Families, communities, and
nations are strengthened as individuals exercise faith in Jesus Christ. This is
the third in a series on the Young Women values. The first post in the series
can be found here. It discusses the
Young Women values and the Personal Progress program that assists women of all
ages to develop these attributes. Each value is represented by a specific
color.
The second Young Women value is
Divine Nature, and it is represented by the color blue, which is the color of
the sky and reminds us that we are children of Heavenly Parents. This site has a wonderful family
home evening outlined. It shares the following story that is titled “Be Loyal to the Royal within You,”
and it was shared by President Harold B. Lee at a BYU devotional in 1973.
One of our Latter-day Saint men during World
War II was over in England. He had gone to an officer's club where they were
holding a riotous kind of celebration. He noticed off to the side a young
British officer who didn't seem to be enjoying himself at all. So he walked
over to him and said, ‘You don't seem to be enjoying this kind of a party.’ And
this young British officer straightened himself a few inches taller than he was
before and replied, ‘No, sir, I can't engage in this kind of a party, because,
you see, I belong to the royal household of England.’
As our Latter-day Saint boy walked away he
said to himself, ‘Neither can I, because I belong to the royal household of the
kingdom of God.’ Do you realize that, you young people? There are things that
you cannot and must not do if you remember your heritage.
Do you dress and act
differently because you know that you are a child of royal birth? Do you feel
like the son or daughter of a King? Do you treat others with more love and
kindness because you are a child of God? I encourage you to
consider how a son or daughter of Heavenly Parents should act. What can you do
to strengthen your family, community and nation because you know that you have
Divine Worth?
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