Mountains to Climb

Charisse is in Cali for the weekend, so you get to hear from me (Melissa) once more.  Charisse went to the homecoming of her Mission President.  So fun!  She is having a blast.  

Today I wanted to touch on the "Mountains to Climb" talk by President Henry B. Eyring.  You can find the whole talk here. It is a wonderful talk that I have read multiple times since it was given in April. Yesterday in Relief Society we talked about this talk.  

But before I get into that I want to touch on how incredible out sacrament meeting was.  We had our second counselor's mother and sister talk.  First his sister spoke of her challenges when she was a young single adult.  Hers of course were similar and different than ours.  She was born with Cerebral Palsy and has used a walker or crutches her whole life.  She talked about how she wanted so bad to be a wife and mother.  She told of her struggles, but how eventually she found someone who loved all of her and how she was then able to have 2 children and adopt 2 children.  She had the most incredible spirit about her, I loved it!  She mentioned at the end that the Lord really does know us and knows what we are capable of, and that we shouldn't let fear or insecurities or handicaps hold us back from becoming our best self.

Next her mother spoke of how by the age of 26 she had lost both her parents, two children, and her husband.  She was left to raise a special needs child and a son all by herself.  But she spoke of how we are never alone and that prayer is where we can turn for everything!  She was an amazing lady who has been through some very trying times.  

Now to the talk...I love this talk!  He begins by talking about Pres. Kimball and how he had prayed for mountains to climb.  He had prayed for challenges!  As if life isn't hard enough already.  He then goes into talk about how he did the same, and how much her learned from the challenges that were ahead. 

Some of my favorite quotes from this talk:

"Our choosing the right consistently whenever the choice is placed before us creates the solid ground under our faith. It can begin in childhood since every soul is born with the free gift of the Spirit of Christ. With that Spirit we can know when we have done what is right before God and when we have done wrong in His sight.

Those choices, hundreds in most days, prepare the solid ground on which our edifice of faith is built. The metal framework around which the substance of our faith is poured is the gospel of Jesus Christ, with all its covenants, ordinances, and principles."

"If we have faith in Jesus Christ, the hardest as well as the easiest times in life can be a blessing."

Hope you all enjoyed your Sunday!