Be Thou an Example....

Right now I am lucky enough to be in the young women's in my ward. Most of the time I feel lucky to be in the young women's. This makes me feel young, I have to constantly remind myself that I am not 16 anymore (that's a good thing I think) I love the girls in my class, I have such a diverse class and I love everything they teach me. Often when I tell people that I have the Laurels they respond "I'm sorry, or that's too bad" but I don't feel that way at all, I can't imagine being anywhere else. I get a kick out of their bad attitudes, I probably deserve them. I am sure I wasn't a pleasure to be with when I was 16 either. Right now we have 13 girls in our class, our room on Sunday gets a little crowded, but I am so glad when they are all there. I've got Amanda, Cassie, Lacey W. Paige, Marsha, Leslie, Lacey F. Katie, Maddie, Brittany, Allie, Cambri, and our newest one Gentry. I will be so sad when they move on to Relief Society. I look forward to each one of them every week, I worry about them (some more than others)and think of them often. Some of them remind me of myself when I was their age. I then look at others and wish I would of had the courage they do. Maybe that is why I get to serve them now, Maybe a second chance.


"The Mutual theme for 2009 is 'Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity' (1 Timothy 4:12) Before this year I didn't even know there was such a thing as a mutual theme ,I obviously wasn't paying attention. Last years theme was 'Be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works' (Mosiah 5:15) Now that I think of it I did hear this quite often I just didn't know it was a actual theme for the year. It thought it was just a great scripture.

I have been thinking alot about what this this new mutual theme means to me. How does this apply to me, and how can it help me to be a better person. I then started to wonder what kind of example I am, not only to my young women girls but to my two little girls? What kind of example am I to my husband, to my neighbors, to my friends, and to all the people I come in contact with? I know what kind of example I want to be, but as we all know, wanting to be something and being something are often two different things. I want to be a good example of word and conversation. I really want to be a good example of Charity. How can I become a better example of spirit and Faith, because I want to be a good example of both. And Purity, I want to be a good example of purity. I once had one of my young women girls ask me why I didn't bear my testimony at camp. I looked at her and replied, I bear my testimony everyday, because of how I live, the things I say and how I act. I hope my testimony is in line with how I act, I hope this year that I can focus more on what kind of example I am, and the example I really want to be.