040624, Saturday, Journal Entry - Eric Bednar called to The Seventy, Tenth Quorum

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Book of Mormon reading: 1 Nephi 2

Journal Entry 

Today is General Conference. I noticed in yesterday's Church News that Eric Bednar has been called as an Area Authority Seventy. I served as Executive Secretary in the Crestwood Second Ward Bishopric with him when he was our Bishop and we are friends to this day. He has been the stake president in Crestwood Stake for the last few years. He is one of the best men I have ever known and through him I was able to spend time with and somewhat get to know his dad, Elder David A. Bednar. To the right is my text exchange with Eric.

Come Follow Me 

Jacob 4:10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.

"Some misunderstand the promises of God to mean that obedience to Him yields specific outcomes on a fixed schedule…God will indeed honor His covenants and promises to each of us. We need not worry about that. The atoning power of Jesus Christ, who descended below all things and then ascended on high and who possesses all power in heaven and in earth, ensures that God can and will fulfill His promises. It is essential that we honor and obey His laws, but not every blessing predicated on obedience to law is shaped, designed, and timed according to our expectations. We do our best but must leave to Him the management of blessings, both temporal and spiritual."

Elder D. Todd Christofferson Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, April 2022

“I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.”

― Mother Teresa