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  Hello Family, I’ll keep this short today. I just wanted to send a couple of thoughts that stood out to me this past week as I re-listened to the talks given by President Holland and Elder Kearon this past conference. Both thoughts have reference to where we are currently in our own personal discipleship. The first was from President Holland who was quoting Richard L. Evans 60 years ago: “Many of us profess to be Christians, yet we … do not take Him seriously. … We respect Him, but we don’t follow Him. … We quote His sayings, but we don’t live by them.” “We admire Him, but we don’t worship Him.” This quote should give us all pause as we consider where we currently stand in our personal quest to follow the Savior. Graham talked about this yesterday in our Come Follow Me. That we must each be vigilant not to fall into the trap of “going through the motions.” The second thought came from Elder Kearon’s message,  Receive His Gift. Referencing our divine identity he...

  This week I wanted to focus our attention more closely on Elder Bednar’s most recent conference address,  The Times of Restitution of All Things .  We often joke with each other that we should avoid the “back of the bus” or to stay out of “the weeds” when discussing or studying gospel topics. But in reality, as we consider those we know who have gotten “lost” in the weeds we can all agree it is no laughing matter. For our own spiritual saftey and the safety of our families going forward, we should frequently check ourselves, making sure our focus of learning and study is on the doctrine of Christ, and His life, teachings, and mission. I think that is what resonated most with me as I listened and studied Elder Bednar’s talk. He said regarding the Restoration of the Church, “I have attempted to summarize  basic  elements of the most important and glorious “good news” any person anywhere in the world can ever receive—the message that the Lord Jesus Christ has res...