General Conference and President Boyd K. Packer quotes
Don't you just love watching General Conference? We were so grateful that our internet worked pretty well so we could watch with minimal disruption. The Monday before conference, for Family Home Evening, we put together a little conference basket with snacks, activities, and coloring pages for Savannah. I think her favorite part of conference was all the different snacks. Another favorite tradition is making Stuffed French Toast for breakfast.
It's wonderful how all of your personal or family questions will be answered during general conference time. I loved Elder Dube's talk, especially when he was speaking about lifting where you stand, and that cheerfully enduring means helping the Lord. I also loved Elder Christofferson's counsel to women that we are needed in this world as examples of tenderness, kindness, faith, goodness, virtue, purity, and refinement. There was so much about sharing the gospel by loving others, it is the love that people remember. And to cultivate those innate divine characteristics within us.
I loved that Elder Nelson counseled us to make more choices that positively affect eternity. And Elder Cook's wisdom to spend time and resources on that which truly profits (eternally profits). I loved Elder Anderson's explanation of the priesthood.
Elder McConkie counseled us to strive to live the gospel with even greater purpose than before. And, of course, all the counsel about trials. If you are on the covenant path, stay on it, and blessings will come. Didn't you love President Monson's advice, quoted through a poem: good timber does not grow with ease, the more the wind, the stronger the trees.
Elder Maynes taught that the quality of our future is in proportion to our level of endurance. He counseled us to overcome those challenges that we can and endure those challenges that we can't resolve on our own.
President Eyring taught that eternal families of happiness are built on loving God and loving others. And he reminded us that Heavenly Father has perfect foresight and knows our futures and His Son was sent to succor us. God desires to save all of us and has provided means to do so. And we were counseled to believe in miracles.
These are a few of my favorite things from General Conference.
My cousin Christy is serving a mission and included this quote in her weekly email recently. President Boyd K. Packer said this: “I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency. I went before Him and said, ‘I’m not neutral, and you can do with me what you want. If you need my vote—it’s there. I don’t care what you do with me and you don’t have to take anything from me because I give it to you—everything. All I own. All I am.’ And THAT has made all the difference.”
While looking for the reference for the above quote, to make sure it was right, I found this one also by President Packer: “It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, even some failure is normal. If you have a good, miserable day once in a while—or several in a row—stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.”
It's wonderful how all of your personal or family questions will be answered during general conference time. I loved Elder Dube's talk, especially when he was speaking about lifting where you stand, and that cheerfully enduring means helping the Lord. I also loved Elder Christofferson's counsel to women that we are needed in this world as examples of tenderness, kindness, faith, goodness, virtue, purity, and refinement. There was so much about sharing the gospel by loving others, it is the love that people remember. And to cultivate those innate divine characteristics within us.
I loved that Elder Nelson counseled us to make more choices that positively affect eternity. And Elder Cook's wisdom to spend time and resources on that which truly profits (eternally profits). I loved Elder Anderson's explanation of the priesthood.
Elder McConkie counseled us to strive to live the gospel with even greater purpose than before. And, of course, all the counsel about trials. If you are on the covenant path, stay on it, and blessings will come. Didn't you love President Monson's advice, quoted through a poem: good timber does not grow with ease, the more the wind, the stronger the trees.
Elder Maynes taught that the quality of our future is in proportion to our level of endurance. He counseled us to overcome those challenges that we can and endure those challenges that we can't resolve on our own.
President Eyring taught that eternal families of happiness are built on loving God and loving others. And he reminded us that Heavenly Father has perfect foresight and knows our futures and His Son was sent to succor us. God desires to save all of us and has provided means to do so. And we were counseled to believe in miracles.
These are a few of my favorite things from General Conference.
My cousin Christy is serving a mission and included this quote in her weekly email recently. President Boyd K. Packer said this: “I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency. I went before Him and said, ‘I’m not neutral, and you can do with me what you want. If you need my vote—it’s there. I don’t care what you do with me and you don’t have to take anything from me because I give it to you—everything. All I own. All I am.’ And THAT has made all the difference.”
While looking for the reference for the above quote, to make sure it was right, I found this one also by President Packer: “It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, even some failure is normal. If you have a good, miserable day once in a while—or several in a row—stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.”
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