conference roundup...

here's some of my favorite bits of wisdom i gleaned from this fall's general conference...

• continue in faith despite disappointments.
• take care of the essential things that will save you. prioritize.
• in due time, you will receive all the blessings of the faithful. your time without will seem "but a small moment."
• the Lord loves you. he knows your hopes and your disappointments. He will not forget you.
• the Lord loves each of His children perfectly, individually, and personally.
• bear one another's burdens. comfort those in need of comfort. mourn with those that mourn.
• appearances can be deceiving...such a poor measure of a person.
• "if you judge people, you have no time to love them."

• you are individually loved by God. no one of you is insignificant.
• we do not need to be perfect, just honest and sincere.
• follow the prophet and be blessed, or not and suffer.
• true success comes in consecrating our lives to the Lord.
• all honest work is the work of God.
• focus on the things that matter most.
• in the family, love is spelled t-i-m-e.

• choose faith. choose faith over doubt. choose faith over fear. choose faith over uncertainty. choose faith over pessimism.
• our very salvation hangs on following the prophet.
• approached with faith, challenges can bring us closer to the Savior.
• character is not developed in times of trial...that is when it is intended to be used.
• be thankful that God sometimes allows you to struggle for a long time, for that is when your faith grows.

• lack of trust in God brings sadness.
• moral standards cannot be changed by battle or by ballot.
• strengthen your faith daily through scripture study and prayer.
• do we focus on what we lack rather than what we have? how careful we should be to cultivate, through a prayerful life, and attitude of thankfulness.

• these daily habits are prerequisites to receiving the Holy Ghost--praying, studying, gathering, worshiping.
• establish righteous habits in the home--family prayer, family scripture study, family home evening, family dinner, one-on-one interviews.
• lift your vision daily.
• how will our names be remembered?
• "i can do all things through Christ"