“Lessons at the Well,” For the Strength of Youth, May 2022.
Women’s Session
Lessons at the Well
Excerpts
I would like to share with you three lessons I am learning as I continue to drink from [the Savior’s] well of “living water” [John 4:10].
First: Our Past and Present Circumstances Do Not Determine Our Future …
Consider the woman at the well. …
She became a powerful witness, declaring to those in her city that Jesus was the Christ. “And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman” [John 4:39].
Her past and present circumstances did not determine her future. Like her, we can choose to turn to the Savior today for the strength and healing that will enable us to fulfill all that we were sent here to do.
Second: The Power Is in Us [Doctrine and Covenants 58:28] …
Sisters, the power is in us to bring to pass much righteousness! …
Third: “Out of Small Things Proceedeth That Which Is Great” [Doctrine and Covenants 64:33] …
Sisters, hearts can be changed and lives blessed as we offer a pinch of salt, a spoonful of leaven, and a ray of light.
I testify that the Savior is the salt in our lives, inviting us to taste of His joy and love. It is He who is the leaven when our lives are hard, bringing us hope and lifting our burdens through His matchless power and redeeming love. He is our light, illuminating our path back home.