General Conferance

Wasn't General Conferance wonderful? I feel a lot of the talks were what the nation and I needed to hear, especially with what is going on in our country right now. Hope, simple life, prayer, live in the now, etc.
As much as all the talks were wonderful and uplifting, they also showed me a lot of what my weaknesses were. I started to feel defeated or I would ask myself the questions, How can I do that? When can I do that? Then I remembered a popular scripture in Ether 12:27, and what my brother, Jeremy and I have discussed before.

The scripture reads: And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

1. If we have the spirit with us, we will recognize our weaknesses (the Lord shows them to us) so that is a good thing.
2. We have weaknesses so we can be humble and turn to the Lord. What if everyone here on earth had no weaknesses and and we all were blessed with strengths. Just imagine what it would be like?
3. If we humble ourselves and have faith, the Lord will make our weaknesses become strong unto us.

Most of the time when I think of my weakness, I do not automatically humble myself and turn to the Lord. I start trying to figure out in my head how I can overcome them and fix them myself. It turns out that I start to get frustrated and start to feel hopeless, because I do not have the answers. I am so grateful for the scriptures and our Heavenly Father who provides them for us to learn and to lift our burdens, only if we turn to Him.

I love the last part of this verse, because I feel I can humble myself and turn to the Lord for help and exercise my faith, that the Lord will then make my weak things become strong, I don't have to. WoW! my burdens feel lighter already!