From: owner-lds-yw-digest@lists.xmission.com (lds-yw-digest) To: lds-yw-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: lds-yw-digest V1 #75 Reply-To: lds-yw-digest Sender: owner-lds-yw-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-lds-yw-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk lds-yw-digest Wednesday, May 27 1998 Volume 01 : Number 075 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 10:30:18 EDT From: Nibor444 Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Daddy Daughter Night One of our funnest Daddy Daughter nights was playing kickball in the grass/parking lot behind the church. Simple as that. (If someone can't run, do pinch runners.) We probably finished sundaes or popsicles. It was a total blast!! - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 08:54:33 -0600 From: "The Roberts" Subject: (lds-yw) double postings Is anyone else getting double postings sent to them? Yesterday and today I even have some that are sent twice or three times. Is this a problem to the list? What can be done except just deleting copies? Liz - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 10:48:13 EDT From: Jenlynrose Subject: (lds-yw) knowledge This came throught the list a while ago.. Sorry i don't know who sent it:) There is a great object lesson on crows and flying that I heard from the missionaries one time. This is basically how it goes, but if someone has a copy of it, I would love to have the original. It seems that none of the crows knew how to fly. One of the crows was asked to give a talk in Sacrament meeting. He thought long and hard about it, but was having trouble coming up with a subject. (It seems the crows already knew just about everything!) One day, as he was crossing the street, he was so engrossed in thought that he did not see a car coming until the car honked. It was almost upon him and he had no time to run out of the way. He panicked so completely that he began to flap his wings furiously in the air. In doing so, he became airborne and lifted himself completely out of danger. "Aha!" thought the crow. "I will give my talk on flying." So, when Sunday arrived, the crow dressed himself in his best clothes and went to church to teach the other crows to fly. His talk was wonderful! He talked about the dynamics of flying, the methods of flight, flight patterns and on and on. He next invited the members of the congregation to practice flying. The young ones caught on most quickly, but before long there was not one member of the ward, even the most elderly, that did not know how to fly. They flew around the chapel, down the halls, into the classrooms and back. It seemed that they were born to fly! Everycrow nodded their heads and declared the meeting a GREAT SUCCESS! They congratulated each other and slapped each other on the backs. Then, they gathered up their families and belongings... ...And they all walked home. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 09:55:17 -0500 From: Ken and Michelle Duker Subject: (lds-yw) Values - ------ =_NextPart_000_01BD8955.92AD5360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kathy in CA, Wow!!!!! Do you have files like that on all the values, not just C&A? = I am so new at all this. Files of stories like that are more precious = than gold! I don't have much gold. Any way I could convince you to = post your files on the other values? I would be eternally grateful and = in the Celestial Kingdom I would put in a request for yet another jewel = in your crown! If the other list members are not interested my own = e-mail is kmduker@lisco.net. It wouldn't have to be all at once, = either, just as you could. It must take some time to upload files that = big! Thanks for all the great stories! 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For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 10:59:41 EDT From: Jenlynrose Subject: (lds-yw) Knowledge (My files 4 of 4) Attachment??? Sorry ladies.. My knowledge file (#4 of 4) came back to me as an attachment... if anyone out there cannot get attachments and you want me to divide and resend just let me know!! See ya Jenny in jersey - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:17:10 EDT From: MTMED Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Budget -Reply -Reply That's a great idea ! I never thought about doing a pledge with a car wash. Thanks for sharing! Cathy - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:46:31 EDT From: AndreasonN Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Seeking advice from stake leaders! Lisa, We don't have a very big YW group, but I do have one girl that is always leaving and sometimes taking one or two with her. I have talked to her, and it has not done any good. Finally, I went to mom and dad. I told them that this is also a distraction because eventually the other girls are wondering where so and so is. They had no idea that this was happening and they were glad that I talked to them about it. Once in a blue moon, she'll still do it, but not as often. Hope this helps. Judy in Salt Lake - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 08:11:49 -0800 From: "Dan Rostrom" Subject: Re: (lds-yw) double postings I was wondering the same thing, yesterday and today double and triple copies, - -----Original Message----- From: The Roberts To: lds-yw@lists.xmission.com Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 6:49 AM Subject: (lds-yw) double postings >Is anyone else getting double postings sent to them? Yesterday and today I >even have some that