I had made my list of questions and was ready to go Saturday morning. A little sick, but ready to receive revelation. however sturdy morning rolled by and I really didn't have a single question answered. A wonderful experience to be certain, but my chest was not relieved of any one of the questions weighing upon it. Unexpectedly, it was a brand new apostle that came to save the day Saturday afternoon. I had asked myself, and directed this same question toward God in prayer while preparing for conference, "What can I do to become less selfish, and start seeing the world through the lens of 'what's in it for THEM' rather than the oh-so-familiar 'what's in it for me'. When Elder Renlund spoke of seeing others as their parents would see them and ultimately as their Heavenly parents would see them, and then act accordingly, I was filled with the spirit and I felt that the Lord was speaking to me through this apostle, and felt the peaceful assurance that this man really was the new apostle. I decided to make part of my journal entry (something that I am getting steadily better at) how I was able to apply that in my life that day/week. I love the idea of treating and thinking of others in the same way that their Parents would.
Another question i was pondering was: “how am I going to start to really internalize scriptures?” I have memorized many scriptures in my day, but at the current moment, I can really only quote on demand a small handful of those. Those efforts have definitely not been a waste, I have a thin grasp on the main idea of most of those previously mentioned scriptures, but it just isn’t the relationship that I really desire. Elder Durrant was the instrument that the Lord used to answer this, my question and I’m sure many other prayers. He also addressed the constant desire to make ourselves into better people, and that always starts with our thoughts. He displays the completely logical idea that this system allows our minds to have a higher plane of thought all the time.
Not only was it the message that was impactful but equally important was his mastery of deliverance. His smile through out, the use of many proven case studies, and the backing up of argument with doctrine.
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