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Blessed Are the Peacemakers\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Danny Frost<\/p>\n

President Dallin H. Oaks again turned to the topic of peacemaking\u2014a key part of his teachings, as well as those of <\/span>President Russell M. Nelson<\/span><\/a>. The repeated prophetic calls for peacemaking suggest that this is one of the key issues of our time. Christians should know better than to indulge in the contempt and hostility that are all around us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I appreciated how President Oaks indicated that peacemaking often means doing several things well at once: showing love and compassion for those who are different from us even as we stand up for the truth as we understand it. President Oaks also emphasized that personal virtue must be at the core of enduring peace. He noted that missionaries act as peacemakers when they “preach repentance from personal corruption, greed, and oppression, because only by individual reformation can an entire society eventually rise above such evils.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Peacemaking can include many other things such as bishops’ efforts to help marriages and resolve personal conflicts, service to others, reducing suffering, increasing understanding between groups, and raising children (including foster children). Peacemakers heal and uplift. President Oaks’ closing words are a powerful invitation to be better peacemakers: “Let us follow Him by forgoing contention and by using the language and methods of peacemakers. In our families and other personal relationships, let us avoid what is harsh and hateful. Let us seek to be holy, like our Savior.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Charity and Enduring to the End<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Anna Bryner<\/p>\n

Elder David A. Bednar delivered a great insight about how “enduring to the end is linked inextricably to the spiritual gift of charity.” He taught that “charity is the very essence of the end toward which we are enduring: becoming new creatures in Christ.” In other words, charity is not only a spiritual gift that will help us endure to the end, but the very substance of the kind of person we are to become: one who “<\/span>suffereth<\/span><\/a> long, and is <\/span>kind,<\/span> and <\/span>envieth <\/span>not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily <\/span>provoke<\/span>d,<\/span> thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought Elder Bednar’s talk paired well with President Dallin H. Oaks’ talk about relating to one another as children of God. This is the practical work of charity\u2014to allow Christ’s love and righteous desires to fill our hearts and transform the way we interact with others. Peacemaking can start in each of our hearts as we seek the spiritual gift of charity from the Father.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faith Through the Highs and Lows<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lauren Yarro<\/p>\n

President Emily Belle Freeman shared a powerful perspective that both our good days and our hard days are part of God\u2019s plan. In her talk, she uses Peter\u2019s story to show that faith isn\u2019t built in one defining moment, but over time through both the highs and the lows of life. Peter had moments of bold testimony and moments of fear and failure, and he still became who the Lord needed him to be. President Freeman reminds us that Christ is not distant in our hardest moments. He is right there with us, strengthening us and reminding us that our worst days are not the end of our story.<\/span><\/p>\n

I needed the reminder that both the best days and the <\/span>worst days<\/span><\/a> are shaping us into who the Lord needs us to become. She taught that holding onto the eternal truths and the promised blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ allows us to draw upon the power of God in our lives. Her closing reminder was that \u201cjoy is not the absence of sorrow in your life. It is the presence of Jesus Christ in your life.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ministering in the Savior\u2019s Way<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Amanda Freebairn<\/p>\n

This general conference was a reminder to me of the many storms the people around us are facing. Elder Ronald A. Rasband shared about the short life of his grandson who was born with chromosomal abnormalities. President Emily Belle Freeman explained that recently, during the excitement of planning her daughter\u2019s wedding, her beloved husband found out his cancer had returned. Elder Thierry K. Motumbo told the story of losing four children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But along with these heartbreaking stories emerged a theme of love and <\/span>ministering<\/span><\/a>, and the impact ministering can have on the lives of those we minister to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sister Kristen Yee shared that her father, who had been at one point emotionally abusive, began to heal through the Savior when a ministering couple invited him to attend the temple weekly. She also explained that \u201cministering by the Spirit invites the Spirit into our lives and the lives of those we minister to. I often find peace, clarity, healing and purpose when I minister. I find the Savior when I minister. This is by divine design.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both President Dallin H. Oaks and Sister Yee testified that through the Savior, we can come to love in ways that we never thought possible. Elder Patrick Kearon said since his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, \u201cI\u2019ve learned that I can love even more\u2026We don\u2019t serve people we really love, rather, we come to love people as we serve them.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

President D. Todd Christofferson taught that as we cultivate the pure love of Christ, lift and minister to others, and exercise devotion to the will of God, we can little by little enact change in the world. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe tend to underestimate the influence of Christlike individuals in the world. But working one by one has always been Jesus\u2019 approach to a changing society and establishing his kingdom. It is the aggregation of individual choices over time that forms and changes societies for good or ill. No one of us alone can change the world but each of us can have an influence in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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