The closing speaker for Women's Conference was our Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson. Never have I had the opportunity be in the same location as our Prophet and personally see him and hear his voice. It was incredible. The spirit of the Lord was so strong in the meeting. I know without any doubt that Thomas S. Monson is a true Prophet of the Lord and I am so grateful that I had an opportunity at least once in my life to hear him speak.
He told us to find "Joy in the Journey".
There is no tomorrow if we don't do something today.
Every day in your life is a special occasion.
Be a force for good.
Life is filled with much to do - don't let the important things pass you by.
He told us Life is Hard and that mortal life was never meant to be easy.
That we become refined through hard choices and that we will have trials to the very end of life.
We must be willing to press forward
No trial or adversity is wasted.
It builds our character and because of this we will be more worthy to be called the Children of God.
No matter how carefully we 'Plan' our lives, adversity will come.
Don't always reflect on what needs to be done but also on All that has been done.
Find Joy in the Journey
I love that saying and I am going to put that up in my house somewhere -
either over my kitchen sink window or above my front door.
I need that reminder sometimes because I forget at times to see all the Joy that does surround me. My life is filled with much to do and so this was a great talk for me to hear and of course made better because it was from our Prophet.
As I said before, the Conference was GREAT!
