Okay, so I am WAY behind. I missed last week due to being sick and spring break. I missed this week because I had sick kids and a REALLY rough Monday, so cut a girl some slack, I am getting to it now.
I think the last General Conference was amazing. I am so excited for the one coming up it is ridiculous! I have been planning a really fun sharing time activity revolving completely around getting the children excited about conference! I literally rack my brain and have ideas floating all around. I really hope the lesson is as big of a success as I am praying and planning it to be.
I had many favorite talks in the last conference, but the one that tops my list was President Dieter F. Uchtdorf's "Of Regrets and Resolutions". First of all, I seriously just love listening to this man! His voice is so calming to me. I figure it is because of my German heritage that I find the rough German accent soothing, but I really do! Anyway, in this talk I really gave a lot of time for studying and reflecting. I really needed the message and it is a message I wish all parents would listen to and take to heart. I really try to not have any regrets. I often think that if I could change something in the past, what would it be. Most of the time I wouldn't change a thing. However, I want to make sure that when that time does come that I am looking back on my entire life, I feel the same way. I encourage you to take a minute or so and read this talk. You can read it here. Here are a few excerpts from his talk that really impacted me.
Declaring our testimony of the gospel is good, but being a living example of the restored gospel is better. Wishing to be more faithful to our covenants is good; actually being faithful to sacred covenants—including living a virtuous life, paying our tithes and offerings, keeping the Word of Wisdom, and serving those in need—is much better. Announcing that we will dedicate more time for family prayer, scripture study, and wholesome family activities is good; but actually doing all these things steadily will bring heavenly blessings to our lives.Discipleship is the pursuit of holiness and happiness. It is the path to our best and happiest self.Let us resolve to follow the Savior and work with diligence to become the person we were designed to become. Let us listen to and obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit. As we do so, Heavenly Father will reveal to us things we never knew about ourselves. He will illuminate the path ahead and open our eyes to see our unknown and perhaps unimagined talents.
The more we devote ourselves to the pursuit of holiness and happiness, the less likely we will be on a path to regrets. The more we rely on the Savior’s grace, the more we will feel that we are on the track our Father in Heaven has intended for us.
We shouldn’t wait to be happy until we reach some future point, only to discover that happiness was already available—all the time! Life is not meant to be appreciated only in retrospect. “This is the day which the Lord hath made … ,” the Psalmist wrote. “Rejoice and be glad in it.
I encourage you to go back and read over the previous conference talks before this upcoming conference. It is a great way to prepare yourself for the abundance of personal revelation you can receive through the mouths of the holy prophets. You can read through them here.I also invite any of my readers who have never taken advantage of General Conference to come and hear a prophet's voice. General Conference will be held on Saturday, April 6th and Sunday April 7th. You can listen to a live stream on LDS.org and you can find more information about what General Conference is and what it means to us as latter day saints here. I know I will be listening intently and with an open heart.
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