Show God’s grand work built World is really in need on the small and simple of people with integrity tlft most humble conditions" can experience the Gospel as deeply as a lifetime member democratic reforms Ballard warned that small and simple taking place in Eastthings also can be negative and destrucern Europe God’s tive to a person’s salvation He told of a returned missionary who purposes are generally fulfilled through small married and went to work in construcand simple things and tion The man told Ballard that as time went on work demands increased He benot the momentous and spectacular said gan to work long hours and neglected his M Russell Ballard family and church duties He said he became critical of family and church leadSpeaking during the seshe began to think about Soon ers Saturday morning sion Ballard member of the Council of suicide At about that time he said he got the Twelve Apostles said God provides a call from his mission president who means for conversion even in the most was Ballard After visiting with him the man said he left him knowing God had simple and humble of circumstances heard his plea for help “We need not look beyond our own “We must ever be aware of the power hearts to experience the sweet spiritual that the small and simple things can have feelings promised to those who obey in building spirituality At the same time God" he said we must be aware that Satan will use Because of this Ballard said that is' small and simple things to lead us into why a new member of the church “in the despair and misery" Ballard said Despite world events'" such as the God gives us ways to cope loving Heavenly A Father has for his vided pro- ways children to overcome and benefit from what sometimes seem like unbearable burdens and challenges said Horacio A Tenorio a member of the Second Quorum of Seventy Speaking at the Sunday afternoon session of conference he said “Problems form an important part of our lives They are placed in our path in order to overcome them not to be overcome by them" Tenorio said “Every time we overcome a challenge we grow in experience and in faith" Tenorio related a recent personal (tragedy in which a sudden illness took ! B Wirthlin Josephpersonal said Washington's “integrity and character more than the brilliance of his intellect made him the choice of his country men ued quality that their leader" Wirthlin said as immeasurable brings And the prophet Joseph Smith showed rewards for those who his integrity by not wavering from doing possess it A member of the as the Lord directed even at the peril of his life he said Council of the Twelve “The world desperately needs men and Apostles Wirthlin women of integrity Nearly every day we the at spoke Saturday afternoon session of hear of fraud misapplication of funds conference He said false advertising or other dealings deWirthlin personal integrity signed to obtain gain by cheating or de“means being righteous from the very ception “The Lord abhors such practices" depths of our souls not only in our actions but more importantly in our Wirthlin said Rewards of integrity include inner thoughts and in our hearts" Wirthlin pointed to Joseph who was peace and serenity and absence of the sold into slavery George Washington and guilt and anxiety that accompany sin Wirthlin said “the consummate reward Joseph Smith as men of integrity Joseph maintained his integrity as both of integrity" is the constant companiona slave and high Egyptian official he ship of the Holy Ghost tegrity is a highly in- val- Enduring to the end is vital to the the life of his youngest grandchild a boy named David “I didn't know how I could comfort our children What could I say when I myself felt such deep pain?" Tenorio said he prayed “and a loving Father came to my aid" providing him with answers and comfort to share with his family that brought peace to their hearts Realization of God’s love came he said “If David went away it was because as a special spirit he had no need to remain longer in this life" Tenorio said “Because of him we think more about life beyond the veil and have been taught to recognize what is truly important in this life and the life to come — keeping our families united eternally" “I testify that our teacher our shepherd is Christ our best friend who clears up all our doubts He heals our wounds and turns our pain into sweet experiences" Tenorio said Enduringvital time He said patient endurance is different from merely being “acted upon" and those who go last will be first spiritually said Neal A Maxwell Speaking during the For instance he said if people are always taking their temperature to see if they are happy they will not be Saturday afternoon session Maxwell a “Therefore true enduring represents member of the Counnot merely the passage of time but the cil of the Twelve passage of the soul — and not merely ‘A’ to ‘B’ but sometimes all the way said those from Apostles who take Jesus’ yoke from ‘A’ to ‘Z ’" Maxwell asked how there can be refinupon themselves and endure will learn ing fires without enduring some heat Or most deeply of Christ and especially how more empathy without the bearing of to be like him each others’ burdens — not only that “There are so many things to be enothers’ burdens may be lightened but dured: illness injustice insensitivity that their own may be enlightened poverty aloneness unresponsiveness be- through greater empathy “The enlarging of the soul requires not ing misrepresented and misunderstood and sometimes even enemies" he said only some remodeling but some excavatMaxwell said it is God's patient long ing” he said “Hypocrisy guile and other suffering which provides them with their imbedded traits do not go gladly or easichances to improve affording them urly but if we ‘endure it well’ we will not gently needed developmental space or grow testy while being tested" Expressing thanks a commandment Gratitude Elder James E Faust of the Council of the Twelve Apostles is more than a social courtesy it is a binding commandment And if we follow enjoy" Gratitude is a “saving principle" he said Faust recalled the story of Jesus oils jwm (Csimio healing the 10 lepers Only one a Samaritan fell at the Savior’s feet to thank him Of the other nine Faust said “such inIt is a form of gratitude is self-center- ed pride" We also owe a debt of gratitude for “the heritage of faith demonstrated by piand express our grationeers in many lands across the earth-whtude our eyes will be struggled and sacrificed so that the opened to the multigospel might take root" he said Their tude of blessings descendants “can partially settle the acaround us Faust told the Sunday after- count by being true to the cause for noon session He learned this lesson as a which their ancestors suffered so much to youngster during the Great Depression be part of" when a simple bowl of oatmeal inspired Faust concluded “As with all comsincere thanks But he added that in our takis evils mandments of the “one of time gratitude is a description of plenty successful a we of living" mode of the so for things many ing granted this commandment o April 7 1990 American Red Cross Together we can change things - A Public Service o' This Newspaper ft Trie Standard-Examin- er Advertising Council Church News 3 |