Paisley: Music. Hi everybody. Paisley, imperfect. Here today,
we're going to talk about President Nelson after last
year's October conference. I remember thinking that President
Nelson has given us a lot of really good I call them one
liners. Think celestial be a peacemaker, hear him things like
that. And I was sitting in sacrament meeting one day, and
somebody said one, I think it was like a fast and testimony
meeting or something, and somebody said one of his one
liners. And I was like, you know, President Nelson has given
us a lot of these little nuggets. I wonder what they are.
I can only, I could only think of those three. And so I
happened to have a notebook with me, and I pulled out my
notebook, and I pulled out my phone and a pen, and I started,
I actually started going backwards. And I went to october
2023 so this was before this last April. I went back to
october 2023, and I just started writing down just the names of
his talks. Think celestial peacemakers needed overcome the
world. So I just, I started writing down these names to his
talks. And I wrote them all down going all the way back to April
of 2020, in my notebook. And then sacrament meeting was over
and I had to go teach or something I don't remember, but
the next Sunday, it came up in my mind again. And so I pulled
my book back out, and I started from the first one, from April
of 2020, I started and started moving forward. And so April of
2021, of the the first talk that he gave was called opening the
heavens for help. And I'll get to that here in just a second.
But I I started writing down like I wrote down the name of
the name of the talk, and then I started writing down what some
of the major points of the talks were, because I wanted to try
and find all those one liners. I thought it would be fun to do
some like word art or something for my house. So I started
looking these things up. And it took a while, and then I
realized that handwriting, it was taking me forever, and I can
type way better than I can I can type way faster than I can
write. So I created this Word doc, and I went all the way back
to when President Nelson was actually called and set apart as
the Prophet. And he was called and set apart in January of
2018, and so I started with the April conference of 2018 and at
the time, in April of 2018 I was pregnant with my twins and
experiencing some pretty serious pregnancy brain so the only
thing that I really remember about that was the change in
ministering. And then I did actually remember this quote
right here. This one says, Oops, in coming days, it will not be
possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing,
comforting and constant influence of the Holy Ghost. I
remembered that vaguely how I remembered it was we cannot
survive without the Holy Ghost. That's what stuck in my brain,
that and how excited I was that visiting teaching switched over
to ministering. I think I've mentioned that before, that
visiting teaching just was not my jam. But as soon as that
minute, as soon as I got switched over to ministering, I
was like, this is fantastic. I just have to be somebody's
friend. I can do that. That's so much easier than trying to prep
a message and take a treat and or a handout or whatever. That's
just not my not my style, anyway. So in April of 2018,
what stuck out to me was, we cannot survive without the Holy
Ghost. In coming days, it will not be possible. So for me, I
was like, Ooh, I have a two year an almost two year old, and I'm
pregnant with twins, and I'm not going to be able to survive
spiritually without the Holy Ghost. I need to start working
on that and make sure that I know. I know what he sounds
like. I know what it feels like for myself. Then in October of
2018, a he that's when he kind of launched this home centered
church supported kind of curriculum, if you will. And
what stood out to me was home centered church supported.
