Now is the time to prepare~

Today in church there was a conference talk handed out from Elder Henry B. Eyring from October 2005 titled: Spiritual Preparedness: Start Early and Be Steady. I needed this talk, we all need to read this talk.
He talks about being prepared for storms and not the hurricanes and tsunamis, but our own personal storms. This is a quote from his talk that I felt was very powerful and something we all need to be reminded of. He says, "What we will need in our day of testing is a spiritual preparation. It is to have developed faith in Jesus Christ so powerful that we can pass the test of life upon which everything for us in eternity depends...

We will need to have developed and nurtured faith in Jesus Christ long before Satan hits us, as he will, with doubts and appeals to our carnal desires and with lying voices saying that good is bad and that there is no sin. Those spiritual storms are already raging. We can expect that they will worsen until the Savior returns.

However much faith to obey God we now have, we will need to strengthen it continually and keep it refreshed constantly. We can do that by deciding now to be more quick to obey and more determined to endure. Learning to start early and to be steady are the keys to spiritual preparation. "

I love this talk. As Matt and I continue our journey for peace, I know that I have to be prepared for more disappointment and rejection. But I can also prepare myself for the blessings that are going to come from being true and enduring to the end. Everyday we have choices to make. As in President Eyring's talk, I will try harder to, "Start Early and Be Steady."

Throughout the past 2 years I have learned what it is I truly want in this life...I want to be in the present of my Savior once again and have Him say, "Well done." I hope I am living my life in such a way that that will be my eternal reward. Then I will have found peace.