{"id":801,"date":"2014-05-04T06:25:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T06:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidson-law.net\/gospelstudy\/2014\/05\/04\/kathleen-h-hughes\/"},"modified":"2014-05-04T06:25:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T06:25:20","slug":"kathleen-h-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidson-law.net\/gospelstudy\/2014\/05\/04\/kathleen-h-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen H. Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kathleen H. Hughes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First Counselor to the General President of the Relief Society (April 6, 2002 \u2013 March 31, 2007)<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">General Conference Addresses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 2005 General Conference\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidson-law.net\/CR\/2005%20Apr%200404%20HughesKH%20RS.pdf\">What Greater Goodness Can We Know: Christlike Friends<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I have been blessed throughout my life with Christlike friends\u2014from friends of my youth to the many people who have blessed our family in all the wards we have lived in. Their faith and commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ, their service, their wise and gentle instruction have enriched our lives. Some of my friends are very different from me. We disagree about things, and we can even irritate each other. But friendship allows for differences\u2014in fact, it embraces them. I love to visit stakes made up of people from a variety of backgrounds, ages, and ethnic origins.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;God knows the needs of His children, and He often works through us, prompting us to help one another. When we act on such promptings, we tread on holy ground, for we are allowed the opportunity to serve as an agent of God in answering a prayer.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">April 2003 General Conference<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidson-law.net\/CR\/2003%20April%200104%20HughesKH%20RS.pdf\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">Blessed by Living Water<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;As I have met with many women this last year\u2014and their priesthood leaders\u2014I have heard numerous accounts of Christ\u2019s healing power. There is so much suffering in mortality, so many causes for pain. I know people who have sent loved ones into harm\u2019s way and who daily pray for their safety in battle. I talk to parents who are frightened for their children, aware of the temptations they face. I have dear friends who are suffering from the ravaging effects of chemotherapy. I know single parents, abandoned by spouses, who are rearing children alone. I have dealt myself with the debilitating effects of depression. But I have learned from my own experience, and I learn from those I meet, that we are never left to our own resources. We are never abandoned. A wellspring of goodness, of strength and confidence is within us, and when we listen with a feeling of trust, we are raised up. We are healed. We not only survive, but we love life. We laugh; we enjoy; we go forward with faith.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It may take a lifetime\u2014and longer\u2014to refine our spirits fully, but the living water is available to all, including the young. I\u2019m inspired when I watch young women of the Church, after receiving spiritual training from childhood, enter the Relief Society and immediately bring added strength to more experienced women. I\u2019m overjoyed when I watch those same young women realize how much they can learn from women older than themselves. Peace comes to us from the Lord, but we can help each other feel that peace as we share our burdens and our happiness.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Talks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 2006 General Relief Society Meeting\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidson-law.net\/CR\/2006%20Oct%20RS02%20HughesKH%20RS.pdf\">Remembering the Lord\u2019s Love<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I\u2019m certain that each of you has felt, at one time or another, encircled in Christ\u2019s arms. But if you are like me, there are times when you are fearful, when the stress and busyness of life seem to overwhelm you, when you feel adrift from the Spirit. Perhaps you even feel as though you have been abandoned. When I encounter those feelings, the best antidote is my memory of the moments when Christ\u2019s peace has come to strengthen me. So tonight I invite you to remember with me what it is to feel the Lord\u2019s love in your life and to feel encircled in His arms.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;But every day, when I seek it, I experience the Lord\u2019s love in my life and feel His arms encircle me. I see evidences of the Lord\u2019s love in my morning walks when the air is clear and the first hint of light is in the east. I feel His love when a verse of scripture springs to mind and speaks to me in a new way. I recognize His love when I am taught by good women in Relief Society or by visiting teachers who care for me. I sense His presence when my heart responds to beautiful music or a memorable talk. Sisters, the Lord is everywhere when we open our eyes and hearts to His love.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Our families need the peace of God in their lives, and if we can\u2019t or won\u2019t invite the Lord into our lives, then our families become a reflection of our own turmoil. Women are asked to be nurturers to their families, but we must also be firm; we must be the hard rock footings on which our homes can stand. Our families need us to speak peace to them, just as the Lord speaks peace to us. Our homes need to be places where our families and friends want to be, where all who enter our homes can draw strength and courage to face the challenges of living in an increasingly wicked world.