Our Own Mormon Messages

My Dear Sisters...

Here is a Marvelous Monday thought for you ...

 

This is how my journal entry will begin today:

 

"Had a rough start today... rainy Monday... Juggling umbrella, water bottle, purse, etc. and I slip and wipe out in front of the car riders line at school... Rip the tights, bloody my knee... yet graceful landing... I was tempted to take a bow.  Instead I hid behind my umbrella and was grateful the sun had not come up yet... 

 

As I walk into school, I learn that a neighbor of mine has been in ICU for 10 days after giving birth. She has 4 children under the age of 6....

I immediately call another neighbor who is coordinating help and quickly offer the aid of our Relief Society.... sisters who don't know this woman or her family, but who I know will rally to her needs.

 

And just that quickly, my rough start puts a smile on my face and I am reminded of how blessed we are to have each other...

 

I sure love you all,

The ever graceful Sister Brock (torn tights and all)

 

PS... I'd like to start having some of our weekly messages come from our Relief Society Sisters (and not just Mormon Messages)... please send me your day's treasure and I'll share it with our sisters!  I think we'll be amazed at how many "moments" we each have that may otherwise go unnoticed.

The Power of a Woman's Kind Words -- Wonderful Wednesday

Dear Sisters,

In combination with my lesson the first of the month and Melody Surat's lesson last week, I thought I would share with you the Power of a Woman's Words.  Remember my lesson was on "not criticing or being judgemental of each other" and during Melody's lesson we discussed how to control our words and thoughts.  I came across this article while reading a book that Sister Jacobson had lent to me... please read.  I hope we can encourage each other to be this empowering...

 

Sophia used her words to elevate and motivate her husband. He came home very discouraged and defeated.  He had lost his job and dreaded telling his wife the bad news.  However, after explaining his plight, he was met with an unexpected response.

“Now,” she said triumphantly as she clapped her hands in delight, “you can write your book!”

“Yes”, replied the man, with sagging confidence.  “And what shall we live on while I am writing it?”

To his amazement, she opened a drawer and pulled out a substantial amount of money.

“Where on earth did you get that?” he exclaimed.

“I have always known you were a man of genius,” she told him. “I knew that someday you would write a masterpiece.  So every week out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I saved a little bit.  Here is enough to last us for one whole year.”

From her trust, confidence, and encouraging words came one of the greatest novels of American literature.  That was the year that Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter…

(Chicken Soup for the Soul, Canfield)

 

Here are just two examples of how they spoke of each other...

 

Of his wife, whom he referred to as his "Dove", Hawthorne wrote that she "is, in the strictest sense, my sole companion; and I need no other—there is no vacancy in my mind, any more than in my heart... Thank God that I suffice for her boundless heart!"^[34]

 

Sophia greatly admired her husband's work. In one of her journals, she wrote: "I am always so dazzled and bewildered with the richness, the depth, the ... jewels of beauty in his productions that I am always looking forward to a second reading where I can ponder and muse and fully take in the miraculous wealth of thoughts".^[35]

 

 

I hope we will take the time to share our love and confidence with members of our family and dear friends.

 

Love, Sister Brock