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enough there are times in our lives as visiting teachers when we too wonder how much is enough with regard to the service we give as sisters have we gone overboard and worn ourselves out wondering if you can keep up the standard you have set for yourself have we looked away and thought that someone else will pick up our slack because we simply can t do it with everything we have going on in our own busy lives maybe are we more concerned that we have not done enough and should be doing more or at least doing something everyone at one time of another goes through this self evaluation process monitoring our own progression in all aspects of our life it is a good thing and helps us to remember why god sent us on this earth in this imperfect state we are working out our own salvation and with each little step forward we become that much closer to him a word of caution would be that we need not be so hard on ourselves if we aren t there yet or are struggling just to keep afloat some days sometimes life and responsibilities are just plain too hard but the key to remember is that if we are moving forward not backwards that is exactly where heavenly father wants us to be with all the commitments we make in life how can we commit ourselves to do visiting teaching how can we know if we are doing what we need to as a visiting teacher getting back to the quote from the stake president i mentioned earlier when a question arises like it s the end of the month and i haven t done my visiting teaching and i don t have any time to squeeze it in should i just not go think of the quote err on the side of compassion and i believe that you will know exactly what to do how to do it and end up feeling good about your solution when we do we don t have to go back and look at ourselves feel guilty feel bad for not doing anything or more because we did what we could compassionately we did what the savior would have done and did when he was on the earth jesus always erred on the side of compassion throughout his entire ministry i am pretty sure when he was busy helping someone in one town and about doing his fathers work it wasn t always convenient for him jesus had people stopping him in the streets needing his help and what did he do jesus christ erred on the side of compassion i would bet he didn t think about how inconvenient it was to walk many more miles in sandaled feet on dusty unpaved roads to heal the sick feed the 5 000 or cleanse the lepers jesus simply erred on the side of compassion in the march 1997 ensign there is an article or story under the heading feeding his sheep the story is called reaching out with love beginning with the 8 th paragraph it tells about how after a woman s family had moved to england tragedy struck the author tells about the drowning accident of her own 11 month old son she was grief stricken beyond description and was in a state of shock the story proceeds with phone calls and visits from her visiting teacher joan davis every day joan would ride her bike up a hill to a payphone booth because she didn t have a phone of her own and call this woman if her voice sounded despondent joan would ride her bike another 5 hilly miles to her home and spend her day cooking cleaning and tending the children of the grief stricken woman these visits went on for months it wasn t until months later that this woman realized the sacrifice that joan davis had made for her and in spite of joan s own personal heartaches and sacrifices she reached out with love for her what a wonderful example of erring on the side of compassion the second great commandment that god gave to all of us is to love our neighbor and who is our neighbor it is my prayer that we can do so in the best way that we can for all those who are in need of our service i firmly believe that what we do for others the lord is mindful of and accepts our service how much or how little we can give with gratitude and love may we be mindful of erring on the side of compassion as we serve those we visit teach enjoy katie gauger image links https www lds org media library images bishop interview 258665 lang enghttps www lds org media library images young adult women laundry baby 669380 lang eng video https www lds org media library video 1998 05 01 the good samaritan lang eng posted by kathleen gauger at 6 44 pm no comments labels all ye of royal birth compassion compassionate service err erring on the side of compassion extraordinary visiting teachers love our neighbor the good samaritan video visiting teaching err on the side of compassion erring on the side of compassion 2 17 2016 katie gauger a well seasoned bishop was in a quandary on an issue he had with regard to members in his ward he met with his stake president and asked this question how do i know if what we have done is enough too much or on the other end of the spectrum too little just how much service is enough the very wise and humble stake president looked into the bishops eyes and said bishop i would err on the side of compassion that was all the council he gave and actually that was more than enough there are times in our lives as visiting teachers when we too wonder how much is enough with regard to the service we give as sisters have we gone overboard and worn ourselves out wondering if you can keep up the standard you have set for yourself have we looked away and thought that someone else will pick up our slack because we simply can t do it with everything we have going on in our own busy lives maybe are we more concerned that we have not done enough and should be doing more or at least doing something everyone at one time of another goes through this self evaluation process monitoring our own progression in all aspects of our life it is a good thing and helps us to remember why god sent us on this earth in this imperfect state we are working out our own salvation and with each little step forward we become that much closer to him a word of caution would be that we need not be so hard on ourselves if we aren t there yet or are struggling just to keep afloat some days sometimes life and responsibilities are just plain too hard but the key to remember is that if we are moving forward not backwards that is exactly where heavenly father wants us to be with all the commitments we make in life how can we commit ourselves to do visiting teaching how can we know if we are doing what we need to as a visiting teacher getting back to the quote from the stake president i mentioned earlier when a question arises like it s the end of the month and i haven t done my visiting teaching and i don t have any time to squeeze it in should i just not go think of the quote err on the side of compassion and i believe that you will know exactly what to do how to do it and end up feeling good about your solution when we do we don t have to go back and look at ourselves feel guilty feel bad for not doing anything or more because we did what we could compassionately we did what the savior would have done and did when he was on the earth jesus always erred on the side of compassion throughout his entire ministry i am pretty sure when he was busy helping someone in one town and about doing his fathers work it wasn t always convenient for him jesus had people stopping him in the streets needing his help and what did he do jesus christ erred on the side of compassion i would bet he didn t think about how inconvenient it was to walk many more miles in sandaled