President Thomas S. Monson
President Henry B. Eyring
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the 12 apostles.
I look forward to having President Monson be our prophet. I have loved him forever and can listen to his wonderful talks all day long! I was commenting to Bill that Sister Monson must have a repertoire of talks or all talked out, since President Monson has been in church service since his 30's. I am also excited to get to know President Uchtdorf. He too, is so young. President Hinckley has helped grow and spread the gospel to many parts of the world and with President Monson we will be able to see even more growth. The gospel will go to the parts of the world that it is not yet. I feel under President Monson we will also begin to see many of the prophecies fulfilled both foretold in the Bible and in the Book of Mormon. Boyd K. Packer! I remember him speaking at my very first Youth Conference! YIKES, I am old!
It makes me worry a bit. But the gospel and the fulfillment of that is not one of woe but of hope and happiness. I wish for those both members and Christian would truly live to what they or we profess to believe. How can we expect the world to live and be better if we as LDS Saints, do not live our lives better. I have a lot to work on, personally. I want to be better. There is no time for slacking. Time to put my shoulder to the wheel! I am so grateful for the gospel and how it has blessed my life.
I am grateful to my savior, Jesus Christ. I know he lived for me, and I know he died for us all, so that we could be together again and return back to him. He paid the full and ultimate price. Returning back and being with my family for eternity is possible. It is possible for everyone who accepts the gospel into their lives. He knew that we would not be perfect. So, our loving father provided away, through his Son's atonement, that we could repent. What a beautiful gift.
I read a really profound quote the other day.
ARE YOU THE PARENT THAT YOU WOULD LISTEN TO WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD?
I mess up. I know my children are gifts from Heavenly Father. I know they are not mine. They were entrusted to me to teach, love and guide them back to him. I don't want to let Him down.
I feel like I should type in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. (so, I will, I just did)
Children are such a huge responsibility. I never realized that when I was younger. I just wanted to be a mother.
2 comments:
you are awesome. i love reading your testimony.do kids ever listen to their parents? my parents were all that they should be and yet i rebelled...but i do listen to them NOW. we just recently met Elder Uchdorf (sp?)He spoke at our stake conference in new orleans!!! it was so awesome. afterwards we went up and all got to shake his hand. he took julian by the shoulders, looked him right in the eye and told him he was an amazing young man and he had the ability to accomplish great things!!! it was so AWESOME. my parents told me to write that one down in my journal right away. his talk was so wonderful. the main thing he kept emphasizing was for us to read our scriptures. he said even if we start with just 60 seconds a day, he promised our lives would benefit from daily scripture reading. he was very good-looking, funny, and full of deep insights. he has been all over the world.
Even that, there is a great promise that if we do 3 things.
Family Home Evening, Family prayer,
Family scripture study, the promise is that they may fall away but they will come back to the gospel. I don't want to fall short on my part. I owe it to my children and myself. Shoot, I have dig that promise back up.
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