I loved Mary Ellen Edmunds' talk about becoming and returning to who we are. Here are my notes and thoughts about her talk.
She spoke about a packet of carrot seeds. As tiny little carrot seeds, it is hard to imagine that they will someday turn into big carrots. But sure enough, after those small seeds are planted, they grow into big carrots. God plants you where you're supposed to be and surrounds us by people to help us. We need to stand in awe as we become who we're supposed to be. YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE MEANT TO BE! Expect greatness.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are nothing compared to what lies within us.
Showing posts with label individual worth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label individual worth. Show all posts
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Youth Talk - Individual Worth
This is a talk that my niece wrote. Great job Autumn!
I have been asked to give a talk on Individual Worth. Individual Worth is our worth and importance. Some things that we do, we know we are good at. But other times we see possibilities in others, but do not ever dream of the possibilities within ourselves. We need to realize that we are special and that Heavenly Father gives us the gospel to help us be the best we can be. At times when we feel alone, or that we are nothing that is not the case. D&C 18:9 states, “Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of god.”
Some people that come to mind when I think of Individual Worth are Abinidi, and Nephi. They both realized what they were meant to do. Abinidi knew he was to help share the gospel, even if he wasn’t there to witness it change the lives of others. Nephi wouldn’t give up and no matter what he tried to follow the lord’s commandments. They knew who they were, but they can’t find out who we are for us; we must find that out by ourselves, with the gospel as our guide.
To help us realize our worth, and our place, we must work for it. For one we must gain a testimony. As you establish good, spiritual habits like going to church, reading personal and family scriptures, saying your prayers everyday, going to young women’s or young men’s, and working to be your best, your testimony will grow. Another very important thing to help you is to seek help from others who share the same standards and also from your Heavenly Father. We need to pray to our Heavenly Father, and he will help us through the spirit. He knows us better than anyone else. When we pray he will give us comfort. This comfort lets us know that he really cares about us and we are special.
I was talking with my aunt’s mom about life recently. Somewhere in the conversation we began to talk about how hard it is to know ourselves in this world. She told me about a friend of hers who is a teacher. Years ago her friend would always try to find the LDS kids because she knew they would set good standards. Now she says the saddest thing is that she can’t tell the members apart from the non members anymore.
We need to stand out and show our worth, that we are children of God. That we have standards and then let people know them. I testify that we are of good worth. Don’t become worldly and listen to the people that try and make you change. Only listen to your Heavenly Father. When you realize you are special, then opinions of others won’t really matter, because only his opinion matters and you will know you are a child of god.
I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
I have been asked to give a talk on Individual Worth. Individual Worth is our worth and importance. Some things that we do, we know we are good at. But other times we see possibilities in others, but do not ever dream of the possibilities within ourselves. We need to realize that we are special and that Heavenly Father gives us the gospel to help us be the best we can be. At times when we feel alone, or that we are nothing that is not the case. D&C 18:9 states, “Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of god.”
Some people that come to mind when I think of Individual Worth are Abinidi, and Nephi. They both realized what they were meant to do. Abinidi knew he was to help share the gospel, even if he wasn’t there to witness it change the lives of others. Nephi wouldn’t give up and no matter what he tried to follow the lord’s commandments. They knew who they were, but they can’t find out who we are for us; we must find that out by ourselves, with the gospel as our guide.
To help us realize our worth, and our place, we must work for it. For one we must gain a testimony. As you establish good, spiritual habits like going to church, reading personal and family scriptures, saying your prayers everyday, going to young women’s or young men’s, and working to be your best, your testimony will grow. Another very important thing to help you is to seek help from others who share the same standards and also from your Heavenly Father. We need to pray to our Heavenly Father, and he will help us through the spirit. He knows us better than anyone else. When we pray he will give us comfort. This comfort lets us know that he really cares about us and we are special.
I was talking with my aunt’s mom about life recently. Somewhere in the conversation we began to talk about how hard it is to know ourselves in this world. She told me about a friend of hers who is a teacher. Years ago her friend would always try to find the LDS kids because she knew they would set good standards. Now she says the saddest thing is that she can’t tell the members apart from the non members anymore.
We need to stand out and show our worth, that we are children of God. That we have standards and then let people know them. I testify that we are of good worth. Don’t become worldly and listen to the people that try and make you change. Only listen to your Heavenly Father. When you realize you are special, then opinions of others won’t really matter, because only his opinion matters and you will know you are a child of god.
I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Young Women - Activity
The Young Women in our ward did a fun activity this week. They picked various women in the ward who they thought represented a Young Women value and then wrote a card to each of them telling why they felt she demonstrated that value. They also decorated a giant cupcake to go along with the card. Then they delivered the cards and cupcakes that night.
Lucky me! They chose me to represent Individual Worth. I was thrilled! It made my night for sure.
Lucky me! They chose me to represent Individual Worth. I was thrilled! It made my night for sure.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Clay Balls (analogy about Individual Worth)
Clay Balls
A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake.
They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could.
He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!
Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him.
He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!
It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than s omeone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person.
There is a treasure in each one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay.
A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake.
They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could.
He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!
Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him.
He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!
It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than s omeone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person.
There is a treasure in each one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay.
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