Today's Lesson

I always think I get more out of lessons than the Young Women do! Every Sunday I have some kind of "aha" moment, where things click and I understand a small portion of what Heavenly Father is trying to teach me. Today I realized that my whole life has been a turning to the Lord, a changing of my heart, so that when I SAY, "I want what my Savior wants for my life, His will be done", I actually MEAN IT!

I continue to change and turn every day, and there's another part of the lesson, another piece clicking in my heart, "becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father." How do we do ALL this!?! Just as children live. They are totally present for every moment, their life really is one day at a time. What does the Lord want me to do TODAY? What does He want for my life TODAY? Of course we need to plan, think, and prepare for the future, but let's not forget that the road to our future is paved with our daily actions.

Straight out of the Young Women Manual -  

President David O. McKay described an experience he had that helped him understand how important it is to have your heart and life changed:

“I … fell asleep, and beheld in vision something infinitely sublime. In the distance I beheld a beautiful white city. Though far away, yet I seemed to realize that trees with luscious fruit, shrubbery with gorgeously-tinted leaves, and flowers in perfect bloom abounded everywhere. The clear sky above seemed to reflect these beautiful shades of color. I then saw a great concourse of people approaching the city. Each one wore a white flowing robe, and a white headdress. Instantly my attention seemed centered upon their Leader, and though I could see only the profile of his features and his body, I recognized him at once as my Savior! The tint and radiance of his countenance were glorious to behold! There was a peace about him which seemed sublime—it was divine!

“The city, I understood, was his. It was the City Eternal; and the people following him were to abide there in peace and eternal happiness.

“But who were they?

“As if the Savior read my thoughts, he answered by pointing to a semicircle that then appeared above them, and on which were written in gold the words:

“‘These Are They Who Have Overcome The World—Who Have Truly Been Born Again!’”

(Cherished Experiences from the Writings of President David O. McKay, comp. Clare Middlemiss [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1965], p. 102).

Lesson Application

Suggest that the young women read Mosiah chapters 2 through 5 so that they can better understand what it means to have a change of heart.