This August 9 I'm celebrating Women's Day with my South African Sisters! Which turns out to be a fulfillment of a blessing given to me by a patriarch 47 years ago.

Do you ever get stuck in thinking your reflection in the mirror is your value? Me too... but I know our Heavenly Father sees us differently, as His strong and beautiful daughters.

Yeti X-2: Sonny bone Yani, my friends,

I Judy, thanks for joining me.

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I, this week's hosts for the

creative spiritual journey podcast.

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Where Ghia.

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And I talk about things of our heart.

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We talk about Christ and things in nature.

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And all the joys that we discover along

this remarkable journey we call life.

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Thanks for joining me on the trail today.

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Oh, how I wish we were actually

walking and talking together.

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On the mountain.

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So.

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Let me tell you what's happening

this Friday, August 9th.

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2024.

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It is women's day in South Africa and

I get to celebrate it with my sisters.

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In Zion, the relief society, sisters here.

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In the new castle district.

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But what is even more.

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Special to me.

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Is that.

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Friday.

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August 9th It will be a fulfillment of.

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my patriarchal blessing.

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Let me read that says.

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That I will have the blessing

to enjoy the association with

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the sisters of the gospel.

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As you associate with them,

your life will be strengthened.

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And you will understand

the values of motherhood.

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And womanhood.

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The word value.

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. Value is defined as a valor.

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And to be of worth.

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Rendered useful.

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is a price or importance.

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The appraisal of.

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The worth of a soul.

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No.

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I love that as the definition,

the worth of the sole.

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Cause I think of.

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The scriptures and the savior

saying that the worth of the

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soul is great in the eyes of God.

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Yeti X-4: I remember back in our young

women days, we had personal progress.

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And we had the young woman values.

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We are daughters ever heavenly

parents who love us and we love them.

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We will stand as witnesses of Christ in

all times in all things in all places.

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As we strive to live,

the young woman values.

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And then it lists the values, faith.

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Knowledge, divine nature,

individual worth integrity.

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Good works, accountability and virtue.

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Yeti X-6: Those are each awesome.

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Values.

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That we.

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Could each take into our hearts

and our life to be more Christ.

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Like don't you think.

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I remember it ended with.

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We believe as we come to accept

and act upon these values.

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We will be prepared to strengthen home

and family make and keep sacred covenants

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and receive the blessings of exaltation.

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Uh, Do you remember

those young women days?

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And trying to find.

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You're worth.

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Yeti X-2: I love the word.

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Associate.

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Yeti X-3: the word to associate

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is to join with a common purpose.

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To connect with someone to be one mind.

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What does that remind you of.

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To be one mind.

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One heart.

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As sister in Zion.

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I don't know if you know

this, the release society is.

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The oldest and the largest women

organization in the world over 7

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million women in 188 countries.

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I mean that is power.

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My sisters.

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It is fabulous.

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So this blessing that I will

have opportunity to associate

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with my sisters in the gospel.

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And that I will come to understand.

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The importance and The value of womanhood.

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Yeti X-11: Like I said this Friday

is women's day in South Africa.

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this day commemorates.

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Yeti X-17: a women's March that

took place on August night in

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1956 in Pretoria, South Africa.

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The marchers aim.

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Or to Protest the introduction of an

apartheid pass laws for the black women.

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Okay.

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They showed up On the steps

of, The union building.

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And presented a petition

to the prime minister.

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So what this past law was,

that the only people who

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Yeti X-19: could find work

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Yeti X-17: We're given a pass.

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This allowed the government to control

the influx of black man into the cities.

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The past was one of the most

hated of the apartheid laws.

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Man, we were repeatedly

arrested under this law So.

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These women.

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weren't going to.

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stand there and take it.

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So

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Yeti X-5: There was 20,000.

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Courageous.

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Women.

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That joined forces that day.

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There was a moment when they

spent a half hour in silence.

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And then they sang a song.

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you strike the women.

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You strike the rock.

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That is powerful.

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Isn't it such strong

women in South Africa?

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it's going to be a pleasure to

join with them on women's day.

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With my release society, sisters.

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And celebrate the strength of women.

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When I think of this strength of women,

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Yeti X-15: I think of course

of the women of my life.

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My grandmother, My mom.

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I think of my daughters.

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and my daughters in laws.

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I love them.

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They are such examples of strength to me.

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I look at their lives and how do they.

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Manage and they do it with such grace

and my granddaughters are Treasures.

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They're just precious.

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and my sisters.

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and my sisters.

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in laws.

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Who are also my friends.

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And my aunts

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And my Niece's and cousins

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Yeti X-16: And of course my

best friends and my peeps.

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Yeti X-15: I've just been surrounded.

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I've had such a blessing of.

