“I fear that some members of the Lord’s Church
live far beneath their privileges with regard to the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Some are distracted by the things of the world that block out the influence of
the Holy Ghost, preventing them from recognizing spiritual promptings. This is
a noisy and busy world that we live in.
Remember that being busy is not necessarily being spiritual. If we are not
careful, the things of this world can crowd out the things of the Spirit.
“Some are spiritually deadened and past feeling
because of their choices to commit sin. Others simply hover in spiritual
complacency with no desire to rise above themselves and commune with the
Infinite. If they would open their hearts to the refining influence of this
unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost, a glorious new spiritual dimension would
come to light.
“Their eyes would gaze upon a vista scarcely
imaginable. They could know for themselves things of the Spirit that are
choice, precious, and capable of enlarging the soul, expanding the mind, and
filling the heart with inexpressible joy.”
-
Elder
Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917-2008), The
Unspeakable Gift, GC April 2003
How silently, how diligently
You work for the salvation of men.
Your witness of my life
Written in your heart as with a holy pen.
When face to face one day we meet
I will kneel at your holy feet.
-
CATHRYNE
ALLEN
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