General Relief Society Broadcast

Tonight members of the largest women's organization will gather in meetinghouses and homes around the world to witness a meeting prepared just for the women of the church.  We will receive instruction from the General Relief Society presidency and a member of the First Presidency.   Linda K. Burton, Relief society general president, Carole M. Stephens, first counselor, and Linda S. Reeves, second counselor are the officers of the newly called general presidency.  This will be the first time these women will address us.   

A live stream is available here: broadcasts.lds.org

There is even an event page where you can invite friends and associated via Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/LDS

I have been a member of this grand organization for many, many years now.  Every year as this meeting approaches I anxiously await the instructions I will receive.  I know these women, though new in their callings have prayerfully prepared to speak to us.  I know we will receive the instructions the Lord wants us to hear.   It is well worth the sacrifice you make in adjusting your schedules, reigning in the husband to keep watch over the flock, and prayerfully preparing yourself to have your spirit fed.

Just as we prepare for General Conference, this meeting should receive the same personal intent.  Just as the priesthood meets on the Saturday evening of General Conference weekend, so we, as women of the  Church need to meet together to receive the Lord's instruction from his chosen leaders.

Over on Mormon Women there are some great links to follow on this topic.  Don't get caught up on the dates (2010), this principle is as important now as it was when those words were written.
http://mormonwoman.org/2010/10/01/preparing-for-general-conference-this-weekend/

Or hop on over to LDS Media Talk and read what they have put together for you.
http://ldsmediatalk.com/2011/03/28/how-can-you-prepare-for-general-conference/

Gather the girls together tonight, friends from the ward, mothers and daughters, neighbors, kneel and pray and invite the Spirt to attend and instruct you as you participate in this meeting.  I can testify you will be fed.  You will be uplifted.  You will come away changed.  These are the reasons we make the effort to go.

I was reading this morning on another blog I follow about 'fitting ourselves to the standard Heavenly Father has set for us" (http://beinglds.blogspot.com/).   How can we know what to adjust if we do not take the time to hear what he has to say.  To be fit for the kingdom we need to know what those requirements are -- and implement them here.  Procrastinating our mortal education and training will not make our next estate easier.

It is my prayer, that tonight, the women of the Church will be in attendance all over the world, where ever they can hear the sound of the Lord's servant and unite themselves in the work of the Lord.