Sunday Morning Session:
This session of stake conference was one of the best I've ever attended. I was struggling through many trials and needed to here the talks given. The focus was on personal spiritual growth. Through the atonement we can heal what is broken, lives, hearts, and dreams. We first must come to our Heavenly Father through prayer. When we pray we should be sharing our full range of emotions, thoughts, and feelings. It is a real conversation between yourself and God, not one-sided. As He helps us grow and change we can only experience personal growth through experiences and trials.
The speaker posed an interesting question.
What is the difference between weakness and bad choices?
- Bad choices are easy to change
- We are blessed with another source of change: Weakness
- Weakness doesn't yield to new information- we know it's wrong but still don't stop- it brings us grief
- We all have weaknesses
- They have a purpose
- That purpose is the atonement
The Lord has said He gives unto men weakness that they may be humble. Weaknesses are a gift with a purpose. If we humble ourselves before God and have faith in Him with complete reliance, our relationship with Him will grow and strengthen.
So how do we deal with weakness?
- Recognize that it will take time to change.
- Do the opposite of what we are inclined to do
- Weakness is about ability not motivation
- Follow every prompting
We cannot overcome weakness by simply trying harder. We need our Savior. He will help us reorder our lives. We become distracted because we put those distractions in arms length. Instead we should put positive people in our lives and push negative people out. We must change the environment we are in if it is causing us to submit to weakness.
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