Last updated on May 12th, 2024 at 11:05 pm
May 5, 2024
Here is the best thing I heard (What?), saw (Eye.), and read (Read.) this week, as well as the best idea (💡) I developed.
What?
followHim Podcast – Mosiah 4-6 – Dr. Aaron P. Schade:
- “[John Bytheway] When I was a bishop, I think I spent more time struggling with how to really help than a lot of other things, let me just say it that way. ‘Am I helping or am I just helping somebody continue in this path?’ The church has a book called Providing in the Lord’s Way. I bet I read it a dozen times because like you, Hank, I had that desire. I want to do the right thing. I had access to the fast offering funds. I wanted to do that right. I learned a lot about trying to move people towards self-sufficiency, which was not an easy process. …
“I had a previous bishop that served in my ward, Bishop Marsh, who helped me a ton. He said, ‘Have somebody come in that needs financial help. Get out a yellow pad and ask him what do you need? And then write down everything they say.’ And he says, ‘Then get on your knees together and ask these questions. What do we need God to do? What do we need the church to do, and what do I need to do?’ this person who came to see you. And that was a wonderful revelatory experience to be able to say, ‘Yeah, the church has resources, but what do we need God to do for you and what does God need you to do for yourself?’ And that became a very wise way to handle some of those situations.”
Eye.
“Protestant’s MIND BLOWN Attending Latter-day Saint Conference” (52 Churches in 52 Weeks on YouTube):
- One highlight that stood out to me was how David Boice compared the protestors outside the Conference Center to those individuals in the great and spacious building in the Prophet Lehi’s dream of the Tree of Life (1 Nephi 8). In particular, Boice was impressed by how members of the Church of Jesus Christ “heeded them not” (1 Nephi 8:33), choosing instead to treat them with civility. Boice felt that protestors reinforced The Book of Mormon. (Note that Boice is now a member of the Church, but at the time of this video, he had only recently learned of the Church).
Read.
“Pillars and Rays“, April 2024 General Conference, Elder Alexander Dushku:
- “The reality and power of one ray of testimony reinforces and combines with another, and then another, and another. Line upon line, precept upon precept, here a ray and there a ray—one small, treasured spiritual moment at a time—there grows up within us a core of light-filled, spiritual experiences. Perhaps no one ray is strong enough or bright enough to constitute a full testimony, but together they can become a light that the darkness of doubt cannot overcome. …
“That means, brothers and sisters, that in time and through ‘great diligence,’ we too can have our own pillar of light—one ray at a time. And in the midst of that pillar, we too will find a loving Heavenly Father calling us by name, pointing us to our Savior, Jesus Christ, and inviting us to ‘Hear Him!’
“I bear witness of Jesus Christ, that He is the light and life of the whole world—and of your personal world and mine.”
💡
Create a “To-Do List” folder in my iPhone notes app, create a to-do list note for each day of the week, add a checklist, and then do a better job of planning the activities for each day in advance.