That's not exactly how it was stated. Also, I should mention
the way that this word doc is set up is so that the title of
the talk is on the left side, in the left column, and then on the
church's website they have, sorry, I'm trying to pull it up
really quick on the church's website when they. Have a talk
up here at the very top. They have a little blurb that kind of
summarizes what the talk is about. And so when I did this
Word doc, I took the name of the talk and that little blurb and
put those here in this table in October of 2018 so the way that
it was said, the way it stood out to me, right, was home
centered church supported, but the way that it was actually
worded, it is time for a home centered church supported by
what takes place in our branch, Ward and stake buildings in my
brain, in my brain, tomato, tomato. But that may be a
significant difference to somebody else. So I want to make
sure I point that out it is time for a home centered church
supported by what happens in our branches, wards and state
buildings. And I remember thinking, so this is October of
2018 again, I had an almost two year old. My twins were born
about six weeks after this, and so for me, it was kind of like
hole, okay, this all just fell on my shoulders. Sure, yeah,
they're gonna learn things at church, but they're gonna be
songs. They're gonna learn the songs at church. I have to teach
them the stories. I have to teach them the scriptures. I
have to teach them the gospel. So I need to know it. I need to
be prepared. Then he also talks about the sisters participation
in the gathering of Israel, the correct name of the church, and
becoming exemplary Latter Day Saints. If you put those things
together, we need the Holy Ghost so that we can teach the gospel
appropriately, correctly in our homes to our children and
participate in the gathering of Israel under the name of Jesus
Christ. We are doing this in the name of Jesus Christ, and as we
take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ. We have to be come
exemplary Latter Day Saints. All right, so let's move to April of
2019 april 2019 he said, What stood out to me was, come follow
me. We can do better and be better. Was part of the
priesthood session. I think I watched that with my husband. We
can do better. We can be better by following Jesus Christ. And
then October of 2019, what stood out to me was spiritual
treasures. But this is also the time that was part of the
women's session. Maybe that's why it stood out to me. But this
was also when they changed the policy. It's important to note,
it's a policy change, not a doctrine change. They change the
policy to allow for anyone who has a current temple recommend
to witness proxy baptisms and or living and proxy temple
ceilings, and then any baptized member of the church can be a
witness for a live baptism, which was super cool. That's
probably what stuck out to most people. But as I'm pulling all
of this information together in my brain with brand new babies
at this time, my twins are almost a year old. By October of
2019, I am thinking, okay, spiritual treasures. So I gotta
have the Holy Ghost because I gotta teach the gospel in my
home. At this time, I still hadn't figured out how to do the
whole Come follow me thing, and my twins weren't even one like
which means I had three under three. So I was still trying to
figure out. I was still trying to figure out how I was going to
get through Come follow me by myself, let alone teach my kids.
So the spiritual treasures was what stuck out to me, his
priesthood power and my ability to draw upon that as a spiritual
treasure, my ability I don't have to depend on my husband for
it, my ability to draw on that spiritual power, that spiritual
treasure. And then he talks about our how our greatest joy
comes as we help our brothers and sisters, which seems like a
natural progression. As we listen to the Holy Ghost. We
follow Jesus Christ. We want to become more like Him. We start
doing things for other people, start serving others. In april
2020. Was the hear him talk. And I feel like it was said like 100
times in that particular conference, not just by
President Nelson, either. I feel like that was almost like this
rollout of hear him okay. Now you've been working for the last
year and a half, two years, two years, you've been working on
being able to feel the Holy Ghost, being able to receive
your own personal revelation. Now allow yourself to hear Jesus
Christ Himself in that personal revelation that you're receiving
through the Holy Ghost. Uh, in October
of 2020. Was when he said, let God prevail. So when we, when
you put all of that other stuff that we were just talking about,
feeling the Holy Ghost, understanding the Holy Ghost,
rather teaching our families home centered church, church
church supported. When you start pulling all those things
together that can it can add pressure, if you let it. And now
President Nelson is saying, let God prevail. It's okay. Also, we
were coming out of a pandemic ish around this time, and so he
was more it was more specific to that, like, everything is going
to be okay. Let God prevail in your life. It's going to be
fine. And the blurb for that particular talk, are you willing
to let God prevail in your life? It's this one right here. Are
you willing to let God be the most important influence in your
life? And then later on in that same conference, he talks about
the new normal. Was another one of and I that kind of stuck out
to me too, as is one of his one liners. But I was trying to kind
of keep that one out because but he says, I invite you to turn
your heart, mind and soul increasingly to our Heavenly
Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. Let God prevail in your
life. And then April 2021, is almost a little bit of a
reminder. Live life prayerfully. Don't forget to say your
prayers. So you're learning how to you're learning how to feel
the Holy Ghost. You're learning how to teach the gospel in your
home. Don't forget to say your prayers. Live life prayerfully.
What we are learning, we'll never forget. Christ is risen.
Faith in Him will move mountains. Keep your temple
covenants. Those things all for me was live life prayerfully.
And then in October of that same year, he talks about making time
for the Lord. So you're you're praying, you're teaching, you're
doing all these things make sure that you're making time for him,
or maybe he's just reminding us, Hey, you got to come back. You
guys did really, really good for a long time when we first
launched. Come follow me. It's been a little while now, come
on. Let's come back. Make time for the Lord. Also, though I
feel like he really started pushing temples a little bit
before this. But this one, and he's been talking about the,
he's been talking about the, oh my goodness, the covenant path.
