“We renew our appeal for the keeping of individual histories and accounts of sacred experiences in our lives—answered prayers, inspiration from the Lord, administrations in our behalf, a record of the special times and events of our lives. From these records you can also appropriately draw as you relay faith-promoting stories in your family circles and discussions. Stories of inspiration from our own lives and those of our forebearers as well as stories from our scriptures and our history are powerful teaching tools. I promise you that if you will keep your journals and records they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to you individually, your husband or wife, your children, your grandchildren, and mothers throughout the generations.” Spencer W. Kimball, “Therefore I Was Taught,” Tambuli, Aug 1982, 1 Read More →
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Truth Is the Issue
Elder Enzio Busche gave a conference talk entitled, Truth Is the Issue. In this talk Elder Busche speaks of the constant battle we face between spirit and flesh. He states that we must find truth through uncompromising self-education toward self-honesty. Everything is nothing without self honesty. We must come through prayer, to a complete awareness of our self. Elder Busche says that, “Enlightened by the Spirit of truth, we will then be able to pray for the increased ability to endure truth and not to be made angry by it. In the depth of such a prayer, we may finally be led to that lonesome place where we suddenly see ourselves naked in all soberness… We are shocked to see our many deficiencies.. We are now at that sacred place that seemingly only a few have courage to enter, because this is that horrible place of unquenchable pain in fire and burning… This is the place where suddenly the atonement of Christ is understood and embraced… We will not be satisfied until... Read the rest of this entry »