012410 Always!

Today Karen Romney gave the lesson in Relief Society. It was based on the Ensign article entitled " Moral Discipline" by D. Todd Christofferson. She used a scripture from the New Testament--John 8:29, beginning with the word 'for': "...for I do always those things that please him." This is the Savior referring to his father, God the Father, telling the Jews that God had sent him, He had not left him alone, and that he *always* does those things that please the Father. Karen made the point that we should use this principle in the way we live our lives too--that we should try to *always* remember to say our prayers or read our scriptures or be kind to others all the time, *always*! We shouldn't make excuses and she gave some examples: "I will *always* read my scriptures...except when I'm in a hurry and have to leave in the morning; or I will *always* say my prayers...except when I'm just too tired at night and need to go right to sleep." She made these cookies for us and asked that before we ate the cookie (or gave it to someone else to eat) that we'd make a commitment to improve at least one thing in our lives in order to grow closer to *always* doing those things we know we should be doing. In doing so, we will also be pleasing the Savior, and like him, pleasing Heavenly Father!