a better self.
- Humility is a much neglected virtue.
- Remember who God is and what it means to be His child.
- Understand that Christ is our Redeemer. We are in His hands.
These are the words she gave us, then we filled in the sentences from there.
Praise Ye the Lord
For He Hath
And
The Lord He is
This is my psalm...
Praise Ye the Lord
For He hath given me another day, to try again though I continually fail.And He restored my health and answered my prayers.
The Lord He is patient, all-knowing and kind.
He sees what I can be, though my vision is so dim.
**Do you feel like you struggle
day to day and hour by hour?
Have you ever written a psalm?**
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your psalm made me cry- I am going to write one too using those prompts. thank you for sharing. I so missed being there this year.
thank you- thank you.
I am right now. That is why I am reading blogs in hope for some insight that might get me off the struggle at hand. I enjoyed your post.
I definitely struggle on a sometimes moment-to-moment basis. I have never written a psalm, or ever considered it, but I love the idea and I love yours. What a great thing to remember.
I love that you wrote a psalm! What a cool assignment. I may have to give that a try.
I too am glad that I am not alone in needing to refocus and try again many many times throughout each day. Don't you love that we get to start fresh every day?
I don't even know for sure who the Lord wants me to be. I guess I'd better figure that out, eh?
This class looks like one I should have gone to! Every word of wisdom and enlightenment turns me to my woes with Ben. I'm really struggling. I mean, REALLY! I think I have some softening of my heart, and a new direction with real charity, but moments into a conversation or even having him in sight sets me back! I don't think I've ever had such a challenge.
But, once again, your words have inspired me to try again. Just a few minutes ago, I a said out loud that I gave up! thank you for the encouragement and push to rethink and re-examine myself. I'm going to print this out and put it in my scriptures for a daily reminder.
Beautiful Psalm! We were in this class together. Wish I would have seen you!
I am going to look at my notes right now. Thanks for the reminder!
I am so glad you're sharing your notes. I missed the classes this year (but not the crowds). I love the bit about there being a decision between thinking it and saying it.
I haven't ever written a psalm. Depending on the day is when I struggle by hour or day.
I love your psalm and the notes you post from womens conference. They have been so good and I really want to make it there one of these years.
I have never even THOUGHT of composing my own psalm! What a great idea!
I loved reading yours! Beautiful!
I love Women's conference! Love it!!
Life, is a struggle. Sometimes each moment, sometimes daily, ... I suppose this is what life is all about. Learning and stretching and growing daily. Knowing that we are not alone and knowing that all this growth means progress...
I've always marveled at what a great note taker you are...
How did I miss this class? It must have been when I was waiting in line for a cafe rio salad...
I really love that you wrote a psalm! And what a psalm it is, too! I think they should add it in as an addendum to our current scriptures!!
Every quote you've written down is golden...My two favorites are the the one showing who we are day by day, hour by hour and the one about remembering who and what it means to be a child of God...I can never be reminded about that enough...
P.S. Can I just say how utterly cool it was to be able to sit next to you in the conference center and watch you take notes?! Your handwriting is so familiar to me, and it was very surreal to actually see you in person...
Thanks, as always, for sharing your notes. And just in time for my RS lesson on Sunday!
I agree with you, BTW, that the last few days of school are utterly pointless.
I would like to start thinking on an hourly basis about being more Christlike, instead of just taking an end-of-the-day accounting. What can I do at 11pm to be more Christlike? The real changes take place during the day.
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