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Women of God to strong women.

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That have guided and walked

with me through life.

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Yeti X-21: Happy women's day..

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Yeti X-20: To the women.

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That shaped and sculpted Michaeline.

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Yeti X-5: In a worldwide release

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Our prophet president Nelson.

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Blessed us with.

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A blessing.

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That is for all women.

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And I'm going to read that to you

because for me it is very significant.

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I bless you with increased

spiritual discernment.

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And the ability to find joy

in offering relief to others.

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I bless you with the wisdom to

discern what is needful and to

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not run faster than you're able.

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I bless you with the courage to

live up to your divine privileges.

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As a covenant daughter of God.

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I bless you to feel deeply.

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That heavenly father in his son.

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Jesus Christ.

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No, you.

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And love you.

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I myself.

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I am certain I can testify

of this, that this is true.

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And he continues on.

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They sent you to earth now, and I'm going

to include for my south African sisters.

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Here now, and here.

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Because you are vital to

the kingdom of God now.

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And here.

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I bless you to realize that

your divine gifts as daughters

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of God give you the power.

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Not only to change lives,

but to change the world.

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I know that kind of sounds

like a big, tall order to feel.

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But it begins.

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One day at a time, one heart at a time.

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One decision.

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Of.

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Recognizing your value.

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As a woman.

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That is your promise from a profit.

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I've told you how much I.

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treasure my patriarchal blessing.

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Not everyone here.

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has the patriarchal blessing.

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In fact, there is a waiting list of about.

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65 people.

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And our area.

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Because we are not award

and we're not a steak.

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We do not have a patriarch.

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And so we have to go to

Durban, which is expensive.

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A lot of times they combine it

with the temple trips And the

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patriarch's only able to do.

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To a day.

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members here.

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have a great desire for

a patriarchal blessing.

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It makes me think of the time when Emma.

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The days leading up to Joseph's death.

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I'm sure she wasn't under a lot of.

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stress and strain.

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Because of the persecution

going on, she sought a blessing.

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For her from her husband.

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But because he wasn't able to

fulfill her request, he instructed

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her to write her own blessing.

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and then he said that he would

sign it when he returned.

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But he never had that opportunity.

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The blessing she wrote is so beautiful.

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Let me read what ammo wrote.

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First of all, I would crave as the richest

of heaven's blessings would be wisdom.

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From my heavenly father bestowed daily.

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So that whatever I might do or say,

I could not look back at the close

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of the day with regret nor neglect.

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The performance of any act

that would bring a blessing.

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I desire the spirit of God to

know and understand myself.

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That a desire, a fruitful, active mind.

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That I may be able to

comprehend the designs of God.

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When revealed to the

servants without doubting.

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I desire a spirit of discernment.

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Which is one of the promised

blessings of the holy ghost.

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I particularly desire wisdom.

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To bring up all the children that are,

are, may be committed to my charge.

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In such a manner that they will be

useful ornaments in the kingdom of God.

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And in a coming day, rise

up and call me blessed.

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I desire prudence.

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That I may not through ambition

abuse my body and cause it to

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become prematurely old are careworn.

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I love this part.

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But that I may wear a

cheerful countenance.

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And live to perform all the work that I

covenanted to perform in the spirit world.

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To be a blessing to all who may

in any wise need OD at my hand.

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I desire with all my heart to

honor and respect my husband.

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Ever to live in his confidence and by

acting in unison with him, retain the

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place, which God has given me by his side.

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Finally.

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I desire that whatever may

be my lot through this life.

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I may be enabled to

acknowledge the hand of God.

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And all things.

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Isn't that sweet.

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My sisters, I invite

you on this women's day.

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Too.

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Take time.

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Reflect upon your infinite value.

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and divine mission that we

should strive to fulfill.

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So my invitation.

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Take time.

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Too, right.

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A blessing.

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The desires of your heart,

like Emma did Write it down.

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what blessings do you want?

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Recognize why you were sent here and now.

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And what is your vital part

of building up his kingdom?

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Take time to write this down.

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And I promise you that the holy ghost.

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All bare.

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Witness to your heart.

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Of your worth.

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Of the love that your father

and heaven has for you.

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And of your divine nature.

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And your infinite worth in their eyes.

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Yeti X-10: Okay.

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My sisters, let's not get caught

up into thinking our value.

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Is what we were seeing, reflecting

back to us in the mirror.

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I promise you.

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We are so much more.

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Yeti X-7: If you can join with

some sisters, so have great.

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The strength we have together.

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The association.

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That brings us.

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One mind, one purpose, one heart.

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Sisters in Zion.

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Yeti X-5: happy woman's day.

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My sisters.

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I love you in gear.

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and I'll see you on the trail.