That was a joke for dad...he often refers to Presotn as Spencer (side note: interestingly there are many similar letters in these names and Preston says that he gets it a lot...strange).
At any rate, I really love Spencer Condie's talk about promises that have been made to us through prophets. He talks about how the scriptures hold countless, innumerable blessings such as:
-Forgiveness
-the windows of heaven being opened
-great treasures of knowledge
-ask and ye shall receive
-Gift of the Holy Ghost
-Remain unspotted from the world
-Divine guidance
-Personal revelation
-Fulness and continuing of seed
-Run and not be weary
Surprisingly I had never really noticed how many promises there are in the scriptures. Of course they're always contingent upon our behavior and worthiness. I loved when he said, "we live in a time of 1 hour dry cleaning and fast food and sometimes we think our promises have been misplaced." I have recently discovered that I am really lacking in the patience department. I generally want answers, blessings, or help RIGHT NOW. But it's important to remember that the Lord is mindful of us and everything takes place in His time.
Condie uses Rachel as an example, she was barren for so long and finally, "God remembered Rachel" and she bore Joseph and Benjamin. This talk was a great reminder to me of the many blessings that are available to me if I will endure to the end and be patient.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Interesting that I just listened to this talk again and I was expecting to see Lori's name at the bottom of the post... not Annette because I know that I have "wearied" the Lord with my pleas that he provide a man for her... now. At any rate, it is true. We want it all now and we don't want to wait for anything. In the scriptures it seems like the time passed quickly, but these people were really old when their blessings came to pass. It was a great talk for all of us.
Post a Comment