"We'll Ascend Together"
Linda Burton's Conference Talk - April 2015Doctrine:
In a chapter about families, the Church handbook contains this statement: “The nature of male and female spirits is such that they complete each other.” Please note that it does not say “compete with each other” but “complete each other”! We are here to help, lift, and rejoice with each other as we try to become our very best selves. Sister Barbara B. Smith wisely taught, “There is so much more of happiness to be had when we can rejoice in another’s successes and not just in our own.” When we seek to “complete” rather than “compete,” it is so much easier to cheer each other on!
Sisters and brothers, how often do we intentionally “speak kind words to each other”?
We might test ourselves by asking a few questions. With a little adaptation, these questions can apply to most of us, whether we are married or single, whatever our home situation might be.
- 1. When was the last time I sincerely praised my companion, either alone or in the presence of our children?
- 2. When was the last time I thanked, expressed love for, or earnestly pleaded in faith for him or her in prayer?
- 3. When was the last time I stopped myself from saying something I knew could be hurtful?
- 4. When was the last time I apologized and humbly asked for forgiveness—without adding the words “but if only you had” or “but if only you hadn’t”?
- 5. When was the last time I chose to be happy rather than demanding to be “right”?
Now, if any of these questions lead you to squirm or feel a tinge of guilt, remember that Elder David A. Bednar has taught that “guilt is to our spirit what pain is to our body—a warning of danger and a protection from additional damage.”
I invite each of us to heed Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s heartfelt plea: “Brothers and sisters, in this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be ‘perfect’ men and women in at least this one way now—by offending not in word, or more positively put, by speaking with a new tongue, the tongue of angels."
"I pray we will put our trust in Him to help us help each other live happily and eternally as we ascend together."
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FAMILY
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