1/27/2024 0 Comments Eldest souls bright churchHe knows the kind of remodeling in your life and in mine that he wishes to achieve. He knows what it is he wishes to bring to pass in your life. are manifest, past, present, and future, and are continually before the Lord” ( D&C 130:7). In one of his revelations these startling words appear, as with so many revelations that are too big, I suppose, for us to manage fully: “In the presence of God. God knows even now what the future holds for each of us. And this will require us to accept with all our hearts-particularly your generation-the truth that there is divine design in each of our lives and that you have rendezvous to keep, individually and collectively. He will set before us in life what we need, not always what we like. He will customize the curriculum for each of us in order to teach us the things we most need to know. I believe with all my heart that because God loves us there are some particularized challenges that he will deliver to each of us. I’m not sure we can always understand the implications of his love, because his love will call us at times to do things we may wonder about, and we may be confronted with circumstances we would rather not face. These realities are that God loves us and, loving us, has placed us here to cope with challenges which he will place before us. It is because you will face some remarkable challenges in your time it is because the Church has ceased to be in the eyes of men a mere cultural oddity in the Mountain West and is now, therefore, a global church-a light which can no longer be hid it is because you have a rendezvous with destiny that will involve some soul stretching and some pain that I have chosen to speak to you tonight about the implications of two things we accept sometimes quite casually. The highest compliment I can pay to you is that God has placed you here and now at this time to serve in his kingdom so much is about to happen in which you will be involved and concerning which you will have some great influence. I want you to know that I regard you highly-collectively and all here whom I know individually–and have great expectations for you. I wish you knew how much as a generation you inspire those of us who have the privilege of working with you. I am delighted to be with you tonight, my brothers and sisters, to partake of the spirit that is here and of that marvelous music.
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