The 7-ups

We met with our new Ward today and it was awesome! They are so very nice and welcoming. Of course they read our records and got our names wrong, but who cares?! Heavenly Father knows who we are. We are the furthest north in our Ward - at least they (our home teachers and visiting teachers) will have an adventure every month when they come to visit us! I don't think they have any idea what they are in for - it makes me laugh.

The 7-ups; a way to remind ourselves to live well, be worthy and love & serve the Lord.

1. Wake up - choose to greet each day with enthusiasm and decide to have a good day
2. Dress up - dress appropriately as a child of God and dress for success
3. Shut up - be quiet and listen to the soft promptings of the Lord
4. Stand up - stand up for your beliefs and the virtues that you have been taught
5. Look up - look to the Prophets and the Lord for direction in all aspects of your life
6. Reach up - reach for something higher; you are destined to be more than you currently are
7. Lift up - lift up your voice to the Lord through prayer

An invitation from our Stake President that is a great idea for all members:
"Dear Brothers, Sisters and Youth (ages 8 to 105 years old),
I invite you to read and ponder from cover to cover, every word given in the October 2010 Ensign before Christmas, December 25, 2010. As you do, you will feel the Spirit of the Lord more in your lives, and your love for His Temples here on earth will grow. You will strive harder to keep yourself worthy to go to the Temple. Those of you old enough to hold a temple recommend will strive to obtain a recommend and go more regularly and worthily to the Temple of the Lord. I give you my blessing that if you are obedient in this invitation, to read and ponder every word of the October Ensign, you will be blessed and will draw closer to your Savior and feel His tender mercies in your life. You will point your life towards His Temple, which is towards Him whose house it is."