A fine member of the Church was talking with a neighbor who
was not of our faith. When the topic of discussion turned to general
conference, the neighbor asked, “You say you have prophets and apostles? And
twice a year in a worldwide conference they reveal the word of God?”
“Absolutely,” the member replied with confidence.
The neighbor thought about that for a moment. He seemed
genuinely interested and then asked, “What did they say in the last general
conference?”
At this point the good member of the Church went from
feeling excited about sharing the gospel to feeling embarrassed. Try as he
might, he couldn’t think of the details of a single talk.
His friend found this troubling and said, “You mean to tell
me that God speaks to man in our day and you can’t remember what He said?”
The brother felt humbled by this exchange. He vowed that he
would do better to remember the words spoken by the Lord’s servants in general
conference.
We all know how hard it is to remember every message of
general conference, and I’m confident that we need not be embarrassed if we
don’t remember everything. Nevertheless, there are messages in each general
conference given as a gift and a blessing from heaven specifically for our
personal life situations.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “General Conference – No
Ordinary Blessing,” Ensign, Sept
2011, 4-5.
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