Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountin of the Lord

My thoughts on Sister Dalton's talk "Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the Lord".

I laugh and chuckle. Sister Dalton and I are the same: five boys one girl! I too know most of the boys' secrets. I also have five brothers!

This talk touched my funny bone because I was just talking to my oldest son about this very thing. You need to be what you want your spouse to be. If you want a virtuous gal then you must be a virtuous guy. I know it didn't sink in, but maybe, just maybe he will remember those words as the years go by.

Sister Dalton says, "Never before has there been a greater need for virtue and purity in the world." AMEN and AMEN!

"What does it mean to return to virtue? We are calling for a return to moral purity and chastity. Virtue is purity. Virtue is chastity. The word virtue has also been defined as “integrity and moral excellence, power and strength”. The core of a virtuous life is sexual purity, and yet this definition has almost been erased by the world. The prophet Mormon taught that chastity and virtue are “most dear and precious above all things”. They go together. You cannot have one without the other, and “we believe in being . . . virtuous”."

Am I living a "virtuous" life?

"In order to be virtuous and remain virtuous, you must be true to your divine identity and establish patterns of thought and behavior based on high moral standards (see Preach My Gospel [2004], 118–19). These standards are eternal, and they do not change. They have been taught by prophets of God. In a world filled with relative truth, the Lord’s standards are absolute. They are given to each of us to keep us on the path leading back to the presence of our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ."

I love how the core gospel principles are the same today, yesterday and will be tomorrow. Whereas the world principles (I use the word loosely) change minute by minute and always for the worse. What did happen to the virtuous women (or man)?

"My question to each of you is, If we don’t stand for virtue, who will?"

I WILL!!!!!

"I encourage each of you to ponder what your personal banner would be if you could give one message to the world."

I thought I knew, but I have to think about this one. What would my personal banner look like.

Now I like this promise: "As you live a virtuous life, you will have the confidence, power, and strength necessary to climb. You will also be blessed with the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost."

I may not be a "young" woman, but the blessings of living virtuous are mine even as a mother, wife and daughter. I can call on the powers of Heaven to help me live a virtuous life, and I MUST!.