I am speaking tomorrow and thought I'd try to gather some ideas or experiences from you all. One idea I want to develop is this one: In a Conference talk in 2000, then-Elder Eyring said "The Savior will let you feel the love He feels for those you serve."
That rang true to me when I heard it. When I became an EQP a few years back, I was amazed that suddenly my feelings toward certain members of the quorum -- guys I really had a hard time liking -- seemed quite different. I now wanted to help and serve them, get to know them, etc. There are, of course, non-spiritual reasons for such a change, but it was so extreme, and so sustained, that I interpreted it as a gift of the Spirit and a blessing from having been set apart. I have had the same experience when assigned home teaching families who had been strangers to me before. (If only my new feelings toward them had helped me get to see them more dilygently. I guess there's no magic bullet to home teaching faithfulness.)
So -- anyone have similar experiences or thoughts about this?
The Eyring talk is a great one, by the way.
That rang true to me when I heard it. When I became an EQP a few years back, I was amazed that suddenly my feelings toward certain members of the quorum -- guys I really had a hard time liking -- seemed quite different. I now wanted to help and serve them, get to know them, etc. There are, of course, non-spiritual reasons for such a change, but it was so extreme, and so sustained, that I interpreted it as a gift of the Spirit and a blessing from having been set apart. I have had the same experience when assigned home teaching families who had been strangers to me before. (If only my new feelings toward them had helped me get to see them more dilygently. I guess there's no magic bullet to home teaching faithfulness.)
So -- anyone have similar experiences or thoughts about this?
The Eyring talk is a great one, by the way.
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