Confession: We were on vacation during General Conference & missed it. I truly, dearly missed it. My efforts to faithfully study the conference talks have been spotty & I've missed a few. Tonight, I finally read Elder Ballard's talk "Be Anxiously Engaged." I LOVE it & am inspired by it. As I read his encouraging words to do good, serve others, and to be truly converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ instead of just going through the motions I thought, "I want to do more. How can I recognize needs and act on impressions?" Then, I came to this part:
"How
do we make this change? How do we ingrain this love of Christ into our
hearts? There is one simple daily practice that can make a difference
for every member of the Church, including you boys and girls, you young
men and you young women, you single adults, and you fathers and mothers.
That
simple practice is: In your morning prayer each new day, ask Heavenly
Father to guide you to recognize an opportunity to serve one of His
precious children. Then go throughout the day with your heart full of
faith and love, looking for someone to help. Stay focused, just like the
honeybees focus on the flowers from which to gather nectar and pollen.
If you do this, your spiritual sensitivities will be enlarged and you
will discover opportunities to serve that you never before realized were
possible."
That is solid & concrete. I can do that! I preach it; I sometimes live it. I want to live it every day! I've resolved to have a monthly resolution each month of 2013 instead of one soon forgotten resolution set in January. I think I just found my February resolution.
