All Time, in All Things, and in All Places

My thoughts on Sister Dalton’s talk “All Times, in All Things, and in All Places”

What a great continuation of Sister Tanner’s talk. I call this talk the character talk. One of our local talk show hosts says that “Character is what you do in the dark, when no one is looking.” Do you act the same when people are looking at you? Do you act different in front of different audiences? Is your character unmoved no matter what the situation?

Eye opener (never thought of this in quite that light) “The precious gift of your body enables you to exercise your agency and put your faith and obedience into action. Have you ever noticed that nearly all of Satan’s attacks are directed at your body? Pornography, immodesty, tattoos, immorality, drug abuse, and addictions are all efforts to take possession of this precious gift. This was a gift that was denied Satan. Obedience to the commandments and standards enables each of you to be steadfast and immovable in protecting the precious gifts of your agency and your body.”

Reminds me of the scripture “Put off the natural man, for he is an enemy to God.”

I love her marathon story. We all need people cheering us along the way. I’ve lost two of best cheerleaders in the past couple of years and I feel the whole they left so deeply. I know they are cheering for me, but I don’t hear them anymore. I know I have Heavenly Father, but there was something about physical arms and physical voices that made running “heartbreak hill” (ie. mothering teens) that much more bearable. But I continue to run the hill because if I stop, I too will be lost and behind me six children and their children as well. I can not break the chain that was so carefully laid for me to follow by those who went before me.