Who Loves General Conference??? I DO!!!

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I LOVED general conference this weekend! I'm so grateful to have living prophets on the earth to teach, guide, counsel, and uplift me. I love that we, an LDS people, gather all across the world in our homes, churches, conference center, and other locations to listen to the messages. As I listened to the talks, I noticed some reoccurring themes. Here are some that I picked up on:

-Faith over coming fear

-Temple attendance

-Obtaining advice from experienced individuals (scriptural leaders, people around us, those who have gone before us, etc.)

-Developing faith through obedience

-The ministry of Christ

I'll add more as I think of them. I love the gospel!

Best of Intentions

Rachel's Life Transcript:

Effort- A

Execution- F

I bought my coworker a present for her last day at work. Then I forgot to give it to her. Now she's in Oregon, and I probably will never see her again. I had the best of intentions.
In my bursting binder of Relief Society materials I have dozens of papers with quotes from February's visiting teaching message. I forgot to hand them out. It's almost April. I had the best of intentions.
I decided to be economical during these "economically difficult times" and decorate the outside of a composition notebook instead of buying a more expensive journal. I've been writing in it since December. The outside is exactly the same as when I bought it. I had the best of intentions.
A months ago I was volunteering at a family treatment center. Then my work schedule changed, and I forgot to change me volunteering schedule. I had the best of intentions.
I have an exercise ball sitting on a shelf in my closet, still in the box with a ribbon around it. I intended it to give it to a friend that I worked out with as her Christmas present. That was back in 2007. I had the best of intentions.
Last week I decided to go to bed early. I ended up painting until late into the night instead. I had the best of intentions.
The Relief Society presidency and I thought it would be fun to start a little apartment get to know you tradition in the ward. The idea was that one apartment invites another over to get to know each other better and then the invited apartment asks another apartment the next week, thus creating a chain reaction, if you will. We invited an apartment over to get it started. The chain began and stopped there. I had the best of intentions.
At the beginning of the school year I decided I would get my workouts over with in the morning. That kick lasted through the first week of September. I had the best of intentions.
Every Sunday I decide that I am going to bake treats sometime in the upcoming week. I haven't baked since... Well, anyway, I had the best of intentions.
About a year and a half ago I decided I was going to take up cake decorating. I even bought a book to help me in my new culinary endeavor. I have yet to use the book. I had the best of intentions.
I guess when I get called up to the pearly gates that will be my argument: I had the best of intentions.