Highlights from Saturday evening’s women’s session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
6:45 p.m.: Women are key to preparing for Christ’s return, Eyring says
Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the governing First Presidency, described women’s role in the Second Coming.
“As the beloved daughters of Heavenly Father, and as the daughters of the Lord Jesus Christ in his kingdom, you will play a crucial part in the grand times ahead,” Eyring said. “We know that the Savior will come to a people who have been gathered …[and are ] united in faith in Jesus Christ.”
Latter-day Saint women — sisters, daughters, granddaughters “and the women you have nurtured,” he said, “will be at the heart of creating that society of people who will join in glorious association with the Savior. You will be an essential force in the gathering of Israel and in the creation of a Zion people who will dwell in peace in the New Jerusalem.”
When Jesus comes again, Eyring said, “the daughters who are deeply committed to their covenants with God will be more than half of those who are prepared to welcome him when he comes. But whatever the numbers, your contribution in creating unity among the people prepared for that Zion will be far greater than half.”
6:30 p.m.: Jesus heals our brokenness, says Primary leader
Cristina B. Franco, second counselor in the general presidency of the children’s Primary, discussed the healing power of Jesus Christ.
She told about getting a new piano that fell off a hand truck during delivery and was damaged. The manager offered to give Franco and her husband, Rudy, a new piano, but Rudy would not hear of it. He wanted the broken one back.
“Sisters and brothers, aren’t we all like this piano, a little broken, cracked and damaged, feeling like we will never be the same again?” Franco asked.
But Jesus Christ can “heal brokenness,” when people have faith, repent and seek him, she said. These believers will be “mended and made whole.”
6:20 p.m.: Change for the better, says Young Women leader
Rebecca M. Craven, second counselor in the general presidency of the Young Women organization for girls starting at age 11, addressed the possibility of individual change.
“Jesus Christ has given us a continuous pattern for change,” Craven said. “He invites us to exercise faith in him which inspires us to repent... As we repent and turn our hearts to him, we gain a greater desire to make and live sacred covenants. We endure to the end by continuing to apply these principles throughout our lives and inviting the Lord to change us.”
Enduring to the end “means changing to the end,” she said. “I now understand that I am not starting over with each failed attempt, but that, with each try, I am continuing my process of change.”
6:15 p.m.: We can build Zion, says Relief Society leader
Sharon Eubank, first counselor in the all-female Relief Society’s general presidency, spoke about building a unified Zion society.
“The change we seek in ourselves and in the groups we belong to will come less by activism and more by actively trying every day to understand one another,” said Eubank, who also is president of Latter-day Saint Charities, the church’s humanitarian arm. “Why? Because we are building Zion — a people ‘of one heart and one mind.’”
She urged the women to be “part of a collective force that changes the world for good,” she said. “Our covenantal assignment is to minister, to lift up the hands that hang down, to put struggling people on our backs or in our arms and carry them. It isn’t complicated to know what to do, but it often goes against our selfish interests and we have to try.”
Latter-day Saint women, she said, “have power to remove prejudice and build unity” and "unlimited potential to change society.”
from The Salt Lake Tribune https://ift.tt/3jwY7IS
October 04, 2020 at 06:38AM
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