1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,520 Welcome to Closer to Christ Through Conference, where two friends who love Jesus share their 2 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,280 own approach to studying general conference. 3 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:14,600 Hey, Abby, how are you today? 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:15,600 I'm so good. 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:16,600 How are you? 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:17,600 Good. 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:18,600 Thanks for being here. 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,880 So today we're going to talk about Elder Uchtdorf's talk, and it's a higher joy. 9 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:26,440 Now, Abby, what is something right now that you're doing in your life that is bringing 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:27,440 joy to you? 11 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:28,440 Just something simple. 12 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,120 I love camping stuff. 13 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,120 Love campfires. 14 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,200 Love my hair smelling like smoke, but not camping. 15 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:36,200 People will testify of this. 16 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,960 I just hang out as late as I can stay up and then I get home to my own cozy bed. 17 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,120 Love time with my family. 18 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:44,120 Loving sunsets right now. 19 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:45,120 It's bad. 20 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,520 There's a few fires around, so they're making some brilliant sunsets. 21 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:48,520 They really are. 22 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,760 I love flowers, like making arrangements of flowers. 23 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:52,760 I love music. 24 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,720 Is that a good enough list? 25 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:55,840 Love it. 26 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,840 That's all the stuff in the last 24 hours that I've loved. 27 00:00:58,840 --> 00:00:59,840 I know, right? 28 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:00,840 It's hard to choose. 29 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:01,840 That's those. 30 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:02,840 What about you? 31 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:03,840 I am loving summer. 32 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,480 It makes me so happy to see all the green and the blue and all the animals out. 33 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,680 I love stepping out on my porch in the morning and just being mindful. 34 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:17,440 I'm just quiet and I look at the sun and the ripples of the water with the light touching. 35 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:18,600 I just love everything about it. 36 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:19,600 So I'm loving that. 37 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,800 I love taking walks in the morning. 38 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,960 I love setting a table. 39 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:28,960 I love yoga and I'm loving being with my animals. 40 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:33,320 And when I get back from my walk each day, there's one in particular, one of the lambs 41 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:34,720 that we had in February. 42 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:35,880 Her name's Maggie. 43 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:40,360 She waits for me and I just snuggle on her and she puts her head on my shoulder and we 44 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,280 snuggle for like five minutes. 45 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:43,760 It's the cutest thing ever. 46 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,400 Anyway, simple joys, right? 47 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:46,400 Simple. 48 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:51,840 That's a good way to walk us into a talk that's going to eventually get us to the topic of 49 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:52,840 a higher joy. 50 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:53,840 Love it. 51 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:54,840 Okay. 52 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:55,840 All right. 53 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,880 So he starts out and I love it too. 54 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,160 Elder Updorf said, I didn't hear anything about aviation is what he kept hearing. 55 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:02,600 So he threw us a bone. 56 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:03,600 Were you guilty? 57 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,200 Did you think that last time we talked in conference, you're like, what? 58 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Yeah. 59 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:08,200 When's he going to throw it in, right? 60 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,200 Yeah. 61 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,920 So he starts and he talks about, was about 120 years ago when Wilbur and Orville Wright 62 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:17,760 first lifted off and flew over the sands of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 63 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,960 It was dangerous, but it changed history. 64 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,720 And then he talked about how that was, you know, flying was very risky in those days. 65 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,500 Their father, Milton was terrified of losing his sons in a flying accident. 66 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:31,000 So he made them promise that they would never fly together. 67 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,800 This promise was kept. 68 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,880 And the only exception was seven years after the first flight when the brothers did lift 69 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,000 off together. 70 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,120 And then this is the part I love. 71 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,960 After landing, they convinced their father to take his first and only flight and to see 72 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,000 for himself what it was like. 73 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,500 As the plane lifted from the ground, the 82 year old Milton got so caught up in the exhilaration 74 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:56,000 of flight that all fear left him, Orville rejoiced as his father shouted with delight, 75 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,560 higher Orville, higher. 