In Sunday's D4 Relief Society council meeting, we anonymously wrote down some of our current struggles and talked through a few of them together. Sisters shared ideas about how to act on promptings, strengthen testimony, overcome loneliness, and celebrate each sister's unique contributions to our sisterhood.
Common themes that emerged from the slips of paper on which people wrote struggles include the following:
These are struggles that many sisters in our ward are experiencing. How many of these struggles are you experiencing? You are not alone! Please pray for the other sisters around you to understand what you can do to help. Be aware of each other and reach out.
Share other ideas for how we can strengthen each other or deal with any of these specific challenges in the comments below. What things have you done to deal with any of the challenges above? What doctrines or scriptures have helped you as you've experienced some of these challenges?
Common themes that emerged from the slips of paper on which people wrote struggles include the following:
- Loneliness
- Anxiety & depression
- Being consistent about achieving goals
- Challenges associated with a having an inactive family member
- Balancing responsibilities
- Gaining and strengthening testimony
- Trusting or having hope in God
- Improving gospel study/knowledge
- Financial concerns
- Overcoming failings & weaknesses
- Feeling inadequate/comparing self to others
- Relating to other sisters in RS/fitting in/building friendships
- Sharing the gospel/reaching out to others with love
These are struggles that many sisters in our ward are experiencing. How many of these struggles are you experiencing? You are not alone! Please pray for the other sisters around you to understand what you can do to help. Be aware of each other and reach out.
Share other ideas for how we can strengthen each other or deal with any of these specific challenges in the comments below. What things have you done to deal with any of the challenges above? What doctrines or scriptures have helped you as you've experienced some of these challenges?
loved being in Relief Society this Sunday, not always able to be there. Glad we are doing something like this too. Class and comments were great, and here we can continue to comment and share through out the week and invite others not there to share. Which is great to stay Spiritually Minded :) (side note love that scripture that says spiritual minded is life eternal and its first letters spell out SMILE :) So just this Sunday Ashley mentioned how on LDS. org were topics similar to those discussed last week. love the reminder of answers right there at our finger tip. Now taking the time to read them. ;)
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