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March 17, 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?
Y Religion Podcast Episode 100: I Know That My Redeemer Lived (Tyler J. Griffin):
- “Our physical bodies have natural aversions to pain, but this was pain beyond description; it was infinite agony. I can imagine that every element of his physical nature, everything he had inherited from his mortal mother, Mary, at that moment would have likely been pleading with him to give up the ghost and make it stop (see Doctrine and Covenants 19:15–19). I am so grateful that Jesus lived for us rather than giving up early or allowing his spirit to leave his body before the price of our salvation had been paid in full.”
- “I Know That My Redeemer Lived” (in The Power of Christ’s Deliverance, Religious Studies Center, 2022)
Eye.
how.can.it.be.pod reel: Holes.
- “I fell to the ground, His feet did I kiss. I cried, ‘What can I do to repay thee for this?’ Then He looked all around Him. There were holes in the ground. They had people inside, and were seen all around. There were thousands of holes that were damp, dark and deep. Then the Lord turned to me and He said, ‘Feed my sheep.’ Then he went on his way to help other lost souls, and I got right down to work, calling down to the holes; ‘Get up! Get ready! There’s nothing the matter! ‘Take rocks and olds sticks and build up a fine ladder.’ It was now my turn to spread the good word, the most glorious message that man ever heard. That there is one who is willing to save one and all.”
- Full transcription of the poem.
- Shout out to my sister-in-law for sharing this with me!
Read.
“Our General Conference ‘Walk and Talk’“, March 2024 Liahona, Elder David A. Bednar:
- “Latter-day Saints can do many things to prepare for general conference. I will highlight just two.
“First, we need to prepare to act. As we are anxiously engaged in asking, seeking, and knocking, we exercise faith in the Savior and invite the Holy Ghost to be our teacher. The Spirit will bring thoughts to our minds and feelings to our hearts, and the Spirit will teach us individually and personally the things that are needful.
“Receiving what we need will be more difficult if our frame of mind is, ‘I am simply going to listen to the messages and hope something will help me.’ The revelatory process requires anxious engagement and not just passive participation.
“Preparation precedes effective acting, and one specific way to prepare for general conference is to have a question or questions in mind as we listen to general conference messages.
“The second element of preparation is to specifically invite the Holy Ghost to be our companion, which is one of the purposes of prayer. The ongoing companionship of the Holy Ghost is not automatic just because hands have been placed on our heads and we have been admonished to ‘receive the Holy Ghost.’ We must do our part to receive the gift.
“We invite the Holy Ghost when we pray sincerely and with real intent. We invite the Holy Ghost as we feast upon the words of Christ in the scriptures. We invite the Holy Ghost as we follow the counsel given by our Church leaders. Such expressions of faith in the Savior invite the Holy Ghost to be our companion. And I believe He comes more readily as we specifically invite Him.”
💡
Listen to the Liahona magazine from cover-to-cover each month.
- I have had a goal for a number of years to read the Liahona magazine from cover-to-cover each month. However, I have not met that goal. This week I had the impression to listen to the magazine instead, since I’m not finding time to sit down and read it. I am already a better man because of the few articles I’ve listened to this week.