With all the craziness going on lately, the Primary song comes to mind:
One of my all-time favorite apostles is Neal A. Maxwell. It was brought to my attention this week a quote from a talk he gave at BYU on October 10, 1978. It was published in the Feb 1979 Ensign, and is entitled, "A More Determined Discipleship."
I have already shared this quote with some of you, but felt I needed to share it again. It's amazing. The whole talk is amazing, so I encourage you to go to www.lds.org and read it.
"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.'
"This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.
"Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened....Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat."
I know that our prophet will never lead us astray, and I hope and pray that I will always have the courage to follow his counsel, no matter what.
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
Don't go astray.
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
He knows the way.
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
Don't go astray.
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
He knows the way.
One of my all-time favorite apostles is Neal A. Maxwell. It was brought to my attention this week a quote from a talk he gave at BYU on October 10, 1978. It was published in the Feb 1979 Ensign, and is entitled, "A More Determined Discipleship."
I have already shared this quote with some of you, but felt I needed to share it again. It's amazing. The whole talk is amazing, so I encourage you to go to www.lds.org and read it.
"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.'
"This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.
"Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened....Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat."
I know that our prophet will never lead us astray, and I hope and pray that I will always have the courage to follow his counsel, no matter what.
3 comments:
great quotes and thoughts. thanks.
Sandra, thank you for sharing this. I was AMAZED at how true this quote of 30 years ago was- especially in the wake of recent events. These really are the latter days, and this is a great reminder of what is most important in the eternal perspective- all politics and opinions aside. You are so strong and have always had such a beautiful testimony that you share- through word and deed. Thank you for being such a great role model for me. It's special people like you who I feel so blessed to know in my busy and crazy life- who are consistent and dedicated, who uplift and encourage, and who strengthen others. Thanks! :)
Thanks for sharing this! I too have been frustrated with all that's going on. I'd heard the first part of that recently, but hadn't heard the rest. Thanks for the reminder!!
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