Week Links

This old talk was just what I needed.

Great list of ways to keep marriage alive

I will admit I have some favorites (if you hadn't already noticed).  This talk contained my favorite quote this week. "Nor is this primarily for those few in deliberate noncompliance, including some who cast off on intellectual and behavioral bungee cords in search of new sensations, only to be jerked about by the old heresies and the old sins" I love the way that Elder Maxwell really used words, instead of the lazy and limited vocabulary so many of us employ and then wonder why we are often misunderstood. For example, later in this same talk he says "Increased consecration is not so much a demand for more hours of Church work as it is for more awareness of Whose work this really is! For now, consecration may not require giving up worldly possessions so much as being less possessed by them." He had (still has) a reputation for using big words and sometimes being difficult to understand. This quote is proof that he doesn't always use uncommon vocabulary (sure he uses plenty of big words in his talks),  he just uses his words well. And, while I agree Elder Maxwell talks and books may require more concentration to take in, it isn't because he ideas are overly complex but instead because his talks are dense; every word carefully and purposefully placed. If you aren't already an Elder Maxwell fan I hope you will give him a shot. His books have explained truths so perfectly to me; so clearly and so simply. (sorry I am done. I just appreciate his teaching style so very much.)

The Gospel Solutions for Family was especially applicable to be this week. I have been working on more faithful scripture study.

Another talk I enjoyed this week.