Thursday, February 23, 2012

"The Lighthouse of the Lord"

 One of my little girls got away before taking the picture....darn it!
I was so excited to find these cute key chains at our Annual Community Exchange last
September. I want them to have something with them that would remind them of
Christ and to keep their sites on His teachings.
President Thomas S. Monson

"The lighthouse of the Lord sends forth signals readily recognized and never failing." 
Pres. Monson suggest 3 signals that can guide us through the storms of life.

1. Choose your friends with caution.
 "Associate with those who, like you, are planning not for temporary convenience, shallow goals, or narrow ambition, but rather for those things that matter most—even eternal objectives."

2. Plan your future with purpose.
 "I plead with you, my young ...sisters, to remember who you are. You are... daughters of Almighty God. You have a destiny to fulfill, a life to live, a contribution to make, a goal to achieve. The future of the kingdom of God upon the earth will, in part, be aided by your devotion."

3. Frame your life with Faith.
  "When you have an abiding faith in the living God, when your outward actions reflect your inner convictions, you have the composite strength of exposed and hidden virtues. They combine to give safe passage through whatever rough seas might arise."

" When you, my dear young friends, choose your friends with caution, plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith, you will merit the companionship of the Holy Spirit. You will have “a perfect brightness of hope.” You will testify through your own experience to the truth of the Lord’s promise: “I, the Lord, am merciful and gracious unto those who fear me, and delight to honor those who serve me in righteousness and in truth unto the end. Great shall be their reward and eternal shall be their glory."

These girls are amazing....they know they have a Father in heaven and
their goal is eternal life. They have been taught by loving parents. They don't
have to be like Alice in Wonderland, when she asked, "Which way do I go?"
They know!

It's very hard for these girls to sit and listen for very long when they have just gotten out 
of school and so I really couldn't finish sharing my thoughts with the girls. 
I have provided a link if you would like to reinforce it in a FHE lesson. 

Here are a few photos of my lighthouse as a child, Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City, CA
 I loved going to the lighthouse and playing around the rocks,
my favorite thing was to standon the edge of a wall
on the other sided where the waves would come crashing up.
We had to make sure we weren't out there before the tide started to come in and
surrounded the island.
 The lighthouse was very important to our community of fishermen.
 

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