General Relif Society Meeting

Last night although I was all the way exhausted I decided I would go down to the church to attend the Relief Society Meeting rather than just watch it at home. Prior to the broadcast from SLC we had a local stake RS meeting, so it was more in support of that than anything. I soon found my friend who what equally exhausted, and we just sat off to one side chatted and caught up a bit, and then went on into the chapel for the General RS meeting. As it started, I had a different feeling than normal. Usually I don't really care for these meetings, for one reason or another, but the biggest being, I don't see myself as being old enough to be in RS. The feeling I felt this time was the same feeling I had about 13 when all of my sisters were together in Boise and we all attended together. For some reason I really wanted to be sitting with all of them right then. Soon the meeting started, I felt the spirit and enjoyed the talks, mostly the straight forwardness of them. They were very bold about what we should be doing. Something I am very thankful for. One of the best quotes was by Sister Barbra Thompson who quoted Joseph Smith. "If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates. When I herd that one I was ready to jump up and head out and get to work again. I always knew I had extra help, now I knew it was a promise. The next time that really caught me off guard was during the song "Now Let Us Rejoice" just about the end of the first verse, I knew I was united with all of my sisters in singing this song, it was the same broadcast at the same time and I knew they were all there with me singing this song, so I just sang louder. (apologies going out to everyone who had to hear the earthly tones of my heart) It has been a while since I went to the church to watch the broadcast with, but it sure felt good and I am very glad I went. I think I am not starting to get RS, what a wonderful program here for everyone, not just the "RS" type.