are sent twice or three times. Is this a problem to >the list? What can be done except just deleting copies? >Liz > >- > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:13:55 EDT From: SPrice9OOO Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Seeking advice from stake leaders! Yes... we have had that problem too... kids leaving our activity to go "hang- out" in the building. Who are they hanging out with??? Some of ours were with the young men... Some were with kids from another ward who were having their activity in the building... they would tell us they were going to that wards activities... & then those kids would tell their leaders they were going to ours... Once I went to track down kids & they were in a back dark room making out! Also, the stake center is right next to 7-11 so they take off for snacks. But, once you find out where they are going... then you can start to address the problem. With the young men... I spoke to the young men's president (it turns out they were often having activities earlier & then were done... or had them on another night but were still coming down to the bldg. on our activity night... their parents thinking they were at an activity). He sat them down & told them in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that they were not to be at the building when they weren't having young men's. He also told them they were NOT to take girls away from our activity. And then he told them he was speaking to them one time about it... & if the problem didn't correct itself he would be talking to their parents. (These two brothers have MAJORLY strict parents & would have been in deep trouble.) Then I spoke to the young women's mothers.... not so much in an attitude of I'm calling to rat on your kids... but with the attitude of... I'm concerned about their safety. If there parents think they are with us.... & they are not & they may be out walking to 7 -11 in the pitch dark... anything could happen & I don't want to be responsible. But I knew which mothers I was dealing with... & knew that to talk to those girls would do NOTHING... & I knew those mothers would 1. want to know, & 2. handle the situation without telling the girls we had ratted on them so they would be distrustful of us, as leaders. One mother asked us to call her everytime her daughter wasn't there... and we did. Her daughter never knew we did... but we did. What was really scarey is that by accident we found out that the mom thought they were with us & we didn't even see them at the building the whole night... they NEVER stepped foot in for one minute. So we make it a habit to mention to moms how we missed so and so at our activity & were sad she wasn't able to make it, etc. especially with a couple of girls. We are on to their tricks! I did explain to the girls that they needed to be with us... in the same room... that if they didn't want to be at the activity... then that was between them & their parents... but if they weren't going to be at the activity... then not to be at the building. I told them nicely... about how worried I was for their safety & how I would be the one responsible if something happened... and how terrible I would feel. Pretty much the problem all went away! We do have a little beehive that is just starting to try to pull the same stunts that her older sister tried to pull. But we've got her number & stay in close contact with parents! If you don't have supportive or helpful parents or if they are too overwhelmed to deal with it or just don't plain care... I'd definitely bring in the Bishop. I'd let the Bishop know anyway about it & how you are handling it at your next ppi & see if he has any suggestions. But it did take a concerted effort with the young women, young men, & parents (& leaders from other ward & those kids parents) working together... but it worked... at least for the time being!! :-) Good luck - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:16:48 EDT From: SPrice9OOO Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Choice & Accountability In a message dated 98-05-27 04:39:24 EDT, you write: << I did print out the suvey about this subject a couple weeks ago. >> What c & a survey??? - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:24:32 EDT From: DJHJOHN123 Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Camp games A few months ago while planning an activity for the YM/YW I went to the library to see if they had any books on games to play with groups. Little did I know that I would come upon a gold mine of information! I'm going to look in my files for games we've played, but if you have a library close to your house, you might want to go check some books out, I was amazed at how many great games I found! Good luck!! Jennifer - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:34:11 EDT From: SPrice9OOO Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Knowledge! In a message dated 98-05-27 09:32:39 EDT, you write: << e Mozart story and Socrates story >> I'm sorry... I guess I just didn't find out about this list soon enough!!! Were these stories posted here? Anyone mind reposting?? Thanks - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:40:46 EDT From: SPrice9OOO Subject: Re: (lds-yw) double postings In a message dated 98-05-27 10:50:06 EDT, you write: << Is anyone else getting double postings sent to them? >> yes... two & three copies - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 09:46:48 -0700 From: "Dave Morris" Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Knowledge! Sterling