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this post should take approximately five to eight minutes to read from start to finish.
This post is based on April 1985 General Conference talk and it is called, "Set Some Personal Goals" by Spencer W. Kimball. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk. I hope you will be able to learn something new as you read throughout this post.
Spencer W. Kimball mentioned the following; "To be sure your life will be full and abundant, you must plan your life. ..
You may not yet have chosen your business or profession or life’s work, but there are many generalities which you can already set up in your lives, even though you may not yet know whether you will be a lawyer or a doctor or a teacher or an engineer. There are decisions you should already have made or now be making.
What are you going to do in the years between now and your marriage? And what will you do about your marriage? ...
You can decide that now with an irrevocable covenant. You can be a good student; you can use your time properly and efficiently. All the balance of your life you can be happy if you use your time well. ... You can make up your mind this early that you will fill an honorable mission when you reach mission age, and to that end that you will now earn money and save it and invest it for your mission, that you will study and serve and use every opportunity to properly prepare your mind and heart and soul for that glorious period of your life.”
(Ensign, May 1974) ...
And since you will now establish your goal to fill a mission, remember it costs money to go to the various parts of the world and preach the gospel. Remember, then, it is your privilege now to begin to save your money. ... Every time money comes into your hands, through gifts or earnings, set at least a part of it away in a savings account to be used for your mission. The question has been often asked, Is the mission program one of compulsion? And the answer, of course, is no. Everyone is given his free agency. ...
I remind you ... that regardless of your present age, you are building your life; it will be cheap and shoddy or it will be valuable and beautiful; it will be full of constructive activities or it can be destructive; it can be full of joy and happiness, or it can be full of misery. It all depends upon you and your attitudes, for your altitude, or the height you climb, is dependent upon your attitude or your response to situations.” (Ensign, Nov. 1974)
You know what is right and what is wrong. You have all received the Holy Ghost following your baptism. You need no one to brand the act or thought as wrong or right. You know by the Spirit. You are painting your own picture, carving your own statue. It is up to you to make it acceptable. May God bless you ...
I know your Heavenly Father is your true friend. Everything he asks you to do is right and will bring blessings to you and make you manly and strong.” (Ensign, Nov. 1974)
The Lord bless you as you grow year by year to receive the inspiration of the Lord to be able to pass on the glorious blessings of the gospel." If you are interested to read the whole General Conference talk now or in
your own time, here is the link below.
Stay Tuned until next time.
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