What God has done for me

From For the Youth , Episode 14: "Arise and Shine Forth" The Prophets saying that we have been reserved for these days and we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people. Wow. When I heard that, I felt like somebody was speaking right to me, inside of me. Like a voice inside of me was teaching me that the statements I was hearing right then were true. A whisper right in my heart. As soon as you come to know Christ... come to know Him, and let Him change your heart; and then you will know how to change the world. Story of girl who felt like she couldn't make a difference, and yet when she prayed about it, the idea came to know the name of each person in her neighborhood, ward, and school, and greet everybody by name. That could be me. I can make a difference. But I can't make a difference if I am not different, to paraphrase Elder Neal A. Maxwell. I CAN make a difference. Have I? I don't have to do anything out of the or...

When I prayed this morning for help and to simply just feel peace, I thought of this scripture: "... the powers of heaven cannot be b controlled nor handled only upon the c principles of righteousness.." D&C 121:36 http://lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/121.36?lang=eng#35 I cannot force anyone's hand without Heaven's frown -- without blue skies being covered in a somber gray over my head. "No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion..." http://lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/121.41?lang=eng#39 "Listen to your children" Elder Ballard gave a talk about dealing with children -- love them, teach them, hold them, cherish them. Persuade them. Like the Korean brother in a previous word whom I saw leading his little toddler forward by persuasion, by enticing him to do so -- not by driving him from behind. How often has my eldest daughter wanted to visit someone in ...