Hello ladies!
I hope you are all enjoying the summer and finding a few moments for yourself to read. I know that sometimes the phrase "lazy days of summer" seems to be as idealistic as the Leave it to Beaver show. No sane woman ever has or will vacumm in high heels and pearls. Nor does there ever seem to be any "lazy days" during the summer. Somehow every day gets scheduled. I have been able to steal a few moments in the evening to read "The Holy Secret" I have just finished the book. I had a hard time finishing this book. It was very difficult to get through the first half of the book because it reminded me of the many areas in my life that I am "falling short" However, do not despair the second half of the book leaves room for hope. I feel uplifted from reading the book and ready to rededicate myself to gaining a greater testimony of the sacred topics mentioned in the book such as the sabbath, scriptures and temples.
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Welcome to the Pottsville Branch's Time Out for Women Book Club
Books available this month
- Recovering Charles by Jason Wright
- Catch the Joy Toss the Guilt by Merilee Boyack
About our Club
This Club is an an extension of the Time Out for Women Book Club created by Deseret Book. This Blog was created as a gathering spot for our members to discuss the books that we have read from the Time Out for Women Book Club. Each Month Deseret Previews 3 books and has them available at a discount for you to purchase if you would like. Sometimes these books are available at the local Libray. It is also my hope that after reading some of these books we will want to swap books with each other so that we can read a variety of titles. It is my hope that this will be a great forum to share our thoughts and feelings about the terrific books we are reading
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Monthly Devotional
Lost and Found
by Hilary Weeks
August 12, 2008
Our Sunday School teacher’s son, Steven, lost his hamster recently. The family prayed and looked for the hamster all day until finally at eleven o’clock at night, they offered one more prayer. With flashlight in hand, Steven’s dad went downstairs for one more hopeful attempt at locating the beloved hamster. There it was - hiding under the stairs! Steven told his dad that now he knew Heavenly Father answers prayers. And at that moment Steven’s uncle called to see if the hamster had been found. The relieved uncle shared his testimony with Steven – Heavenly Father hears us when we pray and is anxious to send answers and bless us. He then recalled a story from his own boyhood when he prayed and Heavenly Father helped him find his baseball mitt.
As our Sunday School teacher shared this lost and found experience, I remembered when my younger brother lost his retainer. He must have taken it out while eating or brushing his teeth and forgot to put it back in. We couldn’t afford a new one. Finding it was crucial. So my mom knelt in prayer, pleading for Heaven’s help. Concluding her prayer, as she began to stand, she felt something under her knee. You know what happened next…she looked and it was my brother’s retainer.
I bet you and everyone you know has had an experience like Steven, his uncle or my mom. Everyone has lost something – their car keys, a shoe, an earring. It is amazing what a high success rate there is in finding what has been lost when Heavenly Father is invited to get involved.
Steven gained a testimony that Heavenly Father helps us find the things we lose. As a boy, Steven’s uncle received that same testimony. Now they both know they can ask God for help and God will care enough to respond. I know it too.
In His wisdom, Heavenly Father starts with helping us find the small things – car keys, hamsters, wedding rings, baseball gloves – so that we will believe and trust that He will help us find the big things we sometimes lose – faith, confidence, hope, peace, our way…
We don’t mean to. We don’t intend to lose hope or start the day thinking, “I am going to lose a little faith today.” But sometimes it happens. A difficult trial, a heart-breaking experience, hurt, anger, exhaustion – any number of things can shake our faith or even cause us to lose it.
But Heavenly Father knows how to help us find those things. He knows how much we want and need them back. He knows how long we search and where we should go. Somehow it seemed perfectly natural to ask for His help when we have lost our proverbial hamsters. In fact, it was probably our first response. We looked for a minute or two, but knew the best thing we could do was ask God. Get his help. He would know where it was hiding and how to find it again.
I can’t see much difference when we lose something a little bigger – a little more important to us. Asking for God’s help should be our first response. Get His help. He knows how to restore what has been lost. And sure enough, what once was lost is always found.
by Hilary Weeks
August 12, 2008
Our Sunday School teacher’s son, Steven, lost his hamster recently. The family prayed and looked for the hamster all day until finally at eleven o’clock at night, they offered one more prayer. With flashlight in hand, Steven’s dad went downstairs for one more hopeful attempt at locating the beloved hamster. There it was - hiding under the stairs! Steven told his dad that now he knew Heavenly Father answers prayers. And at that moment Steven’s uncle called to see if the hamster had been found. The relieved uncle shared his testimony with Steven – Heavenly Father hears us when we pray and is anxious to send answers and bless us. He then recalled a story from his own boyhood when he prayed and Heavenly Father helped him find his baseball mitt.
As our Sunday School teacher shared this lost and found experience, I remembered when my younger brother lost his retainer. He must have taken it out while eating or brushing his teeth and forgot to put it back in. We couldn’t afford a new one. Finding it was crucial. So my mom knelt in prayer, pleading for Heaven’s help. Concluding her prayer, as she began to stand, she felt something under her knee. You know what happened next…she looked and it was my brother’s retainer.
I bet you and everyone you know has had an experience like Steven, his uncle or my mom. Everyone has lost something – their car keys, a shoe, an earring. It is amazing what a high success rate there is in finding what has been lost when Heavenly Father is invited to get involved.
Steven gained a testimony that Heavenly Father helps us find the things we lose. As a boy, Steven’s uncle received that same testimony. Now they both know they can ask God for help and God will care enough to respond. I know it too.
In His wisdom, Heavenly Father starts with helping us find the small things – car keys, hamsters, wedding rings, baseball gloves – so that we will believe and trust that He will help us find the big things we sometimes lose – faith, confidence, hope, peace, our way…
We don’t mean to. We don’t intend to lose hope or start the day thinking, “I am going to lose a little faith today.” But sometimes it happens. A difficult trial, a heart-breaking experience, hurt, anger, exhaustion – any number of things can shake our faith or even cause us to lose it.
But Heavenly Father knows how to help us find those things. He knows how much we want and need them back. He knows how long we search and where we should go. Somehow it seemed perfectly natural to ask for His help when we have lost our proverbial hamsters. In fact, it was probably our first response. We looked for a minute or two, but knew the best thing we could do was ask God. Get his help. He would know where it was hiding and how to find it again.
I can’t see much difference when we lose something a little bigger – a little more important to us. Asking for God’s help should be our first response. Get His help. He knows how to restore what has been lost. And sure enough, what once was lost is always found.
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