More Holiness Give Me

More Holiness Give Me....I have loved this song all of my life. The basic message is to become more like the Savior. It seems like everything these past few weeks since the new year began, has pointed me toward thoughts of holiness. The Relief Society lesson that I gave a week ago, was my choice for a subject, so I chose the subject of becoming more righteous. Our ward conference today was about repentance, and overcoming our weaknesses. I enjoy reading the Church news, and two weeks ago, there was an article in there that I am still pondering about. It is a summary of a talk that was given at BYU Idaho, by Wendy Nelson, wife of Russell M Nelson of the Quorem of the Twelve Apostles. She talks about becoming holy. In preparation for her address to the college students, she asked a few women to try an experiment for three days. They were to choose a daily activity and every day as they did this activity, they would imagine that the Savior were standing right next to them. One woman who did the experiment wrote back to Sister Nelson and said that her most challenging moment of the day is brushing her 4 year old's teeth. I had to chuckle at her description...after 6 children, I can relate. She said "I pictured the Savior in the room with me. I felt an immense difference. Suddenly I had more patience. I didn't bark orders. I felt like I had more influence over the situation. I could step back and almost see, well, how would a holy woman handle this situation? " Many of the women who participated in the experiment, said they no longer thought of being holy as something impossible to do.
I have challenged myself to try this experiment, and for the last couple of weeks, I can see a big difference in the way that I handle stress. (This must be healthy). I have thought a LOT about they way I spend my time, and how I handle irritating situations. I also went right out and bought Sister Nelson's book, entitled, "Change your questions, Change Your Life". In one word....awesome! I reccommend it to everyone. I know that pondering on the right things, and applying the scriptures to our lives, can change us, and our relationships....especially our relationship with the Lord.
February 14, 2010