Sunday morning confrence

So as I was watching confrence this morning I began to see a pattern on what was being taught. I thought if The Lord has people talk about the same thing over and over then it is best we listen. Maybe the first talk was not enough to get people's attention so he had to have another person give a talk about the same thing later. Heavenly Father is great how he does things like that. 

The two main topics I was really picking up on is that we really really need to heed the words in which the prophet speaks. " weather it is by my own mouth or the mouth of my servants it is the same" I forget who gave both of the talks about this but I did find it interesting that it was one person right after the next saying we needed to listen to what the prophet had to say. There are too many people hearing what the prophet has to say but then try to bend his words and start disobeying those things. If Heavenly Father had come and stood at the pulpit today and told us what needed to be done then we all I believe would get up that instant and start the work with out complaining or changing what he had to say. But in truth it pretty much is The Lord who is up there talking when the prophet is speaking. The words came directly from Heavenly Father himself. So all in all remember to not take the prophets words lightly. 

The second topic that was spoken highly of today was the blessings and importance of the sacrament. I think we all get into the mind set of repetition every Sunday when the bread and water is blessed and passed around to us. We bow our heads hear the prayer and then take our bread and water and then pass it on. But we often forget to think of why we are taking the bread and water and forget to ponder how special it is that we are able to have the blessing of having our sins atoned for every week. We sing a hymn that is supposed to help us think of the importance of the sacrament but often times I feel like I focus more on the notes I am singing than the words coming from my mouth. We need to think more and be more grateful for the blessing of the sacrament. Put that time aside to pray personally and thank Heavenly Father and Jesus for this amazing blessing we have to be forgiven of our sins weekly instead of falling into the repetition state of mind. Think of the words of the hymns. Open the hymn back up and read them and let those words speak to your soul and remember how much our Heavenly Father loves us for giving us such a gift and blessing of the sacrament. 

I hope to hear what you all had felt and learned from conference today. It is such a blessing to be able to hear all these talks from the prophet and his seers and revelators. I look forward to the next session. 

Tessa