The Bountiful Gal - Standing For Truth

Who likes musical numbers?  I do!!  When I hear a good piece, I feel the spirit speak to my soul in ways that words sometimes just can't reach on their own.  I am moved to places of the spiritual realm that I can't reach without music. This morning while singing in our ward choir, I could hear we were out of tune.  I wasn't sure where it was coming from.  I didn't know if it was me who was out of tune, or a section of us.  All I know was that there was a disconnect in the music.  In stead of being in harmony, we were out of sync.  And I didn't like it.  I didn't like the way it made me feel.  It made me feel like I missed the mark.  That I was so close and yet so far away at the same time. In music there are many things that can cause you to be out of tune.  There are factors that are out of our control such as temperature and age of the instrument.  But there are more factors that are within our control such as the person...

 General Conference weekend is the best weekend of the year!!  It is my weekend of renewal (without the beach 😊).  My spirit is filled with hope and light.  I have a desire to do more and become more and I'm filled with courage to do it!  I feel loved, needed and wanted.  I walk away from the weekend knowing I have a purpose in this life! There were so many talks that spoke to my soul.  I felt the pure doctrine being taught pierce my heart through the spirit.  So many great things!  As I tried to gather what stood out to me the most and what is most important for my family, I felt it is the need to increase our family scripture study. During the women's session of conference, I felt my heart pricked and told that I need to do a better job at teaching my children the scriptures.  We're busy, and I've let that business and my tiredness take lead over family scripture study.  Sister Craven's talk had me think - Am I doing all I can to...