April 1994 General Conference Priesthood Session

Joseph B. Wirthlin -Live in Obedience

• By obedience to the laws of the gospel, you can lift yourselves above the quagmire of sin that surrounds us in this world.
• As you grow and mature, you will want an will earn more freedom to live your lives your way and to make your own choices. This you should do. Our hope and prayer is that you will grow up strong and obedient in the faith and that, like the young Jesus, you will increase "in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man."
• You can defeat Satan and overcome temptation. God "will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." The Lord does not expect anything of you that you cannot do.
• If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us!" When  Satan comes calling, cast him out as quickly as possible. Do not let temptation even begin to entertain you.
• Mistakes that seem to be small to you, if uncorrected, can have enormous consequences.
• Never let your guard down!
• Even though a loving God has provided a pathway to repentance, you simply do not have the time to waste in transgression. Sin wounds the soul; healing slows progress and takes time that could have been used in productive service and progress. The Lord needs you faithful and worthy young men, now and in the future, to combat the forces of Satan that are ravaging the earth.
• God is, indeed, our loving Father. Everything He does is for our good. He knows all things. He knows us much better than we know ourselves, and He knows what is best for us.

Charles Didier -Remember Your Covenants

• The true concept of marriage and family, the unit composed of a husband, wife, and children sealed together, was instituted at the beginning by God to create eternal families.
• I was and still am responsible for development, temporal support, protection, and salvation of my family.
• Today the concept of priesthood and Church authority is on trial by the world and even by some members who think that the Latin expression vox populi, vox Dei can be literally interpreted in the Church as "the voice of the people is the voice of God." The commercial slogan "Have it your way" certainly does not apply in God's plan for the salvation of his children.

Richard P. Lindsay -"Feed My Sheep"

• The battle for the souls of our Heavenly Father's precious sheep and lambs is raging in every corner of the world.
• We must be there with the lambs when we are needed.

Marlin K. Jensen -The Power of a Good Life

• "Please work hard, drive carefully, and be good!"

Thomas S. Monson -The Priesthood--A Sacred Trust

• "We must not let our passions destroy our dreams."
• When one deals in generalities, he will rarely have a success; but when he deals in specifics, he will rarely have a failure.
• Spirituality is not bestowed simply by wishing; rather, it comes quietly and imperceptibly by serving.

Gordon B. Hinckley -God Is at the Helm

• "We hold up our right hand when voting in token before god that we will sustain those for whom we vote; and if we cannot feel to sustain them we ought not to hold up our hands, because to do this, would be to act the part of hypocrites. ... For when we lift up our hands in this way, it is in token to God that we are sincere in what we do, and that we will sustain the parties we vote for. ... If we agree to do a thing and do not do it, we become covenant breakers and violators of our obligations, which are, perhaps, as solemn and binding as anything we can enter into."
• God is at the helm. Never doubt it. When we are confronted with opposition, He will open the way when there appears to be no way.
• He who is our Savior slumbers not nor sleeps as He watches over this His kingdom.
• We have a prophet today. He may not be able to speak to us as he once did. He need not.

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

The Dream

I remember looking at my work schedule, seeing that I worked at six am every day this week. Only when I looked at Thursday I noticed that I had written "6am-5am" on my calendar. That didn't seem right, had I mixed up the hours? But coming into work from 5am-6am seemed wrong as well as I've never been called into work for one hour. Three hours is the least amount of time. So then I became convinced that I actually was working from 12am-6am(5am?) on Thursday as I knew that some of my coworkers had that shift earlier in the week. So I was panicking a bit just because I thought I was going to be late because I didn't write down the right time....

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

-S.N.D