It’s a beautiful autumn. I often tire of summer heat and winter cold, but autumn never seems quite long enough. It seems like a transitional season sliding from summer to winter. This transition is exciting. Change can be exciting and renewing. New projects pop into our minds, and the wrapping up of past projects becomes a priority.
We also have seasons in our lives. When we focus on the opportunities, not the limitations, of each season, we realize the truth of the Old Testament teaching: “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” (Eccl. 3:1) Each season teaches us and prepares us to become the daughter our Father knows we can be. The season of being a nurtured child, can turn into an appreciation of family unity. The season of focusing on an education, can turn into an appreciation and search for constant learning opportunities. The season of learning from trusting children, can turn into a gratitude and respect for these sweet innocents. The season of hard work, can turn into an appreciation for an active life. The season of physical aches, can turn into a gratitude for our earthly temples.
Our lives are always changing, and each season of our lives brings change. This change can be exciting. Joy comes from discovering and appreciating the opportunities of each time period in our lives. Happiness doesn’t make us grateful. Gratitude makes us happy.
Latter-day Saint poet Emma Lou Thayne says, “whether a season has bought joy or sorrow," she has been “nurtured by all that comes along at any stage, in any time,” and she rejoices in “the absence of fear and the presence of faith.” She expresses this serenity in the following poem:
So Come Tomorrow
Security is not in knowing what will come nor if it will be bad or good.
It is a faith drawn taut with having learned and seen and done that says, Tomorrow, come.
1 Kendra Mauger
4 Ashlee Irwin
5 Krysti Hampton
5 Kelley Witte
11 Contessa Hardman
11 President Michael Jones
12 Marianne Nance
16 Amber Graves
17 Jackie Tomaselli
19 Irene Hoycott
28 Karen Hamblin
29 Deanna Allred
29 Aridne Sorensen
29 Amy Wagner
30 Jeanette Morrison
Lesson Schedule – (Ezra Taft Benson)
Nov 1 Presidency Message by Marty Rozeski
Nov 8 #22 “Carrying the Gospel to the World” taught by Jenny Maxwell
Nov 15 #23 “Strengthen Thy Stakes” taught by Kay Bashford Uchtdorf taught by Mary Kay Bashford
Nov 29 Bishop’s Instruction
Upcoming Events
Nov 18 – Ward Temple Day
Dec 5 – Ward Christmas Party
4:15 Santa, 5:00 Dinner & play
Other Opportunities
Nov 8 Linger-Longer after church
Nov 10 Lunch Bunch at 11:00 am atBurger King (by Target)
Nov 11 Veterans Day (Thank you)
Nov 18 Book Club 7 pm Kendra Mauger’s “Moloka’i” by Alan Brennert
Nov 26 Thanksgiving
Thursdays 9:00 am playgroup (see Jan)
Saturdays 8 am basketball Stake Center
Mon & Wed 9 am Aerobics
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