March 2014 General Womens Meeting

The General Women's Meeting was held March 29, 2014. This was an amazing meeting. For the first time, girls ages 8-12 were also included in a general meeting. Here are a few highlights from that meeting. Rosemary Wixom, the General Primary President had all of the girls 8-11 stand and sing the first verse to "Teach Me to Walk". Then, the rest of the young women and women sang the other 2 verses. This was a very powerful reminder that we are to help each other and mentor the primary girls and the young women in the gospel. She said "when temptations come the Holy Ghost helps us remember our allegiance to God." She also said that temple ordinances lead us to exhalation. Bonnie Oscarson, the General Young Women's President then spoke. She said that "we are all daughters of a loving Heavenly Father. There is strength in our unity. We all have things we can share with each other." She said that "if there are barriers between us, it is because we ourselves put them there. We need to look beyond our differences and look for what we have in common." Sister Linda Burton, the General Relief Society President spoke. She reminded us that the word perfect in the scriptures does not mean perfect as we think of it. Perfect in the scriptures means complete. She spoke of needing Christ's atonement to become complete. She said "we have been called to daily discipleship." She then talked about "help wanted" adds. "Help wanted: parents to raise children in light and truth." "Help wanted: those who listen to the Holy Ghost and follow those promptings." "Help wanted: Those who live the gospel daily in small and simple ways." The meeting finished with President Henry B Eyring speaking to the women of the church. He said "Heavenly Father knows you. You were tutored by Him before you came to this life." President Eyring also gave us this reminder: "Heavenly Father not only sees you for what you are, but for what you may become." There were 2 amazing videos shown at this meeting. You can watch the videos or the entire meeting at lds.org.