W. Sill, BYU Speeches, February 9, 1965, p.9 A young man came to Socrates one time and said, "Mr. Socrates, I have come 1,600 miles to talk to you about wisdom and learning." He said, "You are a man of wisdom and learning, and I would like to be a man of wisdom and learning, and I would like to have you teach me how to be a man of wisdom and learning." Socrates said, "Come follow me," and he led the way down to the seashore. They waded out into the water up to their waists, and then Socrates turned on his friend and held his head under the water. His friend struggled and kicked and bucked and tried to get away, but Socrates held him down. Now if you hold someone's head under the water long enough, he will eventually become fairly peaceable. And after this man had stopped struggling, Socrates laid him out on the bank to dry, and he went back to the market place. After the young man had dried out a little bit, he came back to Socrates to find the reason for this rather unusual behavior, Socrates said to him, "When your head was under the water what was the one thing you wanted more than anything else?" And the man said, "More than anything else, I wanted air." Socrates said, "All right, when you want wisdom and learning like you wanted air, you won't have to ask anybody to give it to you." ****************** There was a young man who came to Mozart one time and said, "Mr. Mozart, would you teach me how to write symphonies?" Mozart said, "You are too young to write symphonies." But this young man said, "You were writing symphonies when you were fifteen years younger than I am." Mozart said, "But I didn't have to ask anybody to teach me." - --------- > From: SPrice9OOO > To: lds-yw@lists.xmission.com > Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Knowledge! > Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 9:34 AM > > In a message dated 98-05-27 09:32:39 EDT, you write: > > << e Mozart story and Socrates story >> > I'm sorry... I guess I just didn't find out about this list soon enough!!! > Were these stories posted here? Anyone mind reposting?? > Thanks > > - > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:44:41 EDT From: Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Values In a message dated 98-05-27 11:00:19 EDT, you write: << Wow!!!!! Do you have files like that on all the values, not just C&A? I am so new at all this. Files of stories like that are more precious than gold! I don't have much gold. Any way I could convince you to post your files on the other values? I would be eternally grateful and in the Celestial Kingdom I would put in a request for yet another jewel in your crown! If the other list members are not interested my own e-mail is kmduker@lisco.net. It wouldn't have to be all at once, either, just as you could. It must take some time to upload files that big! Thanks for all the great stories! >> We are ALL interested!!!.... But you aren't typing those all out are you???!!!??? - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:50:04 EDT From: Subject: (lds-yw) Integrity ~WINNERS AND WINNERS~ As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I rooted as hard for victory as they did. A dramatic incident, however, following a game in which I officiated as a referee, changed my perspective on victories and defeats. I was refereeing a league championship basketball game in New Rochelle, New York, between New Rochelle and Yonkers High. New Rochelle was coached by Dan'O Brian, Yonkers by Les Beck. The gym was crowded to capacity, and the volume of noise made it impossible to hear. The game was well played and closely contested. Yonkers was leading by one point as I glanced at the clock and discovered there were but 30 seconds left to play. Yonkers, in possession of the ball, passed off-shot- missed. New Rochelle recovered-pushed the ball up court-shot. The ball rolled tantalizingly around the rim and off. The fans shrieked. New Rochelle, the home team, recovered the ball, and tapped it in for what looked like victory. The tumult was deafening. I glanced at the clock and saw that the game was over. I hadn't heard the final buzzer because of the noise. I checked with the other official, but he could not help me. Still seeking help in this bedlam, I approached the time keeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, "Mr. Covino, the buzzer went off as the ball rolled off the rim, before the final tap-in was made." I was in the unenviable position of having to tell Coach O' Brien the sad news. "Dan," I said, "time ran out before the final basket was tapped in. Yonkers won the game." His face clouded over. The young timekeeper came up. He said, "I'm sorry, Dad. The time ran out before the final basket." Suddenly, like the sun coming out from behind a cloud, Coach O' Brian face lit up. He said, "That's okay, Joe. You did what you had to do. "I'm proud of you." Turning to me, he said, "Al, I want you to meet my son, Joe." The two of them then walked off the court together, the coach's arm around his son's shoulder. Al Covino Honesty (thoughts by President Hinckley Be fair. As you move onward in your lives, in your university studies and beyond, avoid shady and unfair practices. Clean competition is wholesome; but immoral, dishonest, or unfair practices are reprehensible, and particularly on the part of a Latter-day Saint. Be fair. The best rule ever given concerning standards of fairness was spoken by the Lord when he said, "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." (Matt. 7: 12.) (CR Oct 1981) On