As a Child...

Today I read the best conference talk it made me stretch and think and understand. It made me realize how incredible lucky I am to have the truth and that I need to take advantage of it and its powers! The talk was entitled As a Child and it was given by Elder Henry B. Eyring in 2009 General Conference. Its focus was teaching us how to make it through the most perilous times by becoming like a child. It worked around the last sermon given by King Benjamin. The first part I want to remember is when he was talking about how we can strengthen ourselves and others we love against the storms of temptation:


" 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 our 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 yea are built, which is a ure foundation....whereon if men build they cannot fall." The imagery in this scripture is amazing. It shows you how much force Satan and his followers will come after you with. And that if you have built your foundation upon Christ you will have the power to with stand their powerful storms. He goes on to talk about how we can build that foundation and why we want to build that foundation. He says, " I can see myself standing in that day of judgment before the glorified and resurrected SAvior. I want with all my heart not to shrink, but rather to look up at Him and see Him smiile and say


" Well done they good and faithful servant. Enter in." Why for some reasons I have never thought in detail about what that day would be like. How powerful and loving the Savior will be when he stands before us. I have never even thought what it would feel or be like to stand infront of him, just the two of us. I to want to be able to stand straight before him, look him in the eye, and now that I deserve to be in his presence. However, at this point in my life I don't know if I could do that with a surety or if I would shrink in his prescences, the later seems more plasuable. He goes on to talk about how King Benjamin made it clear how we can earn that right to stand before him and not shrink. The answer is simply stated, " We must, become as a child--a little child..... To be like a child is not to be childish, it si to be like the Savior, who prayed to his father for strenght to be able to do His will and then did it." He goes on to say, " We are safe on the rock which is the Savior when we have yielded in faith in Him, have responded to the Holy spirit's direction to keep the commandments long enough and faithfully enough that the power of the Atonement has changed our capacity to love and obey we are on the sure foundation." Elder Eyring goes on to share an experience where he truly became like a child and become submissive to his fathers will through the power of prayer. He says he did not recieve and answer to his most crucial question until the completely forgot about what he wanted and asked that the Lord lead him to his will. He said that in that moment the answer became clear and he truly felt the still small voice of the Holy Ghost leading him down the path the Savior wanted him to take. He said, " Only when my heart had been still and quiet, in submission like a little child, has the Spirit been clearly audible to my heart and mind." This part stretched my thinking the most, have I ever truly done this? Have I ever truly forgotten about what I want or need and asked the Savior for his will to be done? Have I ever truly allowed him to take me down the path he wants my life to go? I think I have had my moments but somehow what I want always overrides. My husband is a wonderful example of this when he didn't get the job with West Valley, he was ok with it. He said he knew the Lord had a plan for him and would take him and our family where we were suppose to go. He truly believed this with all his heart. He did not get down about it like I would have, he did not get upset and turn on his faith, like I have. He believed that the Lord knew what he was doind and his faith therfore increased. I am trully trying to have enough faith for this to occur in my life. To let go of the ruins and turn myself over to the Lord. Its hard for me, mabey I am a control freak, maybe I just to have enough faith --whatever the reason I need to try harder, to believe harder, I know my life will be better and I will be happier in the long run. He goes on to say, " What we ned is faith in Him and to love Him. We must knnow that he lives and who He is. When we do, we will love him." He uses the scripture to illustrate his point, " For how knoweth a man the master whom he has not served, and who is a stranger unto him, and is far from the thoughts and intents of his heart? " Do I know my Savior and if I don't how can I really serve him? " We come to love those we serve. If we choose to begin to serve the Master out of even a glimmer of faith, we will begin to know Him. We will come to know His purposes for the people we serve for Him." Maybe I need to really get to know my master and serve him with all my heart, mind, and strenght.
I am Grateful for... I am grateful for this conference talk that it showed me all I need to learn. That it stretched my understanding, mind, and heart. I am thankful for the patients of Porter this morning and that he allowed my studies to go on longer then they usaully do.