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This post focuses on a April 2015 General Conference talk, and it is called "If You Will Be Responsible" by Elder Jorge F. Zeballos. This post is part two. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk.
Elder Zeballos has mentioned the following; "3. Acting Accordingly
After learning our duty and making the decisions that are associated with that learning and understanding, we must act accordingly. A powerful example of the firm determination to meet His commitment with His Father comes from the Savior’s experience of having a man sick with palsy brought to Him to be healed.
... We know that the Atonement of Jesus Christ is essential to receiving forgiveness for our sins ... The path that we have chosen to walk is narrow. Along the way are challenges that will require our faith in Jesus Christ and our best efforts to stay on the path and press forward.
We need to repent and be obedient and patient, even if we do not understand all the circumstances that surround us. We must forgive others and live in accordance with what we have learned and with the choices we have made.
4. Willingly Accepting the Father’s Will
Discipleship requires us not only to learn our duty, make correct decisions, and act in accordance with them, but also essential is our developing the willingness and the ability to accept God’s will, even if it does not match our righteous desires or preferences.
... The leper did not demand anything, even though his desires might have been righteous; he was simply willing to accept the will of the Lord. Some years ago a dear, faithful couple who are friends of mine were blessed with the arrival of a long-yearned-for son, for whom they had been praying for a long time.
That home was filled with joy while our friends and their daughter, who was their only other child back then, enjoyed the company of the newly arrived little boy. One day, however, something unexpected happened: the little boy, who was only about three years old, suddenly went into a coma.
As soon as I learned of the situation, I called my friend to express our support at that difficult time. But his reply was a lesson to me. He said, “If it is the Father’s will to take him to Him, then it is all right with us.” My friend’s words contained not the slightest degree of complaint, rebelliousness, or discontent.
Quite the contrary, all I could feel in his words was gratitude to God for having allowed them to enjoy their little son for that brief time, as well as his total willingness to accept the Father’s will for them. A few days later, that little one was taken to his celestial mansion.
Let us press forward by learning our duty, making correct decisions, acting according to those decisions, and accepting the will of our Father. ... Over time, I have come to understand that the condition he gave me to be responsible for that decision meant being responsible to my Heavenly Father and seeking my own salvation and that of my fellowmen, thereby becoming more as my Father expects and wants me to become. ..."
If you would like to read the whole talk either now or in your own time, here is the link below.
Stay Tuned until next time.
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