This has been an interesting and good week. Becca and I decided that we would study Preach My Gospel (PMG) Chapter 6 this week.
This chapter as you all know is probably the most dangerous chapter to read. Not because of what is written down, but the effect that it has on you to pray about wanting to develop some sort of attribute of Jesus Christ. Whenever I visit my parents, and I go to get a drink from the fridge, mom has a magnet right at eye level.
However He also knows that we need to grow. So he has given us earthly bodies to keep our spiritual bodies safe. We are more than just some accident that came together by chance. We are Princes, and Princesses of a King.
Satan will try to keep us from thinking that way. He will do everything that he can to confuse, distract, upset, and divert us from remembering who we are and the things that we can achieve.
It's like the story of King Louis XVI. This is a description of the young king by Elaine S. Dalton of the previous Young Women's General Presidency of the church:
As a young man, he was kidnapped by evil men who had dethroned his father, the king. These men knew that if they could destroy him morally, he would not be heir to the throne. For six months they subjected him to every vile thing life had to offer, and yet he never yielded under pressure. This puzzled his captors, and after doing everything they could think of, they asked him why he had such great moral strength. His reply was simple. He said, “I cannot do what you ask, for I was born to be a king.”
If we could all have that power, Satan would not be able to overcome us. Let's remember that we are all children of our Heavenly Father. Don't give up! Keep on going!
Here is President Ucthdorf's talk from the last conference:
This chapter as you all know is probably the most dangerous chapter to read. Not because of what is written down, but the effect that it has on you to pray about wanting to develop some sort of attribute of Jesus Christ. Whenever I visit my parents, and I go to get a drink from the fridge, mom has a magnet right at eye level.
And that is what happened. Haha! Work was tough, and we would both get home a little more stressed than usual. We would study PMG again, or listen/watch a conference talk, and then we would feel better. I want to clarify, it is good to pray for Christ-like attributes. And it helps people grow. Just be careful when you do it. You have been warned.
So now that I have said that, onto better things.
Life is going wonderfully! I am so incredibly blessed to have such a wonderful companion. I learn every day from her, and I am grateful that we spend the majority of our time together.
General Conference was great! I have been trying to revisit the talks as much as I can, to help with remembering principles that have been taught. From what I remember, there was a lot of talks based on obedience, using agency and accepting yourself for who you are. I wonder what is ahead of us in the world in the next six months.
I want to share one with everyone that I talked about today in church. It was in the Priesthood Session by President Ucthdorf. I don't know what exactly it is about the way that he speaks, but for some reason I really connect with him.
He talks about four titles that all men in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have in common. Son of Heavenly Father, Disciple of Jesus Christ, Healer of Souls, and Heir of Eternal Life.
Even though all of the titles are important, I want to talk about the first one.
Son of Heavenly Father
Now, I am going to extend this to the Daughters of Heavenly Father as well.
I truly believe that we came from Heaven, and we lived with Heavenly Father. I believe that he knows us personally, and that he misses us. He has given each of us so many blessings in our lives and He wishes that everything could go smoothly in them.
However He also knows that we need to grow. So he has given us earthly bodies to keep our spiritual bodies safe. We are more than just some accident that came together by chance. We are Princes, and Princesses of a King.
Satan will try to keep us from thinking that way. He will do everything that he can to confuse, distract, upset, and divert us from remembering who we are and the things that we can achieve.
It's like the story of King Louis XVI. This is a description of the young king by Elaine S. Dalton of the previous Young Women's General Presidency of the church:
As a young man, he was kidnapped by evil men who had dethroned his father, the king. These men knew that if they could destroy him morally, he would not be heir to the throne. For six months they subjected him to every vile thing life had to offer, and yet he never yielded under pressure. This puzzled his captors, and after doing everything they could think of, they asked him why he had such great moral strength. His reply was simple. He said, “I cannot do what you ask, for I was born to be a king.”
If we could all have that power, Satan would not be able to overcome us. Let's remember that we are all children of our Heavenly Father. Don't give up! Keep on going!
Here is President Ucthdorf's talk from the last conference:
