I, along with every other member of the Church, looked forward with eagerness, to this specific Conference and it definitely went way beyond mere imagination! It was, and still is, overwhelming and exciting with all that was announced!
The feeling of our being Christ-centered was cemented for the world to see! It feels so good to be so Christian!!
When Elder Uchtdorf spoke with his powerful invitation to... come. come unto Christ. Come join with us. We need you. Christ needs you.... I had a flashback to a tent revival in Anchorage when I was a teenager and also a reminder of my Baptist preacher, ending each sermon, with a loud pleading call to repent and be saved. Elder Uchtdorf's had no resemblance in delivery but it was such a beautifully enticing summons to Come Join the Ranks (hymn #250). here
If a General Conference could be likened to a celebration, then this was it! To me, it was like the most glorious Christmas ever! Package after package opened and revealing the most unexpected beautiful gifts ever heard of! Line upon line. Precept upon precept. Joy! Joy beyond description!
I'm thankful for modern technology that allows me the luxury of just sitting and hearing or listening to all of these gems, one by one...over and over!
On a very personal note, I received an answer to something that I'd long tried to understand. It has been a long time in my longing. Years and years. In my mind I have a Pondering Pot. Much like a slow cooking crock pot. I put in there things that I wonder about. Things that I need a more clear understanding of or even just plain understanding. I'm always on the lookout for answers. They are like puzzle pieces to my gospel journey. Occasionally I happen on something and check to see if I can now take that elusive puzzle piece out and place it on my board. This Conference, to my shock and amazement...I took a very personal puzzling piece and placed it on my Gospel Journey board. It felt right and good...Solved and resolved enough!!
Each day since Conference I've awaited when I could read the talks and check the footnotes as I wanted to see the footnotes in the most eager way! Today....footnotes!
This was my personal miracle...one single paragraph!...from The Great Plan by Elder Oaks here I cannot find the words, at this point, to explain how this impacted me. I will try later. Here is the paragraph that I've read over and over and over! This paragraph created a mind-boggling experience of understanding for me!!!
Fourth and finally, modern revelation teaches us that our progress need not conclude with the end of mortality. Little has been revealed about this important assurance. We are told that this life is the time to prepare to meet God and that we should not procrastinate our repentance (see Alma 34:32–33). Still, we are taught that in the spirit world the gospel is preached even to “the wicked and the disobedient who had rejected the truth” (Doctrine and Covenants 138:29) and that those taught there are capable of repentance in advance of the Final Judgment (see verses 31–34, 57–59).
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