Enjoy the art of Thomas Kinkade, "The Painter of Light", all year long with this special collector's edition calendar. Includes Hand-Numbered Certificate of Authenticity with Gift Envelope.

Celebrate the Young Women Values with this poster by James Christensen.

This pamphlet is a wonderful aid to parents and bishops in teaching children the importance of baptism.

Hold to the rod, the iron rod; ’Tis strong, and bright, and true. The iron rod is the word of God; ’Twill safely guide us through. ¯ Joseph L. Townsend, The Iron Rod, LDS Hymns, no. 274 As we walk the road of life, we tend to collect things that make us feel safer and more sure of ourselves. These may be material possessions, titles or responsibilities, but in the end they amount to the same thing: a fleeting and superficial sense of security. It is only by holding fast to our beliefs that we can navigate life with any confidence. The character in Hold to the Rod finds himself so burdened with the mundane objects he has collected that, while he hopefully eyes the rod, he cannot reach up to hold it for fear of losing something else. The man has become little more than a vehicle for his adornments. He demonstrates that what is truly important is keeping sight of our true belief and faith, that they alone will guide us through.

This beautiful sculpture is taken from the ancient hieroglyph stone, Stela 5, located in Izapa, Central America. The Stela 5 is thought to be a representation of Lehi's vision of The Tree of Life. This replica is painstaking sculpted from the most current interpretation found in current books that detail the ancient ruins found in Central America from BYU author and Professor, Joseph Allen. This sculpture is a beautiful art piece for the home that depicts LDS themes found in the Book of Mormon.

Choice & Accountability
In the parable of the Ten Virgins the Lord speaks of a wedding feast in which ten virgins are invited to wait for the arrival of the newly married couple. Knowing that the wait might stretch into the night each virgin brings a lamp, but only five bring extra oil.

The wait for the Lord stretches longer than anticipated and the five foolish virgins run out of oil. They hurry to the market to buy more, but while they are away the Savior comes and goes in to the feast with the five wise virgins who brought extra oil. When the foolish virgins return from the market they find the door shut and call out to the Lord to open. He replies, "I know you not."

The oil represents our preparation to meet the Lord. We become prepared by making good choices. We alone are accountable for our choices. We may choose to follow Jesus and add precious drops of extra oil, or we may choose to spend our time in other more foolish pursuits. Either way, the time will come when the Lord returns and our choices will determine if we go in with the Lord to feast or stand outside the door hearing His words, "I know you not."

Divine Nature

Never in the history of the world have their been more messages calling out to us. Messages about how we should look, how we should dress, and what it takes to be important and valuable. All too often these messages crowd out the still small voice that whispers, "You do not need all of that stuff to be valuable. You are already valuable because you are a daughter of God."

Within each of us is a spark of divinity. Our Spirits were created by our Heavenly Father and as His daughters each of us have a spark of divinity. We were truly born to greatness. Our divine natures mean we were born to do great things, born to lift others, born to find joy, and born to become like our Father.

This picture reminds me that no matter how old or young we may be, we are still children of a loving Father in Heaven.

Faith

While Jesus was on the earth, there was a woman who had been sick for many years. Because of her illness she had been forced to leave her family and home. Hurting and alone, she prayed for help. She was convinced that if she could just touch Jesus' robe she would be healed. Although she knew the penalty for going into public with her illness was death, her faith in Jesus made her willing to risk her own life to see Him. One day as Jesus was walking through a nearby city, the woman made her way through the crowd and reached for the Savior. Her faith was not in vain and when she touched Jesus' robe she was immediately healed.

This woman is not so different than each of us. We each have left our heavenly home and come to earth. We each experience loneliness and sorrow while we are here, and we each pray that the Lord will hear our prayers and help us. Like this woman, we must have the faith to reach out to the Savior and when we do we too will find our faith rewarded, our pains eased, and our loneliness lifted through the healing power of Him who said, "I have seen thy tears [and] I will heal thee." - 2 Kgs. 20:5

Good Works

“Jesus…beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites… And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had…” – Mark 12:41-44

It can be easy to do good things when everything in our lives is going well. The true test is what we do when we are struggling ourselves. Do we choose to focus inwardly, telling ourselves we will do good when things get better. Or, do we choose to follow the widow's example and perform Good Works even when life is difficult? It is only as we forget ourselves in doing good that we will understand Jesus promise, " He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." - Matthew 10:39

Individual Worth

Jesus once taught, "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine, and go after that which is lost?" – Luke 15:4.

Sometimes we may feel like we are one of the ninety and nine who are doing what they should and feel safe and loved. At other times we feel like the one that wandered off and became lost . We may feel totally alone thinking no one understands us. This painting reminds us that the Lord is our Good Shepherd who knows and loves us. So great is our Individual Worth to Him that He promises us He will never stops seeking after us until He has found us and carried us home.

Integrity

Integrity means doing what is right even when it seems difficult or even impossible. No where is this value more clearly seen than in Mary. Mary was a young girl when the angel appeared to her and told her she would be the mother of Jesus.

She was unsure of her ability to carry such an awesome responsibility and asked the angel how she could do something that seemed impossible. He replied, "...with God nothing shall be impossible." - Luke 1:37

Though she was afraid and unsure, Mary choose to follow God no matter how difficult or impossible it seemed and accepted the role God had chosen for her. Each of us are faced with trials that seem difficult to overcome. We may be tempted to think that choosing the right is impossible. May we be like Mary and in perfect integrity choose to follow the Lord in all things, and at all times, and in all places.

Knowledge

In the story of the woman at the well, the Savior invites the Samarian women to drink of the living waters. She mistakenly thinks Jesus is speaking of the water dripping from her jar. It is only as she sits at his feet and listens to His words that she comes to know Jesus is speaking of spiritual waters of knowledge.

Each of us has come to earth to learn and grow. We cannot be saved in ignorance. We must each make study a part of our daily lives. Only as we study the Lord's words can we hope to find the living waters that Jesus spoke of when He said, "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." - John 4:14

Virtue

Virtue is the quality of purity. One is said to have virtue when they keep themselves clean and unspotted from sin. To remain virtuous in our modern world grows evermore difficult and increasingly requires a young woman to stand alone. But remaining virtuous is like a light shining in the darkness.

Speaking to His followers, the Savior taught, "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick... Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 15:14-16)

Etched on the side of this lamp that lies hidden under a bushel basket are the seven continents reminding each of us that when we remain virtuous we truly are the "light of the world."

This booklet teaches the Young Women values through scripture and artwork by Liz Lemon Swindle.