August 14, 2014- Truth Reflects Upon Our Senses

Weekly Training Meeting

August 14, 2014

To Complete: Complete the Journaling/Reflections below and email Lisanne about what you learned.

Must have for this training:

• Journal
• Notes taken this summer
• Goals (past-summer, future-fall)
• Scriptures

Announcements:

• Schedule Exit interviews if you are leaving
• Sign up to watch Lisanne teach a district- you will get an email about it
• We are changing the afternoon time of training so look for the email of the new time
• First few weeks of fall semester make sure to sign up for a desk meeting with Lisanne
• Area Party- August 19th at 6:00pm at Rock Canyon Park (East Pavilion)

Reflect On What You Have Learned From The Summer

Study:

• Go to Journals and think of 2 questions to ask yourself to help you evaluate how you’ve used your time this summer. Write them at the top of your paper.

• Example: What roles has God played in my summer?

• Spend 20 minutes journaling about those questions. Anything you think about them and if you come up with more questions be sure to write them down. This is a free 20 minutes to journal about this, use your scriptures, goals, notes and anything else you would like.

Reflections on the Summer and what you learned about writing: 

(Class Insight)

• It was interesting how the spirit worked with me while I was writing. All of the good things I wrote down that I did, I felt as if I could have done better. The Spirit taught me so much I could have done as I wrote. It drove me to repent.
• This summer was tough for me. As I wrote God helped me to remember blessings that have come to be, good people, and the strength of the Spirit.
• I felt humbled. The thought came that my life is out of my control and I should let go and let God do his thing with it.
• I saw how God answers prayers.
• God remembers my goals. He used them and taught me by them. God gives according to desires.
• I failed at all my goals. But the Lord still did something with me. He helped me to form other goals and see things as they really are.
• This summer was about me needing being proactive. I had a lack of progress in this area.
• It made me ask myself, what do I care about? what don’t I care about? where do my actions need to be? I am able to be more honest with myself.
• Helped me to understand how kind God is. He showed me the things that I have grown on as opposed to only the things I haven’t. 
• God loves those who I love. He is aware of everyone. He does more for me than I am aware of.
• I saw the power of goals. 
• I learned the power of choice. I don’t need outside things to dictate my actions and how I feel. I can choose to feel happy no matter what is going on around me.

Does anyone see any patterns?

(Class Insight)

• It’s beneficial to reflect
• Planning- it’s important to plan even in our prayers
• Journaling helps us to see the hand of God
• We need to be agents
• Reflection and growth are correlated
• It helps us to be in touch with reality and what will be helping us with our Eternal Lives
• We receive what we are willing to receive
• Making a journal more of a reflection of the day as opposed to just writing down what I did can be very beneficial
• God’s Love
• I write the feelings of my heart in my journal and see how my feelings change
• If Nephi and Lehi were commanded to write their experiences down and then they were used as scriptures. They wrote as patriarchs writing in my journal as a “future patriarch” helped me to express things that I would want my future kids to know.- Generational writing

How much better would we understand the conversion process if we could actually see it in our lives- Journaling

Read:

Think of all that you have reflected on and what you just learned

9 Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.

10 And again, believe that ye must repent of your sins and forsake them, and humble yourselves before God; and ask in sincerity of heart that he would forgive you; and now, if you believe all these things see that ye do them.

11 And again I say unto you as I have said before, that as ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness of God, and your own nothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken by the mouth of the angel.

12 And behold, I say unto you that if ye do this ye shall always rejoice, and be filled with the love of God, and always retain a remission of your sins; and ye shall grow in the knowledge of the glory of him that created you, or in the knowledge of that which is just and true.

-Mosiah 4:9-10

Wherefore What:

10 minutes to reflect in your journal again

Examples of things to reflect on:

• setting goals
• how can I have this experience on a daily basis?
• how can I make these verses a reality in my life?

What are you receiving?

(Class Insight)

• Journaling keeps me from going to bed mad. You feel more at peace with God.
• Through the process of reflection I have received answers. God is personal with me and willing to answer questions.
• Vulnerability
• Reflecting on my past helps me to see how I can move forward.
• Reflecting helps give me clarity of where I am and questions/things I need to study later
• It has helped me to receive motivation. God helps answer my prayers. Truth reflects upon our senses.. as we reflect.
• Writing is a commandment.
• God helps us change and know what to write… even if we think we are bad at it.
• Writing in my journal gives me hope, strength, and remembrance. 

Review the things you have written down today. Work on being an agent. Be open and ready for next semester.