Monday, March 25, 2013

April 1994 General Conference Saturday Morning

James E. Faust -Five Loaves and Two Fishes
  • It has been said that this church does not necessarily attract great people but more often makes ordinary people great.
  • If God has a work for those with many talents, I believe he also has an important work for those of us who have few.
  • I have looked at the love and want to feel that love, and not the hate. We can forgive.
Richard G. Scott -To Be Healed
  • When you feel you can do no more, temporarily lay your challenges at His feet.
  • "Give us strength according to our faith which is in Christ, even unto deliverance."
  • The Lord will give relief with divine power when you seek deliverance in humility and faith in Jesus Christ. 
  • When discouraged do you feel overwhelmed and in desperation seek for others to solve your problems, overlooking your own capacity to make much improvement?
  • Your access to the Savior's help comes in different ways. The most direct and often the most powerful way is through humble, trusting prayers to your Father in Heaven, which are answered through the Holy Ghost to your spirit.
  • I feel that the pace is generally set by the individual, not by the Lord.
  • Love is a potent healer.
  • Love comes by learning how to give it to another in a spirit of trust.
  • When you are worthy, a challenge becomes a contribution to growth, not a barrier to it.
  • Learn to forgive; though terribly hard, it will release you and open the way to a newness of life.
Carlos E. Asay -"If a Man Die, Shall He Live Again?"
  • "Behold my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, in whom I have glorified my name--hear ye him."
  • "Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world."
  • "Death is not a period but a comma in the story of life."
Albert Choules, Jr. -A Child's Love Matured
  • Love sincerely given brings love in return. Love so shared brings trust, support, and a level of security that is unsurpassed.
  • No man--particularly one who bears the priesthood--has the right to treat any woman unkindly, especially his wife, with whom he would hope to share eternal joy.
  • "Any man who claims the special powers of heaven for his own selfish purposes and seeks to use the priesthood in any degree of unrighteousness in the Church or in the home simply does not understand the nature of his authority. Priesthood is for service, not servitude; compassion, not compulsion; caring, not control. Those who think otherwise are operating outside the parameters of priesthood authority."
  • I have watched the Brethren, those who understand the rights of the priesthood and the needs of eternity perhaps more clearly than anyone. I have watched how they speak of and treat their sweethearts. They give us an example of love, respect, and kindness that we would do well to emulate.
  • Children learn to copy the patterns of their parents.
Elaine L. Jack -"Walk with Me."
  • Our progress on this journey is determined by recognizing the straight and narrow path, having an eternal perspective, and acting accordingly.
  • Putting off to tomorrow is to fall behind, step backward, and open the door to the subtle influences of Satan. "There is no such thing as standing still in the eternal work of our God."
  • Though the path is narrow, our moves are not scripted.
  • "The best measure of true greatness is how Christlike we are."
Malcolm S. Jeppsen -A Divine Prescription for Spiritual Healing
  • A divine prescription for this healing has been given by our Heavenly Father which has eternally significant implications.
    • The first ingredient is an acknowledgment of the cause of the spiritual malady.
    • The second ingredient is a deep contrition and remorse for any wrongdoing we may find.
    • A third ingredient is to seek forgiveness from those whom one has hurt by transgression.
    • A fourth ingredient: There must be total abandonment of the sin.
    • A fifth ingredient: There must be compliance with all the commandments of God.
    • Sixth, one must plead to the Lord for mercy, strength, and forgiveness until one receives through the Holy Ghost a "peace of conscience."
    • The final ingredient, number seven: There must be faithfulness and service throughout the rest of one's mortal life.
Boyd K. Packer -The Father and the Family
  • "We'd like not to take care of the exception first. We will establish the rule first, and then we'll see to the exception."
  • Bring up your children in light and truth.
  • Never should there be a domineering or unworthy behavior in the tender, intimate relationship between husband and wife.
  • Your wife is your partner in the leadership of the family and should have full knowledge of and full participation in all decisions relating to your home.
  • The family is safe within the Church.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

The Dream

Me and a group of others were riding bikes trying to get away from a father figure -tall, skinny, bald, and a bit controlling. He was chasing us through a mountainous pass by the ocean in his yellow car, only we reached a group of...goths riding bikes. Known as the Bat Bikers. Apparently seeing them had frightened the father figure into giving over the chase, but to be on the safe side the group of us began to disguise ourselves as part of this bike gang to make sure he wouldn't see us.
I encountered this human girl -as I was Tinkerbell,- I we were trying to help her get to some place, only someone was chasing us, but we escaped by making ourselves invisible, only I couldn't make the human girl invisible instead I changed her into a screw which was a bit frightening to her, but she survived it.
We landed at work, and I encountered a new manager there, as Reth had let it spread that she was thinking of hiring this woman -Stacy- to be the new manager and because the news had already spread Reth had to hire her. I didn't know if that meant that Reth had lost her job or not, but I would be working along with Stacy. She and the other managers took me around the work place saying that this new woman with a fancy title would be coming wtih GoRee to check out the place and so we had to make sure everything was spick and span. Which meant that the groomers/kitchen people had to have the kitchen clean, the garage needed to be cleaned up -mopped and the spilled hay picked up- the cat litter box definitely needed to be emptied and needed to have at least six inches of litter in it -so Rice told me.

Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)

-S.N.D

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