This past week has been great and as the title suggests, full of meetings. We had Stake Conference two days in a row, then interviews with president, and then zone training. I have heard so many inspired words and stories that I do not have enough time to write them all to you. So I will stick with one story, the story of John Tanner.
In Zone Training we were talking about being Consecrated. What does that actually mean to be completely consecrated? It means we give ourselves to the Lord right? Heart, might, mind, and strength right? Its that simple yet that difficult. I knows it actually easy to do everything the Lord asks us to do, but why can it be so difficult? And this is what I wish to explain about Consecration. We give everything. Absolutely everything, which means we give him our agency and desires. I read an interesting scripture, in Moroni 7:6-8. It speaks of giving gifts without holding it back. With giving gifts because you want to give the gift. And yet if you do not desire to give the gift but give it anyways.... it counts as nothing. Now back to being consecrated... Do not take this as doctrine, but as I have pondered this scripture, I have had the question "So how does this idea apply to this gospel?" Hmmmmm... If I do something the Lord wants but inside I don't have the desire to do it, wait.. It profiteth me nothing.. True Consecration, is giving everything, our desires are the same as the Lord's. We WANT to do it. We are HAPPY to do all the things he wants. Why do we want and why should we be happy to do the Lords will? Because why not. These things bring us closer to Christ and that makes us happy.
The Story of John Tanner is inspiring. Look it up, please. He was a man that gave everything he had for the church. We saw a movie clip of where John Tanner speaks to Joseph Smith. And John Tanner did not want to be paid back for all that he gave, He gave because he was completely grateful for everything Heavenly Father gave him. He was truly consecrated. Please look up his story, it's amazing. Well that's it from me. I love all of you.
Elder Annen
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-07-139-treasure-in-heaven-the-john-tanner-story?lang=eng
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