Mount Sinai the finger of the Lord wrote the law on tablets of stone: "Thou shalt not steal." (Exodus 20:15.) There was neither enlargements nor rationalization. And then that declaration was accompanied by three other commandments, the violation of each of which involves dishonesty: "Thou shalt not commit adultery." "Thou shal not bear false witness." "Thou shalt not covet." (Exodus 20:14, 16-17.) (Be Thou An Example, p. 44) Be strong, my brethren, with the strength of simple honesty. How easy it is to "lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor" (2 Nephi 28:8). Nephi so describes the people of his day, as he also describes so many of our day. How easy it is for us to say, "We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent" (Articles of Faith 1: 13). But how difficult for so many to resist the temptation to lie a little, cheat a little, steal a little, bear false witness in speaking gossipy words about others. Rise above it, brethren. Be strong in the simple virtue of honesty. (CR Apr 1992) ~~~~~~~ "MYSELF" by Edgar A. Guest I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know; I want to be able as days go by Always to look myself straight in the eye; I don't want to stand with the setting sun And hate myself for the things I've done. I don't want to keep on a closet shelf A lot of secrets about myself, And fool myself as I come and go Into thinking that nobody else will know The kind of a man I really am; I don't want to dress myself up in sham. I want to go out with my head erect, I want to deserve all men's respect; But here in the struggle for fame and pelf, I want to be able to like myself. I don't want to think as I come and go That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show. I never can hide myself from me, I see what others may never see, I know what others may never know, I never can fool myself --- and so, Whatever happens, I want to be Self-respecting and conscience free. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:55:53 EDT From: Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Seeking advice from stake leaders! This is a P.S. to my long answer to this problem of kids leaving acitivities... We do have one girl who leaves for attention. She seems to always find a reason to be mad at others, to be offended, or whatever. It is soooo predictable! When someone else is center stage for some reason.... she is pouting & getting madder & madder & all of a sudden she blows... with tears, tantrum, whatever. She likes the attention it gives her & the power she has to manipulate others. Sometimes she just leaves and it sends all the other little beehives in a tizzy & they are frantic to find her & make everything better (in other words... it works for this one girl)....the whole activity is brought to a halt by this one girl! So... we do not allow the other girls to go with her or after her any more. We just calmly say... XXX needs some time by herself for a few minutes. She'll be back when she is feeling better. We also tell that to XXX when she can't emotionally handle things... that she needs a few minutes of calming down & pulling herself together. But NO more chasing after her. Now when she goes.... we are glad.... she really does need a "time-out". And when she goes she is not being rewarded with more attention... so it should slowly phase out. I think it has improved things. And XXX never wants to be gone long if she isn't getting attention for it. In fact we congratulate her for knowing when she needs to remove herself from the situation & give us ALL a break!!! So it really is key to know why they are doing it & what is the motivation behind it. You may have a different plan of action with different girls. Good luck. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 10:08:51 -0700 From: "Dave Morris" Subject: (lds-yw) Good Works and Integrity GOOD WORKS Service: I made up a "Good Samaritan First Aid Kit" for my kids and it helps us all find ways to serve others. Here is what is in the kit. A Lifesaver to sweeten the mood. A Smile to brighten someone's day. A Lollipop to cheer up the sad. "Chews" to help a friend in need. A Bearhug to show you care 'beary' much.(you can keep a stuffed animal in the kit or give a hug). See someone mad....Sing a Song to make them feel glad. A Watch to remind you to spend time with someone who is lonely. A BandAid to cover a wound of a hurt friend. A Listening Ear to those who have problems.(Mr. Potato head ear or cut one out on a paper) NO CHARGE My little boy came into the kitchen this evening while I was fixing supper. And he handed me a piece of paper he'd been writing on. So, after wiping my hands on my apron, I read it, and this is what it said: For mowing the grass, $5. For making my own bed this week, $1. For going to the store $.50. For playing with baby brother while you went shopping, $.25. For taking out the trash, $1. For getting a good report card, $5. And for raking the yard, $2. Well, I looked at him standing there expectantly, and a thousand memories flashed through my mind. So, I picked up the paper, and turning it over, this is what I wrote: For the nine months I carried you, growing inside me, No Charge. For the nights I sat up with you, doctored you prayed for you, No charge. For the time and the tears, and the cost through the years, No Charge. For the nights filled with dread, and the worries ahead, No Charge. For advice and the knowledge, and the cost of your college, No Charge. For the toys, food and clothes, and for wiping your nose, No Charge. Son, when you add it all up, the full cost of my love is No Charge. Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. And he looked up at me and he said, "Mama, I sure do love you." Then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote, PAID IN FULL. "No Charge" was written by Gospel singer Shirley Ceasar. ******************* Uncle Elias By President Monson- Seemingly little lessons of love are learned by children as they silently observe the examples of their parents. My own father, a printer, worked long and hard practically every day of his life. I'm certain that on the Sabbath he would have enjoyed just being at home. Rather, he visited elderly family members and brought cheer into their lives. One such family member was his uncle, who was crippled by arthritis so severe that he could not walk or care for himself. On a sunday afternoon dad would say to me, "Come along, Tommy. Let's take Uncle Elias for a short drive." Boarding the old 1928 Oldsmobile, we would proceed to Eighth West, where, at the home of my uncle, I would wait in the caar while dad went inside. Soon he would emerge from the house, carrying in his arms like a china doll his frail and crippled uncle. I would then open the door and watch how tenderly and with such affection my father would place Uncle Elias in the front seat so that he would have a fine view while I occupied the rear seat. The drive was brief and the conversation limited, but oh, what a legacy of love! Father never read to me from the Bible about the good Samaritan. Rather, he took me with him and Uncle Elias in that old 1928 Oldsmobile and provided a living example I have always remembered. ******************* The following poem is from a sign on the wall of Shishu Bhavan, the children's home in Calcutta run by Mother Theresa's nuns. ANYWAY People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered, LOVE THEM ANYWAY- If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives, DO GOOD ANYWAY- If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies, SUCCEED ANYWAY- The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow, DO GOOD ANYWAY- Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable, BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY- What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight, BUILD ANYWAY- People really need help but may attack you if you help them, HELP PEOPLE ANYWAY- Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth, GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU'VE GOT ANYWAY. ************* The Dash I read of a reverend who stood to speak at the funeral of his friend. He referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning...to the end. He noted the first date was her birth, and spoke of the following date with tears. But he said what mattered most of all was the DASH between those years. For that dash represents all the time that she spent alive on earth, And now only those who loved her know what that little line is worth. For it matters not how much we own -- the cars, the house, the cash. What matters is how we live and love, and how we spend our DASH. So think about this long and hard. Are there things you'd like to change? For you never know how much time is left. (You could be at "Dash mid-range.") If we could just slow down enough to consider what's true and real, And always try to understand the way other people feel. And be less quick to anger, and show appreciation more, And love the people in our lives like we've never loved before. If we could treat each other with respect, and more often wear a smile, Remembering that this special DASH might only last a little while. So, when your eulogy's being read with your life's actions to rehash Would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent your DASH? INTEGRITY I just taught a lesson on Integrity this past week, and in my research I discovered that there is a purple flower called "Honesty". I don't know if you would be able to locate any seed packets or the actual flower itself. We also discussed the "purple heart" given to soldiers that suffered injury after war. I told the girls that they could equate this with "courage" as in "moral courage" to help them remember what it means to have integrity. I don't know if you could make your own "purple heart" badge. Michele - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 10:10:47 -0700 From: "Dave Morris" Subject: (lds-yw) Faith and Divine Nature FAITH Grant Oratorical Contest, BYU Speeches, December 1, 1964, p. 6 A young man, recently released as president of the Northwestern States Mission, had a remarkable experience while attending Cornell University, which exemplifies spiritual valiancy by trusting in the Lord. As a student, he was called to serve in a district presidency at Cornell and one Sunday was assigned to conduct a branch conference 200 miles away. When he had driven home the night before, he noticed that the gas tank of the car was empty. This, coupled with the fact that he, being a student, didn't have a dime to his name, presented a formidable problem. He had no money, too much pride to borrow, an important Church assignment 200 miles away, and an empty gas tank. We remember as well as he did Nephi's testimony that the Lord will prepare a way, but I wonder if we would have had the spiritual valiancy to put complete trust and confidence in the Lord. This young man rose early that Sunday morning, knelt in prayer and asked the Lord to open a way for him to fill his assignment; and then he started out