REXBURG, IDAHO

BYU-Idaho President Kim B. Clark and his wife, Sue, addressed BYU-Idaho students in a devotional Tuesday, Jan. 13 in the school's Hart Auditorium.

Elder Clark, an Area Seventy, encouraged students to become peacemakers.

"I talk today of peace because Heavenly Father wants you to walk in peace," Elder Clark said. "He wants you to establish peace. He wants you to be peacemakers."

Elder Clark outlined three principles of becoming a peacemaker:

First, he taught students to look heavenward. "We look heavenward to find the Savior and peace of conscience," he said. "Peace of conscience can come only from God, through a righteous, obedient life."

Second, Elder Clark said that searching inward helps restore peace of mind during difficult times. "The Savior taught that even those who are firmly grounded in His gospel suffer the storms of mortal life," Elder Clark said. "Though we may have peace of conscience, those storms may rob us of peace of mind and hurt our ability to be peacemakers. But we can learn to 'search inward' and with the help of the Savior restore peace of mind."

Third, Elder Clark exhorted students to reach outward. "We cannot be at peace ourselves, and we cannot be peacemakers unless we reach outward, to bring peace to others," he declared.

Elder Clark concluded his talk by encouraging students to incorporate the principles of becoming a peacemaker into their lives.

"It is Satan who stirs up the hearts of men with anger, and it is Christ the Lord whose doctrine it is that such things should be done away," Elder Clark said. "And so ...in politics, in traffic, in your apartments, at work, wherever you are, the duty of the peacemaker is clear. Do not start the ripple of scorn or ridicule. Do not propagate it when you hear it. Do not retaliate when people attack. Help others resolve their differences, and stop the network of anger and contention dead in its tracks."

In her talk, Sister Clark shared her testimony of a living prophet.

"Today I want to share with you my testimony that we are led by a living prophet. I want all of you to hear my testimony in the hopes that it will strengthen your own. . . .

"It is my prayer that we will sustain President Thomas S. Monson as the prophet by following his counsel and his example. I know that if we do, we will recognize the promptings we receive from heaven, to reach out to those, the Lord desires to bless through us. . . .

"I know that President Monson is a prophet of God. He is our prophet," Sister Clark said. "I know that he leads and guides us by revelation and by example."