Thoughts from Conference

From Elder Robert D. Hales in October 2013 Conference:

"President Harold B. Lee taught: "The only safety we have as members of this church is to...give heed to the words and commandments that the Lord shall give through His prophet.  There will be some things that take patience and faith.  You may not like what comes from the authority of the Church.  It may contradict your [personal] views.  It may contradict your social views.  It may interfere with some of your social life.  But if you listen to these things, as if from the mouth of the Lord Himself, with patience and faith, the promise is that 'the gates of hell shall not prevail against you;...and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name's glory' (D&C 21:6)."

I know I want the powers of darkness dispersed from before me!  What marvelous promises we have given when we can trust the Lord and his counsel.  I heard some wonderful imagery today: that to be in the world and not of it, is like being the lotus flower in the water, it floats on the water, but remains dry and untouched. If we will have the guts to be a peculiar people and to cling to the Lord, He will pour down blessings from heaven in all of the abundance that we are able to receive.