Today we had a special Stake Conference with the President of the Seventy, L. Whitney Clayton who was visiting from SLC. It was such a great conference and I had a great seat on the second row. I felt the spirit so strongly as I listened to the speakers. Here are a few points that I took away:
President Rodgers our Stake President:
The Saviors gospel can inoculate us from evil. He gave 4 ways:
Savior-He is the center of our religion. Our burdens will be erased with the Saviors help. Reading The Book Of Mormon every day, will help us grow closer to our Savior. We can overcome challenges as we strengthen our testimony of the Savior.
Holy Ghost- It can draw us to the things we need to do.
Obedience-Always be obedient to the commandments
Temple-As we attend the temple regularly, we will be blessed.
Elder and Sister Grear from the Area Presidency and President L. Whitney Clayton talked about Houston and the floods. They talked about how so many people were helping those in need.
Elder Grear said:
We can make an impact on other's lives.
As we ask inspired questions our testimonies will be increased.
My favorite quote: "As we understand the how's, we will be able to understand the why's." This was referring to our challenges. We often ask, why we have to experience trials and challenges, but we don't often ask how we can enduring them. If we understand how to endure them and how we are to learn from them, then we will understand the question of why we must be tested and challenged.
President Clayton expanded on the above quote.
We live in a day when we need to pick the things we hear. The Holy Ghost is magnificent in helping us hear the things we need to hear.
We are doing the best we can, but when we fall short, we can rely on the Savior.
We need to be humble during affluence.
He also said, that we will all have our own Houston's, meaning we will all have hardships and need to rely on the help of others. But we will also all have the opportunities to help others through their Houston's. We can find relief from our Houston's by turning to the Lord. If we hold on, things work out. It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It will all work out if you do your best. The Lord will not forsake us. He will hear our prayers. And then he ended with my favorite scripture: Helamen 5:12 "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."
I'm grateful that in my Houston's and when the winds and the rains come, that I have a steadfast, firm testimony of my Savior. I know that I couldn't bear my burden's without his help. The past 4 years have been tough, probably some of the toughest years of my life, but they haven't felt as tough as I know they should be. I'm grateful for the many people who have helped me and prayed for me during my Houston. It is my hope that I can be an instrument in helping others through their Houston's.
As I come to understand how I can endure my trials, I know that I will and have actually seen a little of the why's.
Tonight I had dinner with my cousins, aunt and uncle. We even spent some time in the backyard, commenting that it was so nice that it has finally cooled off (it was in the high 90's). But at least it isn't over 100. Even more exciting I saw that in the coming week we will have 80's! Fall is on her way!
Aunt Leslie had me run out to give the kids a dum dum lollipop; it's a Grandpa Young tradition!.
President Rodgers our Stake President:
The Saviors gospel can inoculate us from evil. He gave 4 ways:
Savior-He is the center of our religion. Our burdens will be erased with the Saviors help. Reading The Book Of Mormon every day, will help us grow closer to our Savior. We can overcome challenges as we strengthen our testimony of the Savior.
Holy Ghost- It can draw us to the things we need to do.
Obedience-Always be obedient to the commandments
Temple-As we attend the temple regularly, we will be blessed.
Elder and Sister Grear from the Area Presidency and President L. Whitney Clayton talked about Houston and the floods. They talked about how so many people were helping those in need.
Elder Grear said:
We can make an impact on other's lives.
As we ask inspired questions our testimonies will be increased.
My favorite quote: "As we understand the how's, we will be able to understand the why's." This was referring to our challenges. We often ask, why we have to experience trials and challenges, but we don't often ask how we can enduring them. If we understand how to endure them and how we are to learn from them, then we will understand the question of why we must be tested and challenged.
President Clayton expanded on the above quote.
We live in a day when we need to pick the things we hear. The Holy Ghost is magnificent in helping us hear the things we need to hear.
We are doing the best we can, but when we fall short, we can rely on the Savior.
We need to be humble during affluence.
He also said, that we will all have our own Houston's, meaning we will all have hardships and need to rely on the help of others. But we will also all have the opportunities to help others through their Houston's. We can find relief from our Houston's by turning to the Lord. If we hold on, things work out. It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It will all work out if you do your best. The Lord will not forsake us. He will hear our prayers. And then he ended with my favorite scripture: Helamen 5:12 "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."
I'm grateful that in my Houston's and when the winds and the rains come, that I have a steadfast, firm testimony of my Savior. I know that I couldn't bear my burden's without his help. The past 4 years have been tough, probably some of the toughest years of my life, but they haven't felt as tough as I know they should be. I'm grateful for the many people who have helped me and prayed for me during my Houston. It is my hope that I can be an instrument in helping others through their Houston's.
As I come to understand how I can endure my trials, I know that I will and have actually seen a little of the why's.
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