Dear Sisters:
Time. We all have the same amount. Three hundred sixty-five days each year, twenty-four hours each day. Sounds like a lot, but what are we doing with all that time? The hymn "Improve the Shining Moments" has the words "Time flies on wings of lightning. We cannot call it back.. .life is quick in passing. ..."tis as a single day." We have all thought to ourselves that we can't believe that November is here already. What happened? There were so many things that we were going to do this year and it's almost too late. Perhaps your goal was to become immersed in family history research, or maybe this was the year you were really going to catch up on your life's story. Maybe back in the beginning of the year, you felt that you had plenty of time to accomplish what you felt you should. Even during the summer, there was still lots of time. But here you are in the latter months of 2012, and, if you're like me, you have procrastinated your goals away. President Joseph Fielding Smith has stated that "procrastination as applied to gospel principles is the thief of eternal life." We cannot put off until tomorrow what we should be doing today. We will be judged after this life on not only the sins we've committed and not repented of, but also for the things that we should have done and neglected to do. D&C 60:13 says, "Thou shalt not idle idle away thy time."
Sisters, please take an inventory of your activities and make sure that you are spending your precious time doing needful things. "Today while the sun shines, work with a will. Today while the sun shines, your duty fulfill..." "Time, literally, is running out--for each of us. We have less remaining today than we had yesterday, and we have no idea how much of it we have left in our mortal sojourn. Let us make the most of our time." (Church News 6/7/08) “For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors." Alma 34:32 Let's all strive to do our very best to use our time wisely so that we won't have any regrets in the years to come.
We love you all and hope that you have a wonderful holiday season.
The Relief Society Presidency
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