Taught by Nancy S.
The topic of my lesson came from a BYU Speeches series
titled “Prophetic Priorities” by Richard G. Hinckley. As I read this talk I couldn’t help but think
of the many conference talks I’ve listened to…talks from about 100 General Conferences,
where our prophets teach of what the Lord would have us do. I want to make an observation and I hope
you’ve noticed this too. Our Prophets
teach, they joke, they encourage, they warn, they sometimes even chastise us,
but always they are full of optimism.
They give us a feeling that there is great hope for the future, I never
feel discouraged but rather encouraged to be better, to serve better, to love
more, and to be more forgiving of myself and my fellowman.
“In the year 1652 when
through England all things sacred were either profaned or neglected, a church
was built by Sir Robert Shirley….whose special praise it is to have done the
best of things in the worst of times and to have hoped them in the most
calamitous.”
The things our Prophets have been asking us to work on and
pay attention to for years and years, are all things that if we heed their
words we will experience blessings.
These are difficult and trying times.
It would be easy to become discouraged as we look to the future. I hope we will look to our prophets for hope
and encouragement as they move forward boldly in the best of ways even in the
worst of times, and they continue to look forward with faith in the most
calamitous.
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