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I needed that. I just watched the Saturday morning session Link, relying too heavily on my computer to handle the 300k version...so it was a little bit jumpy, but I put up with it because I didn't want to watch a grainy version. How dare I sit here and try to write my impressions of what I saw and heard? But I can't NOT say anything.
It was just what I needed to hear...and I've only taken in a third of it so far. The first thing that struck me...well, the second thing...was a moment when President Hinckley seemed to look right into my eyes and said,
"It is the time to be considerate and good decent and courteous toward others in all of our relationships. In other words, it is the time to be more Christlike."
I've never felt like any speaker at church, or especially at General Conference, was speaking directly to me before, when I'm so keenly aware that they're looking out over a vast sea of people, and who am I...watching him speak two days later...over the internet? But he looked right at me, and I'm glad I perceived that. It was what I needed to hear.
The first thing President Hinckley said...reading from a paper that had just been handed to him after the invocation...struck me, because I wondered how he would address the passing of the Pope. He said, "On behalf of the worldwide membership of the Church, I extend to our Catholic neighbors and friends our heartfelt sympathy at this time of great sorrow. Pope John Paul the Second has worked tirelessly to advance the cause of Christianity, to lift the burdens of the poor, and to speak fearlessly in behalf of moral values and human dignity. He will be missed, particularly by the very many who have looked to him for leadership."
The next speaker who I was particulary touched by was Colleen K. Menlove, the primary general president. She stressed how important it is to teach our children what is most important. It sounds like a simple thing to do, but there are SO many distractions that make spiritual teaching seem intangible, invisible, and then, eventually unnecessary. How unfortunate for me to often feel that way. I agonize over how on earth to teach my 1 year old about Jesus, when so often I feel nothing in my own heart? Is this how I'm going to be throughout his crucial learning years? NO! I need to stay closer to the Lord so that I can keep that love burning in me, so that I can teach my son. It's an uphill battle when there are SO SO SO many distractions and worldy tasks to attend to. Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. Then resting. That's what my life is full of, and how scarcely I ever pause to recharge with the living waters of Christ. *Sigh* But how refreshing the living waters are.
It was just what I needed to hear...and I've only taken in a third of it so far. The first thing that struck me...well, the second thing...was a moment when President Hinckley seemed to look right into my eyes and said,
"It is the time to be considerate and good decent and courteous toward others in all of our relationships. In other words, it is the time to be more Christlike."
I've never felt like any speaker at church, or especially at General Conference, was speaking directly to me before, when I'm so keenly aware that they're looking out over a vast sea of people, and who am I...watching him speak two days later...over the internet? But he looked right at me, and I'm glad I perceived that. It was what I needed to hear.
The first thing President Hinckley said...reading from a paper that had just been handed to him after the invocation...struck me, because I wondered how he would address the passing of the Pope. He said, "On behalf of the worldwide membership of the Church, I extend to our Catholic neighbors and friends our heartfelt sympathy at this time of great sorrow. Pope John Paul the Second has worked tirelessly to advance the cause of Christianity, to lift the burdens of the poor, and to speak fearlessly in behalf of moral values and human dignity. He will be missed, particularly by the very many who have looked to him for leadership."
The next speaker who I was particulary touched by was Colleen K. Menlove, the primary general president. She stressed how important it is to teach our children what is most important. It sounds like a simple thing to do, but there are SO many distractions that make spiritual teaching seem intangible, invisible, and then, eventually unnecessary. How unfortunate for me to often feel that way. I agonize over how on earth to teach my 1 year old about Jesus, when so often I feel nothing in my own heart? Is this how I'm going to be throughout his crucial learning years? NO! I need to stay closer to the Lord so that I can keep that love burning in me, so that I can teach my son. It's an uphill battle when there are SO SO SO many distractions and worldy tasks to attend to. Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. Then resting. That's what my life is full of, and how scarcely I ever pause to recharge with the living waters of Christ. *Sigh* But how refreshing the living waters are.
