In our church, we hold world wide semi-annual conferences. Here, we listen to individuals who instruct us further on God's word for our specific time. A themed message I felt this time was encouragement, to be hopeful and happy amid difficult times. Here were some of my favorite words shared (not direct quotes):
"We need Christians who lift others, sustain hope, consistently withstand temptation, make things happen through faith, and defend the gospel" (Christofferson)
"He who accepts trials as an invitation to grow, finds peace" (Eyring)
"Being built on a rock doesn't help us avoid rain and wind" (Pino)
"God will shape the back which the burden is placed on" (Anderson)
"We get what we focus on, so beware of the 6 destructive D's: doubt, discouragement, despair, distraction, disobedience, and disbelief" ( Pearson)
"The future is as bright as your faith...There will be nothing in this world that can defeat us" (President Monson, prophet)
(the conference center in Salt Lake, UT sitting 21,000 people)
I could go on and on. The hours seemed to fly by much faster than when I was a child. We kept our tradition of doughnuts (my favorite are in Albertson's, how about you?) and had some neighbors over during one of the sessions. During the men's priesthood session, I and another neighbor went to Deseret Book's "Ladies Night" in the mall. What a fantastic weekend!
3 years ago
5 comments:
It so true that Conference seems to fly by so much faster than when little. This last weekend flew by way too fast.
I wish we could have eaten donuts together. Did you win any prizes at "Ladies Night"? It was a great conference and I really do want to be more positive, and serve more valiantly. Thanks for the post.
I love your recap...and yes, I too, think the weekend flies by.
By the way, you leave the best comments. I always look for them in posts because you give such good ones.
We got conference a day late, but have watched it all online. The stake gets together this next weekend (Easter) and we will get to watch it again! Yes, it was amazing!! Thanks for sharing. Love being in the presence of prophets!! Love you three!
Oh I loved conference too. Thank you for sharing your notes.
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