with an empty gas tank, but a heart full of faith. His heart remained full and the tank remained empty as he traveled over 400 miles that day in the service of the Lord. Have we developed this kind of spiritual valiancy and trust in the Lord in our lives? From these and other examples how may we define "spiritual valiancy"? Surely it is more than just attending all of our church meetings, or taking a required religion class, or being a returned missionary, or not smoking and drinking at B.Y.U. Sometimes we get the idea, because we live on a higher spiritual plane than the rest of the world, that we are valiant and they are mediocre. But we cannot judge our spiritual valiancy by comparing ourselves with the world; we cannot judge our spiritual valiancy by comparing ourselves with other members of the Church. We can only compare what we are with what we can be as we develop faith in God and the courage to do His will. I believe spiritual valiancy is living personally close to the Lord and putting all of our trust in Him all of the time. It's having the humility to know and the courage to do the right things for the right reasons, even when it's very difficult. Spiritual valiancy is going the third mile. One of the most beautiful experiences I've ever heard concerns the ultimate reward for rising above mediocrity to spiritual valiancy. Apostle Melvin J. Ballard, another of the spiritual giants of this dispensation, received a foretaste of the joys of eternal life promised to those who are valiant in their testimony of the Savior. He recalls: "I found myself one evening in the dreams of the night, in that sacred building, the temple. After a season of prayer and rejoicing, I was informed that I should have the privilege of entering into one of those sacred rooms to meet a glorious Personage, and, as I entered the door I saw seated on a raised platform, the most glorious Being my eyes have ever beheld or that I ever conceived existed in all the eternal worlds. As I approached to be introduced, He arose and stepped toward me with extended arms, and He smiled as He softly spoke my name. If I shall live to be a million years old I shall never forget that smile. He took me into His arms and kissed me, until the marrow of my bones seemed to melt. When He had finished I fell at His feet, and as I bathed them with my tears and kisses, I saw the prints of the nails in the feet of the Redeemer of the world. "The feeling that I had in the presence of Him who hath all things in His hands -- to have His love, His affection and His blessing was such that if I ever can receive that of which I had but a foretaste, I would give all that I am, all that I ever hope to be, to feel what I then felt." As Apostle Ballard did, we too must develop spiritual valiancy in our lives, that we may someday stand in the presence of God the Eternal Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I bear my solemn witness that Jesus is the Christ. This is His Church; I know this as I live. May we have the courage to rise above spiritual mediocrity to spiritual valiancy in our testimonies of the truth, I humbly pray, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. ******************** DIVINE NATURE Our YW president taught the lesson on Divine Nature and she had all of us call the moms of the girls we were over and ask them to tell us what they thought their daughters' divine gifts were. We did this over the phone and then wrote them out on a pretty card for them. She wrapped all of the cards up in one box and they were the handout. I think the girls liked getting these and it was good for the parents to do it too and have to think about what her good qualities were. Judy ************* Show pictures of a butterfly in its different stages (caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly). Discuss the various stages that a butterfly goes through. Tell the class that we do not understand how these changes take place but we do know the end result. Explain that we are like the caterpillar and that we have the potential of becoming like Heavenly Father. We may not understand how it takes place, but we know the end result. Discuss what could keep a caterpillar from becoming a butterfly and compare that with what can keep us from becoming like Heavenly Father. *********************** SAPPHIRES ARE BLUE LEVIS ARE BLUE BLUE IS COOL, AND DEEP LOTS OF EYES ARE BLUE SAXOPHONES PLAY BLUE BLUE IS QUIET STREAMS WITH POOLS OF SPARKLING WATER SOME PEOPLE ARE TRUE BLUE (BLUE IS MY TONGUE AFTER I EAT WILD BLUEBERRIES) LITTLE BOYS ARE BLUE BLUE IT THE COVER OF THE BOOK OF MORMON AND MISSIONARY SUITS THE SKY IS BLUE AFTER YOU HAVE A BABY YOU GET "BABY BLUES" OR IS IT THAT, AS YOU HOLD THAT LITTLE BEING THE AWESOME REALIZATION OF THE DIVINITY OF YOUR NATURE IS WHAT MAKES YOU BLUE? TEARS ARE BLUE WHAT IS BLUE? BLUE IS MY DIVINE NATURE ***************** I heard John Bytheway...He talked about people who have done their genealogy back for generations and generations and have a pedigree chart as long as they are tall. Then he held up an index card and said our spiritual genealogy fits on the card. It starts with our name and only has Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. That's where we get divine nature. Marianne in Rock Springs ***************** - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ End of lds-yw-digest V1 #75 *************************** - To unsubscribe to $LIST, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe $LIST" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.