Happy Birthday to my fellow Park Glen Sisters!
Did you know that the Relief Society organization was established on March 17th, 1842. Julie B. Beck said: “The purpose of Relief Society, as established by the Lord, is to organize, teach, and inspire His daughters to prepare them for the blessings of eternal life.”
As I am in my hotel room pondering what I should share with you I am drawn to each of our personal journey in this life and how our journey is really not that different from our earlier pioneer sisters who crossed the plains trying to make it to the Great Salt Lake. Our journey today is not marked by the number of physical steps we take, or by measuring the physical distance from one place to another. Instead, our journey is measured by the number of steps we take in our spiritual progression. When we lose sight of our destination or forget the journey we are on, we can end up wandering and making no progress. The Savior Jesus Christ wants nothing more than to help you and me on this journey. He created us for that end. He has given us everything we need to make the journey. But He cannot force our footsteps. We must choose whether or not we pursue the path. But every time we put our feet on the path and walk forward, He is with us. There will be endless plains to travel and rocky ridges to cross. There will be times of intense heat and days of bitter cold. There will be times when our carts breakdown and can’t go on. There will be rivers too great for us to cross. But just as the handcart pioneers were rescued, we, too, have a rescuer ever ready to save us and help us along the journey. Too many have forgotten why we are here. With the knowledge that we have, we should always be found moving forward on His pathway, and we should always be leading others to understand and to remember. This journey is all about coming to know the Savior and striving to be like Him. He is our great teacher. He is our healer. He is our example. He is our master. He is our rescuer. As the world calls out loudly to us with distractions, diversions, and enticements away from the journey of discipleship, let us hear and heed the voice of our beloved Master. May every step in this life be pointed to Him, so that, as Moroni said: “when he shall appear we shall be like him.” (Moroni 7:48)
Love always,
Anessa Woolford, 1st Counselor
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