Urban Poly Princess

I wish I resolved this stuff with David last night because I need the spirit to share my lesson. I'm going to try to see him before I give it. It is a distraction to me right now.

Focus-Distractions
Serving in the Tongan wards on my mission. Focus required on Sundays-headaches-ANYTHING was a distraction-ACTIVE listening was required

President Hobbs had speakers at stake conference listen to the spirit to decide what to speak on -2 people spoke on distractions-Carol and Bishop Kinner???!!! former bishop, current high councilman.

Both emphasized how distractions-often other good things-can prevent us from doing what is most important right now.

ONE WAY TO ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS AND IDENTIFY PRIORITIES IS THROUGH TEMPLE ATTENDANCE


Boyd K. Packer

At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can 'see' things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known

ANOTHER WAY WE LEARN WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING NOW IS THROUGH DAILY PERSONAL REVELATION
(General Relief Society President Julie Beck-Liahona, May 2010, 10-11)
But with personal revelation, she (or he!!!) can prioritize correctly and navigate this life confidently. The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life

TO HAVE DAILY PERSONAL REVELATION IS TO LIVE WITH THE CONSTANT COMPANIONSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Parley P. Pratt
The gift of the Holy Spirit adapts itself to all these organs or attributes. It quickens all the intellectual faculties, increases, enlarges, expands and purifies all the natural passions and affections, and adapts them, by the gift of wisdom, to their lawful use. It inspires, develops, cultivates and matures all the fine toned sympathies, joys, tastes, kindred feelings and affections of our nature. It inspires virtue, kindness, goodness, tenderness, gentleness and charity. It develops beauty of person, form and features. It tends to health, vigor, animation and social feeling. It develops and invigorates all the faculties of the physical and intellectual man. It strengthens, invigorates and gives tone to the nerves. In short, it is, as it were, marrow to the bone, joy to the heart, light to the eyes, music to the ears, and life to the whole being.