feet on dusty unpaved roads to heal the sick feed the 5 000 or cleanse the lepers jesus simply erred on the side of compassion in the march 1997 ensign there is an article or story under the heading feeding his sheep the story is called reaching out with love beginning with the 8 th paragraph it tells about how after a woman s family had moved to england tragedy struck the author tells about the drowning accident of her own 11 month old son she was grief stricken beyond description and was in a state of shock the story proceeds with phone calls and visits from her visiting teacher joan davis every day joan would ride her bike up a hill to a payphone booth because she didn t have a phone of her own and call this woman if her voice sounded despondent joan would ride her bike another 5 hilly miles to her home and spend her day cooking cleaning and tending the children of the grief stricken woman these visits went on for months it wasn t until months later that this woman realized the sacrifice that joan davis had made for her and in spite of joan s own personal heartaches and sacrifices she reached out with love for her what a wonderful example of erring on the side of compassion the second great commandment that god gave to all of us is to love our neighbor and it is my prayer that we can do so in the best way that we can for all those who are in need of our service i firmly believe that what we do for others the lord is mindful of and accepts our service how much or how little we can give with gratitude and love may we be mindful of erring on the side of compassion as we serve those we visit teach posted by kathleen gauger at 6 26 pm no comments sunday february 14 2016 happy valentines day i just couldn t let this day go by without posting a valentine this can be printed out and given to your sisters that you visit teach happy valentines day enjoy katie g posted by kathleen gauger at 11 43 am no comments labels visiting teaching valentine older posts home subscribe to posts atom general conference talks hear the words of the living prophets general conference reports proceedings of recent general conferences there is no question in my mind that we who call ourselves mormons members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints are indeed christians those who would say otherwise remind me of the words my savior jesus christ spoke as he hung upon the cross father forgive them for they know not what they do this same jesus christ attoned for my sins and died that we all might live what shall we give other wonderful christmas videos go to http www lds org topic christmas christmas videos html an apostles easter thoughts on christ this easter and throughout the year may we have uppermost in our minds his divine teachings the unparalleled example of his pure love and his willing sacrifice of self to accomplish the holy purposes of god the eternal father the first presidency of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints this short video is an important message from the mouths of our prophets my sister sent this to me today and i feel like it is an important enough message that i wanted to share it with all of my blog readership the words spoken are directly out of the mouths of our prophets past and present hear them heed them love katie g you can find this at this link http www youtube com watch v ehd390q9g3k july 24th pioneer day click on the picture and it will take you to the last post did you get your visiting teaching done by today if not just keep on trying just like the pioneers i would love to hear what you have learned from these wonderful pioneer women s stories i know that i have learned alot about sacrifice and persecutions of the early saints and of a strong testimony that these pioneers had to have to endure all that they did and gave in establishing zion once again i say blessed honored pioneer if you would like to comment please email me at ktgauger gmail com or click on the link and comment on the last story happy pioneer day love katie g july 22 maggie anna ferrell orr copy and paste into your address bar and this will take you to the story of maggie anna ferrell orr another of the wonderful pioneering women by now you should be alittle curious about your pioneer heritage do you want to find out if you have pioneer ancestry this site is most useful to those who have had members of their family tree that belonged to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints during the mormon migration period of 1847 1868 by the way the goal for this pioneer women journey is about to reach it s end you only have one more day to do your visiting teaching before the 24th of july which was the goal you still have time to push the proverbial handcart up the hill so get out and get it done share a pioneer story with your sisters and you have pleanty to choose from right on this site my broken wagon wheel hath bit the dust wo is me i am so behind on my own treck of keeping up wonderful pioneer women posts actually i have a great excuse and almost made it when i realized how little i have to complain about ok so i am going to tell you anyway my air conditioning has been off for 6 days now and i am having to live in my basement though my computer in upstairs it is ten degrees cooler in the basement but my main floor has been up to 92 degrees inside my house wo is me and what do i have to moan about i began thinking about the pioneers in their covered wagons crossing the hot hot prairie and their only hope of relief from the blazing sun is the cool shade of a tree or a stream or night time if it cooled off enough for them to actually sleep i have not slept well until i decided to go in the basement wo is me what do i have to complain about i have been so sick from the heat and a medication change that i have been nauseated all day long so what do i do hop in my car and go to walgreens and get some acupressure wrist bands that took away some of my nausea wo is me but what do i have to complain about the pioneer women suffered without any relief if herbs didn t work for them or if they didn t have access to them they just suffered i feel so blessed to live in this day and age where even if i have to be inconvienenced by having no air conditioning i still can go in my basement or hop in my car and turn up the air full blast or just drive down to a store and walk around and shop or even go to the pool and cool down that way you know that poem father forgive me when i whine i have two legs the world is mine i have no reason to complain but you still didn t get the updates on the pioneer women because i am still too sick and hot to stay upstairs long enough to do them count this one as an update and count your blessings along with me the wagon might be broke for a bit but once the wheel is back on the wagon will keep on rollin now i am going to hurry back down stairs and try to replenish the sweat that is pouring off my face and body with gatorade don t give up on me i will be back love katie g july 17 handmade by the pioneers july 16 margaret alice mcbride you know the drill click on the photo and it will take you to the story of margaret alice mcbride enjoy katie g july 15 julia ann chapman lee this story is told through the eyes of julia s husband it is a short but touching story all to familiar to pioneers click on the image and you will be directed to the story july 14 louisa miller belleston i thought it was important to realize that not all pioneers only traveled from mis...