Thoughts on 95 days of quarantine.
Yesterday was the longest day of the year, which means that winter has started in the Southern Hemisphere. We have fun enjoying beautiful sunrises and sunsets during sunny, cloudy, windy, and rainy days from the windows of our 20th floor apartment.
This morning, in our weekly devotional an area seventy shared this short video https://www.
from the message “The Voice of the Spirit” given at a BYU devotional on September 5, 1993 by President Faust. This talk resonates true today as it was then. He said: “Some people are seeking to find the abundant life. Paul made it clear that it is the spirit that giveth life. (2 Corinthians 3:6.) Indeed, the Savior said, ‘the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.’ (John 6:63.)
You may ask then, what are the fruits of the Spirit? Paul answered this by saying they are ‘love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance” (Galatians 5:22-23) The joy we seek is not temporary emotional high, but a habitual inner joy learned from long experience and trust in God… Lehi’s teaching to his firstborn son in the wilderness, Jacob, declares: ‘Men are, that they might have joy’ (2 Nephi 2:25.) To achieve this great objective, we must give ear to the voice of the living God.
I wish to testify as a living witness that joy comes through listening to the Spirit, for I have experience it… The adversary tries to smother this voice with a multitude of loud, persistent, persuasive, and appealing voices…you will be barraged by multitudes of voices telling you how to live, how to gratify your passion, how to have it all.
…you will have five hundred channels at your fingertips. There will be all sorts of software, interactive computer modems… desktop publishing, satellite receivers, and communication networks that will suffocate you with information. Everyone will be under more scrutiny. There will be fewer places of refuge and serenity. You will be bombarded with evil and wickedness like no other generation. As I contemplate this prospect, I am reminded of T. S. Eliot’s words, ‘Where is the wisdom we lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
I have suggested a simple solution for selecting the channel to which you will attune yourselves: Listen to and follow the voice of the spirit. This is an ancient solution, even eternal, and may not be popular in a society that is always looking for something new…Learn to ponder the things of the Spirit and to respond to its promptings; filter out the static generated by Satan. I believe and testify that your spirits are special spirits and were reserved until this generation to stand strong against the evil winds that blow, and to stand straight and upright with the heavy burdens that will be placed upon you. I am confident you will be faithful and true to the great trust that is ahead of you.”
I feel strongly that when you listen to the Holy Ghost “the voice of the living God” you will find peace and joy.
Con amor,
Vero
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