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What stood out to you about General Conference?
Kaely Holt, Reporter/Managing Editor (Liberty Ward)
Dama Scott (Rush Creek Ward)
The General Conference talk that stood out to me was “The Character of Christ” by President D. Todd Christofferson. The past two years I’ve really tried to gain a stronger relationship with the Savior and seeing him as someone relatable to me instead of someone that sometimes feels unreachable.
Something that I had never thought about when trying to emulate the Savior was his motivations.
I really loved this paragraph from President Christofferson’ talk: “ When we consider the character of the Savior, we tend to focus immediately on His attributes, such as virtue, integrity, humility, compassion, and courage, but we should also consider, What is it in Jesus that gives rise to such character traits? I believe they are the natural fruit of the thoughts, desires, and intents of His heart. Christlike character grows out of a Christlike heart. Thus, if we are to succeed in developing a Christlike character, we must possess His motivations—His thoughts, desires, and intents of the heart.”
For me this made the Savior seem more human. I never really thought much about him having his own thoughts and desires but he did. And that shaped what we know him to be. He always chose His Father’s will, which for me at times seems hard to do. Christ’s desires were aligned with Heavenly Father’s, giving him the conviction that he needed to carry out God’s will. That for me is more relatable and further strengthened my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and why I want to follow Him and have His same motivations.
Leisel Malan (Shoal Creek Valley Ward)
Emily Belle Freeman’s talk “Best Days and Worst Days” reminded us of a favorite song at our house!
Rosa Silvestrini (North Brook Park Ward)
I loved David A. Bednar’s conference talk. I met him in person years ago and I always enjoy his messages. My choice is simple because of the line of work that I do. Elder Bednar spoke about enduring. He spoke of how we need to try to put the “natural man” aside. He spoke of spiritual gifts. (Many people, especially young ones, do not know what spiritual gifts are.) From this message, he mentioned that we “need to address the needs of others.” This resonated with me especially because it seems that there are folks that would feel so much better emotionally and physically when serving our fellow brothers and sisters. They just need to trust in Heavenly Father and allow Him to pour out many blessings to them and/or their loved ones.
Kandee Meyer (Liberty Ward)
My favorite talk was Emily Belle Freeman’s “Best Days and Worst Days”, but I’d have to say that Henry B. Eyring’s talk on prayer was a close second. I loved the reminders to pray continually, and that God hears the secret prayers of our heart.
Brad Schow (North Brook Park Ward)
I appreciate Elder Gong’s encouraging words: “As we walk our dusty roads to Emmaus, He will be with us. If you see someone walking alone and sad, will you please walk with them? No one sits alone, and no one should walk their road to Emmaus alone or unseen.”
I hope I can show my love for my Savior by walking with and sitting by the people Heavenly Father places in my path!
Anne Thorne (Doniphan Ward)
I like President D. Todd Christofferson’s talk, “The Character of Christ.” There is so much going on in the world that we can’t control. So much confusion, injustice, and anger. I like that in this talk we are reminded of the character traits of Christ. We can ponder on these traits and choose how to respond to others and situations with these traits in mind. They focus on pure love, service, and seeking God’s will. This way we can lift, help, teach, and learn in ways that bring peace and bring people to Christ.
Rebecca Von Gunten (Hodge Park Ward)
I really enjoyed Brother David J. Wunderli’s talk, “Jesus Christ Is Not Our Burden; He Is Our Relief.” Maybe it’s because I was recently released as a primary chorister, but the simple lessons from a child are always the most powerful to me. His son‘s lesson about Christ not being the burden amongst the rocks in his backpack hit home for me.
There have been times in my life when I felt the burden of being a good Latter-day Saint was such a challenge, and that walking away from the Church would make my life easier. I could never walk away, though. Every time I contemplated the blessings of the knowledge gained through the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, I knew I could not sacrifice that knowledge
Instead, I learned how to differentiate between the requirements of being a disciple of Jesus Christ and the demands of the culture of our Church that I was imposing on myself. I’ve learned that I can be a disciple of Christ who serves and loves others, but sometimes is late for Church, or doesn’t get to the temple as much as I would like, or teaches “Come Follow Me” with my family each night. Once I let the shame of not doing those things go and focused instead on getting closer to the Lord, those things became natural desires for me instead of items to be checked off.
To be clear, those things help you come closer to Christ. But when we carry them around with us like rocks in a backpack, they weigh us down. When we make our relationship with Christ our goal, the blessings of the temple, scripture study, and attending our meetings will lighten our load as we allow Christ to be yoked to us.
Every year I try to find a common theme or feeling that I come away with after watching all of General Conference. This year I came away with feeling that a heavenly father wants us to focus on his son Jesus Christ. It doesn’t matter what political affiliation you have, your opinions on world conflicts, or global warming. If we focus our time, efforts and resources on building our relationship with God, our Savior, and our fellow man, we will find peace and joy in this life and the life to come.
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