Church Time

In my ward I'm a primary teacher, so I don't get to have a Sunday School lesson or go to Relief Society. Although there are some great things to be learned in Primary and not to mention singing time, there are some Sundays when I'd really like to go hear some of those other lessons for adults. So Sacrament Meeting is my time where I try to get my substance at church. Today we had a speaker from the Stake high council and he asked Margaret Finlay from Duarte Ward to come speak with him. She actually spoke in our ward a month or so ago, but she's a great speaker and always has some great thoughts. 

She was speaking about trying to filter things in your life so that your life can be cleaner (relating it to taking care of a pool). There are a lot of things that you can easily point out that are good or bad, that can help or hinder you. But she wanted to point out that there are some things that can be kind of a grey area like gossip. Some people might justify it by saying that they're "being informative" or they're "just talking about a person, but it's not anything bad". Sister Finlay said something she used to say to her kids was, "If you can't say something in front of someone, you shouldn't say it behind their back." 

I really liked that she said that and that she talked about this issue because I think everyone needs reminders that talking about others can be hurtful and in some cases ruins people's reputations. 

I guess the best thing to do is try to think of kind things to think and say about others and think the best of them and of situations. I know this can be difficult at times, but that's why it's important to go to church each week and look for the substance, even if it's just one little thing out of one little talk or lesson. Every little bit helps, right? Right!