We woke up today to a blustery, rainy day. I had not been in the best of moods. Yesterday was a slow, boring day as had several days been these past few weeks. Add to that the discouraging news we have had this past week: One branch still had not received their material, due to neglect from a few sources and a missionary who doesn’t have his head screwed on right; a branch president called 2 people to teach the S/I class and was turned down twice - so missionaries will be teaching that class; two of our area supervisors have new jobs and don’t have time to be of much help to us. There were several other things that really got me down.
Fifteen minutes before we were to leave for church, the rain stopped and the sun shone in a part of the sky; this wonderful rainbow appeared in our view from our apartment window. WOW. I grabbed my camera and snapped a few pictures. I call this my
PICTURE OF HOPE
Off to church and conference. Most of the speakers spoke to my moody feelings and especially to my desire for Hope. What uplift. What a call to repentance and to shake myself out of my negative feelings. Wake up; smile; laugh; there is a principle of compensation for every tear of sorrow will be replaced with 100 tears of joy; there is hope at the end of the depression; God never leaves us alone; “come what may and love it;” trust in the Lord; we can believe and expect a glorious future with, and because of, our Heavenly Father and Savior. What wonderful messages of hope for those depressed; no, for everyone. We hope all listened with their heart and soul to our prophets of today. The Branch had a wonderful lunch prepared for those of us who attended the first session (we got the Saturday morning and afternoon sessions), and it made the second session so much more enjoyable to sit through. We'll see the remaining sessions next week.
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We too were very uplifted, strengthened and encouraged as we watched conference this weekend; especially the Saturday morning session. Even though it was sometimes difficult to hear what was going on with our two kids yelling and playing loudly in the background, Tyler & I were indeed spiritually fed and grateful to hear what was spoken. So glad you did, too. :)
Yes, conference has a way of retuning our perspective!! What a great blessing to have prophets seers and revelators on the earth to help guide our Father's children! What joy to see others take hold of the reins and serve. It seems the pattern in the church...us older folks teaching the young ones the finer things of gospel living! It can sometimes be an overwhelming assignment. Hang in there!
This post really soothed me. Thanks you so much.
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