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Handout from Christy's Clipart
I plan to give the girls each a small jar with quotes from General Authorities, and scriptures. which will focus on forgiving ourselves. On the outside I will have the handout from Christy's YW Handouts which is the scripture used in the lesson Isaiah 57: 20-21. I will tell the girls that each of us make mistakes and cloud our lives and we should live our lives righteously but we must be willing to forgive ourselves when we make mistakes. I may put some candy in the jar along with the quotes, and talk about the sweetness of forgiving. Elder Eyring gave a talk several years ago about not letting our yesterdays hold hostage our tomorrows. I haven't found that quote or actually any of the quotes I will use yet, but I will be working on it today, and will share if anyone is interested.  We have girls in our class that compare themselves to each other and have a hard time letting go of the things that they do wrong. (Idea by Dixie Rizzo)



I had an idea pop into my mind with a fun handout idea. In the Resource Manual article, "FYI: A Witness For Jesus Christ" by Darrin Lythgoe, in the last half he writes about the
youth's Attitude: "Be happy. . ."  Well, light bulbs went off and the song, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" came into my mind. Then I remembered an Education Week class I attended a few years ago with the same title. It was great and basically talked about not worrying, just be happy and know that our Heavenly Father is in charge. Continue with peace in
your heart to faithfully live the Gospel.  Oriental Trading has some really cute key chains. I'd ordered them last spring figuring I'd use them in a lesson "some day." Well, it's some day, finally.  As a handout for the girls, I'll attach "Don't worry Be happy. Put a spring in
your step by continuing to Live Righteously. The gospel of Jesus Christ is where you'll find true happiness (1 Nephi 8: 10). Knowing Heavenly Father is in charge gives you peace of mind and will calm your troubled heart."  I also thought it would be fun to somehow have large quotes from the lesson on yellow paper cut in a happy face circle. (Right. Like I'll have time to do that. I always have more ideas than time.)  Anyway, I'm going to share with them an incredible personal experience I had two summers ago when my daughters and I went on the BYU Tour, "Journey To The Times Of The Book Of Mormon". It was pretty amazing. (Idea by Kathy)
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Russell M. Nelson, “Now Is the Time to Prepare,” Liahona and Ensign, May 2005, 16. Discuss Elder Nelson’s counsel on how to prepare now at the conclusion of the lesson.

M. Russell Ballard, “Women of Righteousness,” Liahona, Dec. 2002, 34; Ensign, Apr. 2002, 66. Use Elder Ballard’s discussion about Satan’s distortions to introduce the section “The Lord Has Told Us That Wickedness Never Was Happiness.”