76 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:03,160 So then he talks about, you know, the reason the aviation occasionally is in his talks 77 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,980 is that he knows a little something of what the Wrights felt. 78 00:03:05,980 --> 00:03:10,720 The Wrights brothers first flight opened doors of adventure, wonder and pure joy into Elder 79 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,160 Uhtdor's life. 80 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,320 So that's the thing that probably brings him really great joy. 81 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:17,320 Right? 82 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:18,320 Yeah. 83 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,920 And then you open the talk with asking what brings joy in our own lives after contemplating 84 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:25,960 the words he shared and thinking about some of the things that bring joy in your life, 85 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:26,960 my life. 86 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,280 You know, why do those things bring us joy? 87 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,440 Why did that list come to mind? 88 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,760 For me, I feel like it's when I notice God's hand in my life. 89 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,200 I'm literally just noticing what he's already put there for me. 90 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:39,200 That's my answer. 91 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,920 It's almost like a gratitude list. 92 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:41,960 It is, right? 93 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,880 The things that bring me joy, things I'm grateful for, like list those at the end of the day. 94 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:46,880 Amen. 95 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:47,880 Yeah. 96 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,240 I was in the air last week. 97 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,240 I'm not like a huge traveler. 98 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,880 I love travel, but don't do it a ton. 99 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,720 But I was traveling and preparing for this talk, knowing that when I got home that we 100 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:00,560 would be recording and looking out the window and looking at the clouds and looking at the 101 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,160 perspective that you get from so high up. 102 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:07,240 And I thought you certainly could get 30 years worth of conference talks from the seat of 103 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,240 a plane. 104 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,240 Amen. 105 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,240 Just for him. 106 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:11,240 Perspective alone, right? 107 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:12,240 Right. 108 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,200 But on top of the perspective, it's that quiet contemplative time that you can just reflect 109 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,440 and you can make connections to gospel principles. 110 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:18,440 Oh yeah. 111 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,800 So because I was thinking that, I was thinking, what things am I doing in my life that are 112 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,000 bringing me joy? 113 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,600 And is it because it connects me closer to Jesus Christ and my father? 114 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,600 Absolutely. 115 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:29,840 Or heavenly parents? 116 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:32,680 Because like some of these things that I do, I definitely feel a connection to mother more 117 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:33,680 than father. 118 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,680 Probably with the flower arranging. 119 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:36,680 For sure. 120 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:37,680 Things that are beautiful. 121 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,880 Things that are soft and tender. 122 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:44,480 Like when I'm doing projects with my husband, I'm feeling more like I'm bonding in a different 123 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:45,480 way. 124 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,080 When I'm creating beauty, that's time with my heavenly mother, for sure. 125 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,080 I love that. 126 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:55,640 But it's meant to bring joy, like glimpses of joy. 127 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,800 What I want to say is as we get into this talk, it's to point the difference between 128 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,560 these things. 129 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,840 They're not bad, but they're fleeting. 130 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:07,280 The sunset eventually dissipates into the darkness of night, right? 131 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:09,480 Or flowers will wither and die. 132 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:10,960 The snow will come again. 133 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:11,960 The snow will come. 134 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,960 There won't always be summer in Star Valley. 135 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:20,240 And then he'll teach us how to achieve higher joy based off of the feelings that we get 136 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,360 when we know we've experienced just like awesome snapshots of joy. 137 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:25,360 Absolutely. 138 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,240 Also, you know, really quick, as you say that, Abby, it's almost like he's, you know, the 139 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:33,000 sunsets and the projects with your husband and music and flower arranging. 140 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,960 It's almost like he's giving us a glimpse of what can be forever. 141 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,320 Just the feeling of joy that we feel, but it's like a fleeting thing. 142 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,600 And it's almost like it's something that it builds our trust in him and his character. 143 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,160 You're like, I trust him. 144 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,160 You've helped me feel joy in this moment. 145 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:51,640 How can I feel it more abundantly? 146 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:52,640 Yeah. 147 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:53,680 So I believe you with covenants, right? 148 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:54,680 Things like that. 149 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:55,680 Let's quote him directly. 150 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,320 He says, and yet as amazing as that joy is, so picture the joy that you feel in one of 151 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,480 those amazing things that you are experiencing in your life right now. 152 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,240 There is an even higher kind of joy. 153 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:09,160 Today in the spirit of Milton writes, delight, delighted cry higher or will hire. 154 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,920 I'd like to speak about this higher joy. 155 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:16,080 So it really prepares us for the more the heavenly fathers always wanted to give us 156 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,280 more abundantly. 