Get
to Know Her and Her Family
Visiting teaching is
about sincerely coming to know and love each sister so that we can help
strengthen her faith and give service.
Rita Jeppeson and her
visiting teacher have become good friends as they meet and share gospel
conversations. But their visits also include playing word games together, which
helps Rita’s aging mind stay sharp. Because her visiting teacher has learned
what Rita needs and enjoys, they both look forward to each visit. Rita knows
that they are friends and that the visit is not just an obligation. There are
so many things sisters can do during a visit, such as taking a walk together or
helping a sister with her chores.
Lucy Mack Smith, mother of
the Prophet Joseph Smith, expressed her feelings in 1842
about how Latter-day Saint sisters in the newly established Relief Society
should feel about one another. She said, “We must cherish one another, watch
over one another, comfort one another and gain instruction, that we may all sit
down in heaven together.”1 This is still true
today.
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles said, “See yourselves as emissaries of the Lord to His
children. … We would hope … that you will establish an era of
genuine, gospel-oriented concern for the members, watching over and caring for
each other, addressing spiritual and temporal needs in any way that helps.”2
The Lord through Moses commanded the children of Israel
that “the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you,
and thou shalt love [her] as thyself” (Leviticus 19:34). The sisters we visit may be
“strangers” as we begin our service, but as we get to know her and her family,
our desire will increase to “bear one another’s burdens, that they may be
light” and have our “hearts knit together in unity and in love one towards
another” (Mosiah 18:8, 21).
Consider This Within
the families of the sisters you visit, what upcoming events should you be aware
of and remember?
Ministering Rather
than provide a specific message, this page will feature a different principle
each month to help us minister more effectively to each other. As you pray and
seek inspiration, you will know the spiritual message and service each sister
needs.
“To Know Another”
cji
2/1/18
Learning able to
discern
understanding people
finding who they are
dreams-expectations
families-likes/dislikes
to know another sure
able to share always
friends as sisters
always
eternal and forever!
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