January 11, 2017 The Start of Something New

Tomorrow I start classes.  And I am soooo exited!  I will be taking physics and chemistry and molecular biology and a non profit management class.  I also live in a new place.  With Cassi and 4 other really cool girls.  Although our apt doesn't have a dishwasher . . . . its pretty ghetto.

This is the quote that really hit my today in Relief Society.  I love it so much, and it really is the goals I have for this semester and this year.

I think of our Lord and Exemplar, Jesus Christ, and His short life among the people of Galilee and Jerusalem. I have tried to imagine Him bustling between meetings or multitasking to get a list of urgent things accomplished.

I can’t see it.

Instead I see the compassionate and caring Son of God purposefully living each day. When He interacted with those around Him, they felt important and loved. He knew the infinite value of the people He met. He blessed them, ministered to them. He lifted them up, healed them. He gave them the precious gift of His time.

I love this quote because when we are more purposeful, we are more like Christ.  We focus a lot on how we do the work, or how we live our lives (with charity, with more faith)---instead of why we live our lives.  If we remember that we are here to be the Lord's servants sent to progress ourselves and bless the Lord's children.  And if we remember this, the world seems a lot simpler, and we live and do what the Lord would do.

Anyway, love you lots.

-Liza

This is a picture of me and some friends Night Skiing.