Sunday Morning Session: Sister Patricia P. Pinegar
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"Let us rejoice in the blessings of peace, hope, and direction, blessings that so many of our Father's children do not enjoy. When we experience these great blessings in our own lives, let us help others experience them also, especially the children. To paraphrase the words of the Savior, 'When thou art converted, strengthen' thy children."
What are some specific things we can do to have these blessings of peace, hope and direction in our lives? "May I share with you three things that have helped me."
First, we must have complete trust in our Heavenly Father's plan of happiness and our Savior's part in that plan.
"Trusting in his plan gave me peace during the time following our son's death. I knew where our son was, and I knew Heavenly Father loved him. I had a perfect hope that because of the Savior's Atonement, Cory lived, and we would be together again as an eternal family. I also had direction. I knew what I needed to do and what our family needed to do to be together forever"
The second thing is the principle of courageous obedience.
"The third thing we can do to receive these blessings of peace, hope and direction is to learn to respond to the prompting of the Holy Ghost and acknowledge to the Lord our gratitude for this great gift.
If our primaries are full of the knowledge of the Lord, if our homes are full of the knowledge of the Lord, there will be peace and righteousness, and the children would not be hurt in any way.
"Our homes and our Primaries will be full of the knowledge of the Lord when we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ."
The blessings of peace, hope and direction are only three of the many ways my life is blessed because of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
