My favorite meeting of the year - I love this one even more than General Conference, and I LOVE General Conference. There is something about knowing that all the women, young adults, and girls of the Church are gathering together in sisterhood across the world and listening to the words of our leaders that warms my heart and buoys me up.
The meeting is held in the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake.
It is a huge auditorium.
But as the throngs of women and girls arrive, it quickly fills up.
Until every seat is full and the overflow goes to the Assembly Hall or possibly even the old Tabernacle building.
This year's focus was the temple, and my favorite talk last night was from Sr. Neill Marriott (on the far right), a counselor in the General Young Women's Presidency. She asked us if we had ever seen a temple at night, especially from afar, and how the light around it shone, a glow, a beacon in the dark, if you will.
"Temples help push back the dark," she said (I am paraphrasing here) and that message has stuck with me. I have been thinking about it ever since.
With our own Indianapolis temple soon to be ready, we have another beacon to "push back the dark." One close to home and which I will be able to attend regularly. (No Chicago traffic!!)
And family members are also staying close to that beacon that is pushing back the dark.
Trinity and her mama attend the conference in their ward in Colorado.
What a blessing it is to come together as sisters, to affirm our faith, uplift our hearts, and to receive guidance and direction. (And with more good things to come - General Conference is next weekend.)
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