Hello Stake Relief Society,
Today as I finished the reading challenge of, “Daughters in My Kingdom”, one realization that came to my mind the most is the first calling that the Lord gave me once I started college. My Mother had passed away a couple months after starting school and one of the big losses that I felt personally was the absence of a Mother teaching me all the skills, knowledge, and all else that a future Mother would need to know. I was called to teach Relief Society lessons during Relief Society once a month about those kinds of things that I would need to learn from my Mother.
All these years of belonging to Relief Society has been such a huge blessing to me with the personal loss of a Mother. The Lord takes away and He gives. I’ve had such help where ever I’ve lived in attending the meetings held for Relief Society and reading from the materials provided.
I feel profound gratitude for the inspired direction of the leaders throughout time and to benefit from sharing/learning of the sisters all around me. We all truly have a readymade ward sisterhood that ranges in age from young to old; giving us all strength because of it. So many of my prayers, thoughts or concerns have been answered through the wisdom of my ward sisters.
Connie Robanske
Windsong Ward
