We live in a culture where we don\u2019t have to go far to be entertained.\u00a0 Noise is everywhere.\u00a0 Everyone is busy.\u00a0 We are always going, going, going; off to our next bit of entertainment.<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t have time to sit quietly.\u00a0 And if we did, we would be bored silly.\u00a0 Our minds have adapted well to this style of living.\u00a0 Our bodies haven\u2019t.\u00a0 More stress, more medical problems that can be traced back to using the body incorrectly, putting on too many demands, and even resting in the wrong way-the vegetative state.<\/p>\n
If we are learning anything, it\u2019s because we have to and we usually have a deadline.\u00a0 There is no pleasure in learning, experimenting, stretching, incorporating.\u00a0 Meditation is not possible when the mind is thinking about a hundred things that will need to get done tomorrow.\u00a0 Yet, we are reminded, by our leaders, of the importance of meditation, slowing down and enjoying the journey, spending time with those who often get ignored in the rush.<\/p>\n
I have noticed when activities, at church, are being announced, it\u2019s all about the FUN, EXCITEMENT, BLAST we are going to have when we come together.\u00a0 Pure entertainment may be something that could get us to get up off our couches, to go to the church building to sit and watch something else entertain us.\u00a0 Or it could just add to the stress of having to choose between three things we\u2019ve been asked to attend to all in one day.<\/p>\n
Instead of trying to compete with worldly entertainment, we could so easily enjoy a soul-fulfilling gathering of like-minded, goal oriented, sober people.\u00a0 When Mormon women get together there is always happy visiting; add that to a rich, moral boost of instruction and every gathering would be well worth anyone\u2019s time.<\/p>\n
Many of our women, young and older, are lost as the world calls to them and the church becomes boring.\u00a0 The church doesn\u2019t need to become more entertaining; it needs to become more enriching, more edifying, full of the gospel lifestyle.\u00a0 As we teach and train consistently in this manner, eventually an understanding will occur where true fulfillment lies with wholesome instruction, the betterment of a soul, the companionship of elevated attitude and well-being.\u00a0 This cannot, nor ever will be, filled by the world.<\/p>\n
We cannot help but have fun when we\u2019re together.\u00a0 We always do, don\u2019t we?\u00a0 No effort is needed to have plain ole\u2019 fun.\u00a0 It\u2019s the understanding that learning together can be fun as well.\u00a0 Entertainment is merely a worldly substitute.\u00a0 We have something better; purpose, conviction, a higher sense of destiny, a love for virtue and all things of good report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We live in a culture where we don\u2019t have to go far to be entertained.\u00a0 Noise is everywhere.\u00a0 Everyone is busy.\u00a0 We are always going, going, going; off to our next bit of entertainment. We don\u2019t have time to sit quietly.\u00a0 And if we did, we would be bored silly.\u00a0 Our minds have adapted well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[484],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relief-society-challenge-ideas","tag-enrichment"],"yoast_head":"\n