See, there's another one liner. He's been talking about that
since the very beginning of his of his current calling as
Prophet. He's been talking about it since January of 2018, keep
on the covenant path. So reminding us, take it, make time
for the Lord, go to the temple. And then in April of 2022, gain
your spiritual momentum, and so and every time I think that, I
think of a rock rolling down a hill and just getting bigger and
bigger and bigger, I guess a snowball is probably more
appropriate. But for me, it's this giant stone, giant round,
like Indiana, Indiana Jones kind of stone, and it's rolling down
a hill, and it's just gaining momentum, and it's getting more
and more powerful. And I don't know what the bottom of the hill
looks like. That hasn't materialized in my brain yet,
but that momentum, that's what that's the that's the spiritual
momentum that he's talking about is gaining and he gives us five
specific actions, which I'm not going to get into right now,
because we're we're only in 2022 and we need to get through April
of 2024 in October of 22 God is the source of all truth. Gain
your spiritual momentum. Are people looking outside? Are we
looking outside the doctrine? Are we looking to outside
sources when we should be looking at inside sources? God
is the source of all truth. We need to be mindful of the
sources that we are using and make sure that they are
approved. But I don't mean church approved. I mean God
approved, which is why you need the Holy Ghost, right? April
2023 choose peace. This is where you talked about peacemakers.
Needed you have your agency to choose contention or
reconciliation. I urge you to choose to be a peacemaker now
and always that one is not always easy for me. And was a
good refresher to look at this. And then the last two for now,
October of 2023 was think celestial. And April of 2024 was
priesthood keys make all things possible. That's what stood out
to me. The name of his talk was rejoice in the gift of
priesthood keys. And then the little blurb, excuse me, on the
talk said. Priesthood keys govern how the priesthood of God
may be used to bring about the Lord's purposes and bless all
who accept the restored gospel. So the priesthood keys govern
it. But if you don't have priesthood keys, it doesn't mean
that you can't draw from the power of the priesthood. There
was a women's conference not too long ago, which we can jump into
another time where he talked about priesthood and women
specifically, and how we can call upon the power of the
priesthood. Think celestial is one of my favorites. He gave
that talk, sitting down, your choices will determine where you
will live throughout eternity, where you will live throughout
eternity, the kind of body with which you will be resurrected,
that phrase stuck out to me a little bit. I'm probably going
to have to do a little bit more research on that. The kind of
body with which you will be resurrected, and those with whom
you will live forever. It all comes from the way that we
think, how we think, what we think, where we think, anyway,
okay, I have been talking now for a while. What is it? 16
minutes? Oh, that's not too bad. But I, I just, I see a lot of
people making comments about President Nelson and about how
he's looking very old. He hurt his back. Everybody's praying
that he'll make it to his 100th birthday party. And birthday
party, I don't think he cares that much about a party,
although, if I was 100 I'd be having a party if I make it to
100 I'm having a party anyway. People are praying and hoping
that he'll make it to his 100th birthday. Wouldn't that be cool?
Also, I saw something today as I was scrolling about how his
birthday card is like the set a Guinness Book of World Records
for the number of submissions, for the number of submissions on
a greeting card, or something like that. So he but he's the
perfect and Heavenly Father. Does this all the time. He's the
perfect prophet for this time. He's the perfect prophet for us
right now, a doctor to get us through covid, President
Hinckley to get us through the sense of humor in President
Hinckley to get us through and just his like happiness, his
jolliness, to get us through some pretty dark times. Heavenly
Father, he knows he knows. He knows. And all of these
messages, if we just boil it down to we cannot survive
without the Holy Ghost. Home centered, church supported. Come
follow me. Spiritual treasures. Hear him. Let God prevail. Live
life. Prayerfully. Make time for the Lord. Gain your spiritual
momentum. God is the source of all truth. Choose peace. Think
celestial and priesthood keys make all things possible. I'm, I
don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to to hearing
what he has to say in October or at his birthday celebration if
he speaks at that. Thank you for hanging out with me. Thanks for
going on this little bit of a journey with me as we just
explore some of President Nelson's talks. And I yeah, I
appreciate your time, and I'll see you later. Thanks so much,
everybody. You.