Beautiful Sabbath....

We'll see if I am able to put into words what I feel in my heart......Today was such a beautiful Sabbath day. I know every Sabbath is beautiful, I don't know, I felt as if these talks and lessons were exactly what I needed. So first off, In Sacrament meeting our good friends were the speakers.( By the way you two did an AMAZING job. Very proud of you both.) Anyway, Sis. Spencer spoke on Being Thankful. Wow! I really need to be more thankful. I try to thank my Heavenly Father for what I am given. But I am not very good at thanking my Father in Heaven for my trials. But these are given to me to test me and strengthen me. And I should be so Thankful for this, because through these trials I will be strengthened and may be able to help others through my experiences. And this brings me to Bro. Spencers talk on Service. Again, a great talk. And I am now going to strive to make service part of my daily life. I don't want it to be something that I have to think about and find( although big service projects are just as good and I will still try to do those). I just want it to be second nature. Ihope I can do this.
Then we had sweet Sis. Cox come and teach our Young Women today. She talked about our gifts, our talents and how we need to use them. She told the girls how Heavenly Father knows each one of them and has given them different talents. Talents that they can use for good and that he wants them to use. We are all so blessed with the talents we are given. Sis. Cox called each of the girls' moms and asked them for what their girls talents were. Then she had them written down and placed in a gift. She had the girls come up to the front of the room and one at a time open their presents and read out loud their talents. It was really neat to see the looks on these girls faces. Sis. Cox then went on to tell them that sometimes our talents are so second nature to us that we don't realize we even have them. This explains the surprised and humbled looks the girls had. It is good to hear that you are Giving, or Obedient, or hard working. These are things you might not always think of as talents. Then, at the end of the lesson she told them to name another talent that they knew they had. I think I enjoyed this part most. They named the sweetest things about themselves. It was really touching that they value these talents in themselves. Sis. Cox also played a song performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was so beautiful! I tried to find a video of it, but all I could find was a girls choir in Hong Kong singing it. It is Beautiful, but you will catch their accents through out the song. I hope you love it as much as I did. It really makes me think what this season is all about and as I listen to the words the spirit bears witness to me of the truthfullness of our Savior and his humble birth. I love this season!
By the way a good scripture on talents: D&C 46:8 ...seek ye earnestly the best gifts, always remembering for what they are given;