Gentle Reminders

Watching and listening to General Conference is always so good for my soul. It provides me with 8 hours worth of spiritual enlightenment.  It strengthens my resolve to be a better wife, a better mother, a better sister, a better friend, a better daughter of God.  It encourages me through gentle reminders to be doing things I know I should be doing.  General Conference helps reboot my soul.

Here are a some of the valuable lessons, doctrines and principles I either learned or relearned this weekend.

• Memorized scriptures can be our “friends” for their priceless words will help us with our big and small “emotional challenges.”
•  The Spirit can satisfy and fill the vacuums in our life.
• We don’t always have to plan a meeting to rescue a soul.
•  The voice of the Spirit comes more as a feeling than a sound.
• We’re never far from the side of the Lord.
• The universe was built for us “ordinary” people.
• Things happen in an “inspiring sequence.”
• The Spirit of Elijah is for our past and present family.
•  Motherhood is not a hobby where we collect cute kids and where we find time to squeeze them in – motherhood is what God gave us time for.
• Not using our time wisely is a close cousin to idleness and just because we are busy doesn’t mean we are being productive.  (I loved learning the fact that Hyrum Page ground his false peeping stone to dust.)
• We need to be the master of our time and not let distractions rob us of this precious commodity.
• We need to “look up” to God always.
• We need to “wait upon the Lord” and remember that hope and trust are part of the wait.
• The best gift a father can give his daughter is to love her mother.
• Names are important.
• Don’t leave $5 bills in your jean pockets.
• It is our privilege to help gather Israel.
• We need to be “real” people.
• We teach people, not lessons.
• Missionaries are great “treasures.”
• Remember that the Lord wants to bless us, but He won’t infringe upon our agency so we must ask in prayer for His help.
• “Prayer is a passport to peace.”

And one of my favorite quotes from this conference was given by Elder Robert D. Hales:

“His angels are here and beyond the veil and
round about us to bear us up.”

Such powerful words.  Such powerful imagery to lift us up when despair and discouragement engulf us, either when we are stuck in the monotony of life or if we are attempting to endure or overcome a great tragedy.

Now I need to remember what I have learned from this round of conference and I need to ACT upon the many promptings and gentle reminders I have been graciously given.

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