A great scripture I discovered....

The day before I left for YW Camp, I was doing that thing where you look through the scriptures looking for a message from God, something to help you know Heavenly Father is aware of you and looking out for you. This approach works for me sometimes works well and sometimes not so much. Anyway, it worked for me this time. This is the scipture I happened upon:
Alma 25:17 This is when Ammon and his brethren met up again and were marveling at the success they had had in helping so many Lamanites be converted to the truth.

And now behold, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and Himni, and their brethren did rejoice exceedingly, for the success which they had had among the Lamanites, seeing that the Lord had granted unto them according to their prayers, and that he had also verified his word unto them in every particular.

I love the words verified and particular in this verse. When we pray, especially when we are praying for others, it is important to know that Heavenly Father hears our prayers and will verify His word to us in EVERY particular. Particular means detail to me. I think this is another scripture telling us to trust in the Lord and not lean to our own understanding.

I was also thinking that, in a small way, working so hard to make YW Camp a success was like Ammon and his brothers working to bring the Lamanites to the truth. I (and the leaders I work with) were working to bring these YW to the truth.

When I was listening to the sweet testimonies on the last night of camp, I realized that all of the prayers I had offered to God about Camp, He had "verified in every particular". He loves us and He lets us help Him accomplish great things. He could do it so much better Himself, but He lets us help him so that we can grow to be more like Him.

Another great YW quote....

“Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon. Give me a young woman who faithfully attends her church meetings, who is a seminary graduate, who has earned her Young Womanhood Recognition Award and wears it with pride! Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purity, who will not settle for less than a temple marriage, and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles for the Lord now and throughout eternity.”

Pres. Ezra Taft Benson
13th president of the Church
November 1986

Besides the "Women of God" quote, this was also an optional quote that the YW could memorize for YW Camp. I believe this statement from a prophet of God.

Reading the scriptures online

I just thought I would mention that I like to read the scriptures online sometimes. It is awesome that they are available like that.
They have a great search option. You can type in any words you want and all the scriptures that have those words in them will appear. That's better than the topical guide in your regular scriptures.

Another option I like is that when I am reading, you can click on the references and it will appear.

This is a great resource that I use all the time. :)

They are available at:
http://scriptures.lds.org/

Let no spirit of digression overcome you....

The other day I was listening to this song that was sung in the priesthood session of the last general conference. The words "let no spirit of digression overcome you in the evil hour." This made me think of one of my favorite thoughts: Satan would have us fill our lives with things that are not essential to our salvation. Do the important things first. I looked up the word "digression" in the dictionary. It says to digress is to leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing. To me, this is truly one of Satan's best tools in this century. We just get distracted for a little while and then we get caught up and then, before we know it, look at all the time that has passed.