YW Lesson: Service "You are My Hands"

-Share story from Uchtdorfs talk: "You are My Hands" (Ensign May 2010)
?What does that mean to you? How can you be his hands?
-President Kimball: "God does notice us, and he watches over us. It usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore it is vital that we serve eachother....In the Doctrine and Covenants we read about how important it is to 'succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees' (D&C 81:5). So often our acts of service consist of simple encouragement of of giving mundane tasks-but what glorious consequences can flow from mundane acts abd from small but deliberate deeds" ("There is Purpose in Life", New Era Sept 1974)
-On Presidents Monson's birthday, they asked him what gift he would want the members of the church to give him. He said, to serve. He received letters upon letters from people sharing what act of service they gave. One primary boy said his was to give his mom hugs and kisses everyday.
?:What are some ways we can serve?
(examples: My son sharing his halloween candy with his friends and dividing it up equally. My sophomore year of high school, buying lunch for a girl who forgot her money-months later she wrote me a heartfelt note explaining how much that day meant to her)
-President Monson: "Often we live side by side, but do not communicate heart to heart."
-Share story about man who would ask his kids the same question every night at dinner. "What have you done for someone today." Remember that service requires action
-Uchtdorf quote:
-Uchtdorf shared a Jewish legend about 2 brothers working in a field. At the end of the day, they divided the lot up equally. One brother could not sleep thinking of how his brother must need more to feed his family. The other brother thought that his brother could use more because he was all alone. Both woke up in the morning to find their lot was the same as the day before. They discovered they had both tried to give the other more.
-Monson's talks about how we can let the day to day get in the way of service
?What kind of thoughts might hold us back from serving?
?What excuses might we make? (example: SURELY someone else will stop and take care of it).
?Do you know anyone who is always serving? What are they like?
-Attitude while serving
?Are people always going to express their gratitude?
(example, Christ healing the 10 lepers, and only 1 returned to thank him).
?How can our attitude effect the way we serve?
Closing: Read the words to the Hymn "Each Life That Touches Ours for Good."

1. Each life that touches ours for good
Reflects thine own great mercy, Lord;
Thou sendest blessings from above
Thru words and deeds of those who love.

2. What greater gift dost thou bestow,
What greater goodness can we know
Than Christlike friends, whose gentle ways
Strengthen our faith, enrich our days.