157 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:19,560 So he's awesome. 158 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:24,000 He must have followed the template because he already provided us with the questions 159 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 to ask. 160 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,480 He says, what is higher joy? 161 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,160 Where does it come from? 162 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,520 He says, how does it enter our hearts and how can we experience higher joy in greater 163 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:34,520 measure? 164 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,920 And if we get all the way to the end of this talk, he also gives us action items. 165 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,920 So we'll save those for another minute. 166 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,480 Still we have time to stew on this awesome talk. 167 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,080 So what is higher joy? 168 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,040 Where does it come from? 169 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,560 He suggested it comes from devoting our lives to our heavenly father and his beloved son. 170 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:50,940 100% agree. 171 00:06:50,940 --> 00:06:57,160 So not just things that bring us immediate joy and add to our happiness. 172 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,480 It's like another layer. 173 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:03,640 It's stuff that binds us closer to heavenly father and his son and maybe helps others 174 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:04,640 on that path. 175 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,640 Does that seem like higher joy? 176 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:08,920 A good definition. 177 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,560 I went into a kind of pop over. 178 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:17,000 I did like a footnote search and he talked about how 2,400 years ago, so just before, 179 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,800 just a few years before me and you, Aristotle observed that happiness is one thing all humans 180 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,520 desire most. 181 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,320 In his treatise, Nicodemian Ethics, he taught that the greatest good in life is the thing 182 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:32,960 we pursue as an end itself, as opposed to things we pursue that are like one step closer 183 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,920 to the thing that's going to bring us more happiness. 184 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:35,920 Totally. 185 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:36,920 Always pursuing. 186 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:37,920 Right. 187 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:38,920 It's just such a thing. 188 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:44,120 We always desire happiness for its own sake and never as a means to something else. 189 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,120 Amen. 190 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,120 Love that. 191 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,120 I was like, yes. 192 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,360 He's talking about living in the moment. 193 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:50,360 Being very present. 194 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:51,360 Yeah. 195 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:52,640 Yes, very in the moment. 196 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,440 So he says it goes without saying that everyone wants to be happy. 197 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,720 Nevertheless, it also goes without saying that not everyone is happy. 198 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,340 Sadly, it seems that for many people, happiness is hard to find. 199 00:08:02,340 --> 00:08:08,580 So he wants to talk about joy, but he recognizes that because this life is presented with so 200 00:08:08,580 --> 00:08:12,200 many challenges, the good and the bad come together. 201 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,040 And sometimes all we see is the bad. 202 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,040 It's hard to feel joy. 203 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,120 How can we find a higher joy if we don't even feel joy? 204 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:19,120 That's really hard. 205 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,120 So he wants to tackle that. 206 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,000 Don't you think that this is a tool Satan's using, like, especially right now? 207 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 For sure. 208 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:31,760 So, you know, maybe he can make you feel what you think is joy with drugs or alcohol. 209 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:36,840 Yeah, he can mimic happiness and joy because you get this feeling. 210 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:37,840 But it's true. 211 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:38,840 It's fleeting. 212 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,700 You have to have like the next hit, the next drink, you know. 213 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:45,640 And so we could come up with a list of things, but I don't think I need to. 214 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,660 You can come up with a list that's present in your own life. 215 00:08:49,660 --> 00:08:54,280 But if you think back on it, you think it should resonate with you that, yes, I do think 216 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,360 that joy might be the word that I associated with, or that makes me happy. 217 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:03,680 But how long did that last before you were looking for the next thing? 218 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:09,040 So when those things that we'd have to put in the category of fleeting joy dominate our 219 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:14,120 lives, Satan's been successful in his efforts. 220 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:23,640 If we're searching for joy and we think we find it, but it's in a vice, then I mean, 221 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:24,640 it's not lasting. 222 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:25,640 So it was never meant for. 223 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,920 Well, I don't know that that's not that's not exactly true. 224 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,840 If we put all of our hope in that kind of joy that we're always searching for the next 225 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,960 thing, he succeeded because we're settling for second best. 226 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:37,960 Absolutely. 