Change

President James E. Faust
The Power to Change
(President Faust prepared this article in the months before his passing on August 10, 2007)


I couldn't get enough of this article.
Lately I've been addicted to President Faust.
He is my most favorite apostle of all time.

I loved his tenderness.
His shaky emotional voice.
His sweet words that always comforted me so.

I miss him so much.

This talk meant a lot to me because I am going through a true refiner's fire right now.
Trying to be better.
Trying to live better.
Trying to feel better.

It's totally what I needed.

Here are some highlights of his talk...parts that caught my heart's attention the most:

"We can decide to do better and to be better".

"We are in this life for the spirit to gain control over the body rather than the other way around".

"We begin by making a decision to change".

"We must desire with all our hearts, minds, and strength to overcome (these) harmful addictions".

"Each new day that dawns can be a new day for us to begin to change. We can change our environment. We can change our lives by substituting new habits for old. We can mold our character and future by purer thoughts and nobler actions. As someone once put it, “The possibility of change is always there, with its hidden promise of peace, happiness, and a better way of life".