"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not hewill follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of theAuthorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional orpolitical life.'"This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions."Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened....Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened as lumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat." --- Elder Neal A. Maxwell
What's interesting about this- the talk is from a devotional at BYU in 1979
But yet these issues are totally being seen in our politics today. We really need to take a stand in this world we are living in and stick to our beliefs and build our testimony to protect ourselves from worldly influences going on around us. On Nov 5th, we can start to figure out what our future will look like, but until then this state of limbo is really making some people nervous and when I get that way, it's good to have the church as a stable place to lean on. Keeps me grounded.
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I agree Lindsey, I am definately more solid because of my membership as a Latter Day Saint. I am so grateful to be able to have modern day leaders of the Lords church and to be able to have that direct linkage and have the Priesthood available to us members. I really feel that If I were not a member of this church in times like these I'd feel lost, confused, and afraid. But I am not, because of what I know and what I have been taught and it is the messages from our leaders like these that help me to not feel lost, confused, and afraid. This recent conference was when I had for the first time felt a real sense of how our leaders were definately called of God. I am grateful for that, as I know that testimonies are built line upon line and as I get older I really feel like my testimony has been able to progress and become stronger each day. If it didn't grow and just plateaued (spelling??) then just like he said we can fall into that trap and fall off the straight and narrow path as many out there do.
Wow, very strong message and a common one that I hear these days! I am grateful not only for my membership but our upbringing. I love that mom and dad didn't have double standards and taught me great lessons about having one standard ONLY. I know that my testimony is where it's at because of the great foundation it had as I grew up. Being in the primary, I want these kids to have that same strong foundation when they come to church because they are not getting it at home. (2 out of all of them probably are, so still scary!) We sing, "Follow the Prophet" alot but I really want them to know what this means. I am glad we can all help each other and keep on the straight and narrow! Great article!!
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