A Woman for all seasons

A Woman For All Seasons.

A lovely woman all in white
A burning candle in the night;
Through her study and through prayer
A time to learn and a time to prepare;
A vision easy for her to see
The woman that she longs to be.
Our loving Father, He knows the heart,
His love will set each one apart.
And with this call begins the quest,
A search to find her inner best.
For in the springtime she will find
The strength to leave her fears behind.
Darkening clouds like shattered dreams
May dim the light, or so it seems,
But with the trial comes the power
To lift her In the darkest hour.
Seasons changing, yet she knows
Given time a woman grows.
When autumn casts it's shining light
Stands a woman with hope in sight.
It moves her heart to let her know
That by a word lives can grow.
It gave her warmth so she would see
The giver's hand will lift and lead
Within each season women grow,
Within their time each will know;
To love another, to lend a hand
Is all she need to understand.

By Charmaine McClellan - written for the book A Woman for all Seasons Anita Canfield

As part of the Parramatta Stake "Elect Lady" Program, my ward did the "A Woman for all Seasons" Pursuit of Excellance Program.

Are you a woman for all seasons?

Would you like to be a woman for all seasons?

This program is designed to enhance, improve and bring quality to your life by providing a series of goals and challenges for every sister.

To become an active participant in the "Woman for all Seaons" program all you need to do is choose a selection of the challenges from the following listed topics:

Spiritual
Educational
Commitment
Community
Health
Craft & Talent

We hope that the challenges you choose will be things that you may have always wanted to do and areas in your life where you would like to accomplish goals. You will see that each selection has a line marked "Other..." where you may like to write your own challenge if you have specific goals, appropriate to that area, where you want to make a difference in your life this year.

The "Woman for all Seasons" program is a voluntary program and we had a sister called as the "Program Co-ordinator" who assisted the sisters in reviewing their progress throughout the year.

The sisters circle each of the challenges below that they would like to undertake and gave a copy to the "Program Co-ordinator".

Spiritual 1. Bear your testimony twice before June 2. Read cover to cover The Ensign 3. Keep a journal, write in it weekly 4. 4 generations Family History 5. ...................................................................	Education 1. Read 3 non-fiction books in the year 2. Take a computer course at TAFE 3. Learn a new language 4. Take a specialist cooking course 5. ...................................................................
Commitment 1. 100% Visiting Teaching in the year 2. Attend the temple once a month 3. Join the ward choir 4. Present sharing time in Primary 5. ...........................................................	Community 1. Give Blood twice in the year 2. Join Meals on Wheels 3. Collect for Red Cross on ward day 4. Do service project for neighbour 5. ...............................................................
Health 1. Learn to Swim 2. Walk/Exercise 3 times a week 3. Join a gym (and attend regularly) 4. Learn Tai Chi, Yoga etc 5. ..............................................................	Craft & Talent 1. Take a Calligraphy Course 2. Start & complete a project 3. Learn a new craft DIY/School 4. Take singing lessons 5. ......................................................

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First appeared 16th August, 1999 Copyright by Starna