Returning home from our 23 month Senior Mission, my wife and I can look back and say “Yes we had been prepared” but before arriving in Brazil, we were not so sure. The foundations of experience were there and turned out to be needed in ways we could not anticipate. Now, facing a more complicated “assignment” of serving after this mission we are grateful for our past “preparation” in facing new challenges. So, Elder Eyring helpfully gives us a list of service we can consider wherever we are in this quest to receive the Second Comforter, which is to have the gift of eternal life with God.
- Being Teachers
- Wise and Loving Fathers
- Members of a Quorum
- Being Missionaries
How then does He prepare us for these areas of service?
- “He calls people, young and old, who may appear to worldly eyes, and even to themselves, to be weak and simple.”
- “The Lord has given us the opportunity to prepare by something He has called “the oath and covenant [of] the priesthood.”
- Because of aging, “...service will become more challenging with time.” This natural occurrence “...will take more and more self-discipline every day of our lives.”
His examples of preparation can be referred to in this talk whenever we are called to be the preparers in whatever situation mentioned above we may find ourselves. The Lord needs our help and we need to prepare and be prepared when the opportunities are given.
Brother Eyring has a special gift that helps us when we hear him or read things he has written such as “Draw Closer to God.” He was prepared for his calling as an Apostle and is helping us be prepared to prepare others. Thank You Elder Eyring.
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Good job! There is nothing I could add to that. Just reviewing talks makes me look foreward to next conf.
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