Can you spot the classic?

We took the boys to the park the other day and when we got there we took the first available parking space. Thirty minutes later we were in the middle of a car show.

For my Mom and Sister

My mom and sister have asked for my powerpoint presentation on "Time Management in the Lords way." I had to do a 5 side presentation for a class. It isn't that great, but i love the video! The representation of what the Lord can do for us if we use our time wisely is perfect. I am sure you have seen the visual before, but it still speaks for itself. I hope this works Mom and Jen.

Slide #1

Time ManagementIn the Lords Way

“Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you” (3 Ne. 13:33).

Slide #2

God can multiply the effectiveness of our time

“When we put God’s purposes first, He will give us miracles. If we pray to know what He would have us do next, He will multiply the effects of what we do in such a way that time seems to be expanded. He may do it in different ways for each individual, but I know from long experience that He is faithful to His word.
-President Henry B. Eyring (Education for Real Life,” Ensign, Oct 2002, 14)

•Jar - amount of time in a day
•Rice - all the “things “ we have to do in a day. (Cook dinner, change diapers, be a taxi service, etc…)
•Golf balls -“Gods purposes” (scripture study, prayer, service, etc…)

Slide #3

When we put the “things” of the world first

We will find we don’t have time to do “Gods Purposes.” If we try to Squeeze in our scripture study, and prayer and church service, we will find our time diminished. At the end of the day we will have to work very hard to work in “Gods Purposes.”

•Jar -amount of time in a day.
•Rice -all the “things” we have to do in a day. (Cook dinner, change diapers, be a taxi service, etc…)
•Golf balls-“Gods purposes” (prayer, scripture study, FHE, church callings, etc…)

Slide #4

Prayer and Scripture study are good time management tools.

“Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do” (2 Ne. 32:3).

•President Henry B. Eyring makes a few points about using prayer and scripture study to help us in our day.
•A morning prayer and an early search in the scriptures to know what we should do for the Lord can set the course of a day.
We can know which task, of all those we might choose matters most to God and therefore to us.
(May 2007 General conference)

Slide #5
All things in Wisdom and Order

And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. Mosiah 4:27

•“As mortals , we simply cannot do everything at once. Therefore we must do all things in “wisdom and order” (Mosiah 4:27).

•“Often that will mean temporarily postponing attention to one priority in order to take care of another. Sometimes family demands will require your full attention. Other times professional responsibilities will come first. And there will be times when Church callings will come first.”

•“Good balance comes in doing things in a timely way and in not procrastinating our preparation or waiting to fulfill our responsibilities until the last minute.”

•“To innovate does not necessarily mean to expand; very often in means to simplify.”
-Elder M. Russell Ballard (November 2006 Conference. pp17)