I love General Conference! We lovingly refer to it in our house as "pajama church". We stay in our pj's and eat cinnamon rolls while watching. This weekend however, I decided to paint the living room, so we had our cinnamon rolls, I turned on conference on the radio and got to work.
The painting took both days and it looks fabulous! The focal point of this post however, is not my painted living room, but my favorite conference talk. It came on as I was just finishing up my project on Sunday afternoon, I didn't recognize the speaker but his words caught my attention, so much that I stopped what I was doing and turned on the TV so that I could watch the remainder of the talk. The speaker was a member of the seventy, Elder Lynn G. Robbins and he spoke about parenting and what kind of parent to be. The quote that really grabbed me was when he was talking about challenging children being a blessing and a way to become more Godlike, and said "could it be possible that you need this child as much as this child needs you?" Naturally I thought first of my little Ryler, and then of Taevin and Kalei and was reminded that I do need these kids, probably more than they need me. As parents we learn things that we never could from any other position in life and although they are hard lessons to learn, I'm hoping to be a better person in the end.
I won't quote the rest of the talk but it was fantastic and I highly recommend taking a minute to watch or read it. There is some great perspective to be gained from this insightful man.
http://lds.org/general-conference/watch/2011/04?lang=eng&vid=883477030001&cid=7
The painting took both days and it looks fabulous! The focal point of this post however, is not my painted living room, but my favorite conference talk. It came on as I was just finishing up my project on Sunday afternoon, I didn't recognize the speaker but his words caught my attention, so much that I stopped what I was doing and turned on the TV so that I could watch the remainder of the talk. The speaker was a member of the seventy, Elder Lynn G. Robbins and he spoke about parenting and what kind of parent to be. The quote that really grabbed me was when he was talking about challenging children being a blessing and a way to become more Godlike, and said "could it be possible that you need this child as much as this child needs you?" Naturally I thought first of my little Ryler, and then of Taevin and Kalei and was reminded that I do need these kids, probably more than they need me. As parents we learn things that we never could from any other position in life and although they are hard lessons to learn, I'm hoping to be a better person in the end.
I won't quote the rest of the talk but it was fantastic and I highly recommend taking a minute to watch or read it. There is some great perspective to be gained from this insightful man.
http://lds.org/general-conference/watch/2011/04?lang=eng&vid=883477030001&cid=7
Hey! I have to say that I did the exact same thing as you. I was making pajama pants and when this talk came on I stopped, watched, and listened. Excellent talk!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE Conference! I also loved that talk. It was very touching.
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