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">September 2005 General Relief Society Meeting<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidson-law.net\/CR\/2005%20Oct%20RS02%20HughesKH%20RS.pdf\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">That We May All Sit Down in Heaven Together<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;All of us long to possess Christ\u2019s pure love, called charity, but our humanness\u2014the \u201cnatural woman\u201d in us\u2014gets in our way. We get angry, we become frustrated, we berate ourselves and others\u2014and when we do, we cannot be the conduit of love we need to be if we are to become an instrument in Heavenly Father\u2019s hands. Being willing to forgive ourselves and others becomes an integral part of our ability to have the love of the Lord in our lives and to do His work.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The greatest manifestation of charity is the Atonement of Jesus Christ, granted to us as a gift. Our diligent seeking for this gift requires that we not only are willing to receive it but are willing to share it as well. As we share this love with others, we emerge as \u201cinstruments in the hands of God to do this great work.\u201d We will be prepared to sit down with our sisters in heaven\u2014together.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">September 2004 General Relief Society Meeting<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidson-law.net\/CR\/2004%20Oct%20RS02%20HughesKH%20RS.pdf\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">Out of Small Things<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;It\u2019s glorious to think of that promised time when the Lord will return, but it\u2019s also sobering to contemplate the changes that may be necessary for us each to be prepared. Still, dear sisters, as I have met you and seen your commitment, I believe we are not, as a people, as wanting as we often feel. We have reason for confidence and hope as we prepare.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Scripture study and prayer will bring change\u2014but not automatically. If we read with one eye and pray with half a heart, we are engaging in a ritual, and while that time is not worthless, it isn\u2019t fully productive either.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I hear women say that their callings are wearing them out or that they don\u2019t have time to serve. But magnifying our callings does not mean staying up all night preparing handouts and elaborate table decorations. It does not mean that each time we do our visiting teaching we have to take something to our sisters. Sometimes we are our own worst enemies. Let\u2019s simplify. The message of a good lesson comes through spiritual preparation. Let\u2019s put our focus on the principles of the gospel and on the material in our study guides. Let\u2019s prepare to create an interesting exchange of ideas through discussion, not through extra, invented work that makes us so weary we come to resent the time we spend in fulfilling our callings.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">September 2003 General Relief Society Meeting<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidson-law.net\/CR\/2003%20Oct%20RS02%20HughesKH%20RS.pdf\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">In Covenant with Him<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Relief Society was established by God, through a prophet, by the power of priesthood authority; its existence is a necessary part of the organization of the Church. Men and women stand together in priesthood and Relief Society as we strive to bring families to Christ. As women, we should never think that our role in the Church is a lesser role than that played by men. Just as we as righteous women honor the priesthood, we need to hold sacred our calling as women as well.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sisters, we\u2019re not a social club, though deep friendships form from our sisterhood. We are not, as I heard a young woman say, \u201cthe old women who meet on Sunday.\u201d We have power when we use it: power given to us through God to accomplish His purposes. We are the world\u2019s largest women\u2019s organization. As we reach into our communities with the knowledge and inspiration the Lord has granted us, we can help lead a world that needs our guidance. It\u2019s what the Prophet Joseph expected; it\u2019s what President Hinckley expects of us today.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We all know the scriptural teaching that where much is given much is required. Remember, though, that where much is required, much is also given.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">September 2002 General Relief Society Meeting<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidson-law.net\/CR\/2002%20Oct%20RS02%20HughesKH%20RS.pdf\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">Blessing Our Families through Our Covenants<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The standard for all of us is clear, but what we know is that the world\u2019s ways are too often becoming our ways and our children\u2019s ways.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sisters, that promise gives me so much hope. Let\u2019s make our trek with confidence, our bright bags clutched firmly in our arms, but let\u2019s empty those bags of things we do not need. Extra weight will only slow us down. Let\u2019s rid ourselves of the \u201cwhat ifs\u201d and the \u201cif onlys\u201d and \u201ccast [our] burden upon the Lord.\u201d I need to do this with you. Let\u2019s just do the best we can every day and allow the Lord to make up the difference for us. That is one of the promises He has made to us.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Articles in Church Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Publications and Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathleen H. 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