When life overwhelms, and you feel adrift
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By accepting the invitation to "arise and come forth" unto the Savior, "we learn how it feels to be encircled in His love," Kathleen H. Hughes said Sept. 23 during the General Relief Society Meeting.
Sometimes life overwhelms you and you feel adrift from the Spirit, said Sister Hughes, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency. "When I encounter those feelings, the best antidote is my memory of the moments when Christ's peace has come to strengthen me. So tonight I invite you to remember what it is to feel the Lord's love in your life and to feel encircled in His arms."
Faithful women of the Church are blessed with the Holy Ghost, she continued. "As we invite the Savior into our lives, the Holy Ghost will bear witness to us of the love which the Father and His Son, our Savior, have for each of us. But feeling their love is dependent not only on our desire, but upon our actions.
"And the actions we need to take are known to us: genuine prayer that is specific and humble, followed by quiet listening for the Lord's answers; regular scripture study and time to ponder what we read; and, finally, a willingness to be introspective about ourselves and to trust in the Lord's promise that He 'will make weak things become strong unto us"' (Ether 12:27).
Referring to the January 2004 Worldwide Leadership training meeting during which President Gordon B. Hinckley admonished women to "stand strong and immoveable" against the evil in the world, Sister Hughes said: "Our families need the peace of God in their lives, and if we can't or won't invite the Lord into our lives, then our families become a reflection of our own turmoil. Women are asked to be nurturers to their families, but we must also be firm — we must be the hard rock footings on which our homes can stand....
"Our children need to hear us 'talk of Christ,... rejoice in Christ,... preach of Christ,' (2 Nephi 25:26) so that they may know to what source they can look for the peace that 'passeth all understanding"' (Philippians 4:7).
