Ooooh, I am finding so many inspiring quotes in the new Daughters in My Kingdom book! We are discussing the first four chapters tomorrow online from 2 to 4 PM MST.  This is the first class in our Zion Finishing School. You will be amazed at and transformed by all the cool things you will learn from the course. The syllabus is here http://treeoflifemothering.ning.com/page/an-online-finishing-school-for If you haven’t joined us for one class for free before, and you want to try it out, please join us. Comment below and I will send you the link.

We will be searching for principles to help us be wiser and more virtuous, by examining these inspiring quotes and then searching within us to dig out the principles. If you have the book and are resisting it, please realize what a beautiful gift you are missing out on. Here’s an analogy from Sister Julie Beck.

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Here are some great things I am learning:

• all the cool women in the New Testament who I never noticed much before, who were disciples of Christ. I find it very interesting that the book states that some of these women may have supported Christ economically. So when is it OK for women to support men economically?

• that Joseph Smith said that an organization similar to the Relief Society existed in the Savior’s day

• that when the R.S. was organized, Joseph and Emma lived in little 2 bedroom home with their four children, and 11 other people! How can we follow their example and extend our hospitality to others outside our family?

• that Section 25 of the Doctrine of Covenants applies not just to Emma Smith, but unto all women. It is a guide for being a better wife, mother, and neighbor. How can we apply it in our lives? How do we lay aside things of the world and seek for the better?

• Brigham Young called for the sisters to retrench (I knew that) but I didn’t know he wanted them to reform their eating and housekeeping habits. What can we retrench from, even in things that seem so inconsequential as our eating and housekeeping?

• that Elder James Talmage said that Jesus Christ is the greatest champion of women. How does that apply to today’s post-women’s lib world?

• that Brigham Young asked the women of the LDS Church to create their own fashions that were pleasing to them. Does this apply to today? How do we do that?