227 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,600 And also, as President Nelson has said, you're never going to be fine. 228 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,960 You're never going to find happiness if you're looking in places that don't provide it. 229 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:49,060 So it's like a constant spinning your wheels and nothing's really happening. 230 00:09:49,060 --> 00:09:51,800 You might think that you're in pursuit of it, but you're not ever going to find it there. 231 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:52,800 Thank you. 232 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:53,800 That is a good visual. 233 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,920 I can see that like the spinning the wheel. 234 00:09:55,920 --> 00:10:00,200 So what I've noticed, I think a lot of people are noticing it. 235 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:08,760 Satan is tapping into that mental health challenges as like a way to block people from from joy 236 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:09,760 right now. 237 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:16,320 And I think President Uchtdorf really wanted to hit like recognize that is not an easy 238 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:17,520 thing to overcome. 239 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,980 But sometimes it sometimes you can work through those things on your own. 240 00:10:20,980 --> 00:10:22,580 Sometimes it's going to take a mental health professional. 241 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:25,040 Sometimes it's going to take medication, whatever it's going to take. 242 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:29,040 That's the utmost priority is to make it possible to fill joy in your life. 243 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,040 Right. 244 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,640 And when those it takes all three, it does, you know, you know what, what takes, you know, 245 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,600 how high, how hard is it? 246 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,560 Maybe it just takes one thing, but sometimes you need all three of them. 247 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:44,280 And I think Satan's tool is to make you feel like, like lesser than if you if you have 248 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,400 to go the route of getting some professional help. 249 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:47,720 There's a stigma still. 250 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:48,720 Yeah. 251 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,440 So he takes advantage of it and makes you try to feel like a failure for seeking professional 252 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,720 help, and then maybe you're forced to suffer in silence. 253 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:59,120 So something that could have maybe resolved itself pretty quickly becomes this like years 254 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,040 of hidden pain and suffering. 255 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,600 Anytime he can get us to suffer in silence with shame, then he's one. 256 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,120 Anytime we bring it to light and turn to Christ, we're going to win. 257 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:11,120 Right. 258 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,160 Think about back in the garden, he wanted Adam and Eve to be ashamed of something and 259 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,200 they wanted to hide that. 260 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:17,200 That's his best. 261 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,480 Heavenly Father Jesus Christ want us to be out in the open on those things. 262 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:25,040 Yeah, and then they can help us with they can cover those things. 263 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,040 Not hiding. 264 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,000 Hiding doesn't cover them, doesn't take care of them in that way. 265 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:34,340 So just wanted to reemphasize the point that he made. 266 00:11:34,340 --> 00:11:37,600 These issues are so complicated. 267 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,200 They might need some extra help. 268 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,920 Maybe it's something you can work out on your own with some tools that are provided to you. 269 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,980 Maybe a friendship, you know, a different relationship in your life can help pull you 270 00:11:46,980 --> 00:11:54,000 out of that sorrow, but hopefully we're talking to somebody that thinks that they have to 271 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,740 hide behind, hide in that and put on just a happy face for everybody. 272 00:11:58,740 --> 00:11:59,740 Not worth it. 273 00:11:59,740 --> 00:12:01,420 Yes, we're talking to you. 274 00:12:01,420 --> 00:12:03,820 You don't have to bring it out into the open. 275 00:12:03,820 --> 00:12:05,000 Don't let Satan win that battle. 276 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,800 Let Heavenly Father Jesus Christ take care of that. 277 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,920 And if you're not exactly sure which step to take, ask them if you know, give them some 278 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,760 options if you're willing to see a professional's help on it. 279 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:16,220 Let them know that that's an option you're willing to seek. 280 00:12:16,220 --> 00:12:17,300 If you're willing to mediate for it. 281 00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:18,300 Some people aren't. 282 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:19,300 Some like, I want it to be natural. 283 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:21,880 Then you say, I'm going to be exploring some natural options. 284 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:23,320 Help me to know which one is right for me. 285 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:24,800 And when you say that, you're saying in your prayer. 286 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:25,800 Yeah, in a prayer. 287 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,800 Absolutely. 288 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,080 Because then once you've worked it out with Heavenly Father, you have more confidence and 289 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:32,400 you're able to make that first step. 290 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,260 Because sometimes if you don't know what your first step is, that makes it scarier too. 291 00:12:35,260 --> 00:12:38,000 If you're willing to talk to somebody about it, then you could say, I am willing to talk 292 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,000 to a friend about it. 293 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,480 Help me think of the friend that I should approach with the situation. 294 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:42,480 Absolutely. 295 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,200 If you're willing to seek professional help for it, then you would say, I'm going to 296 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,040 be seeking a professional provider. 297 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:52,360 Help me find the one that is most equipped to help me deal with this. 298 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:53,360 Yep. 299 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,640 And then when that name comes, you can also ask again, Heavenly Father, this name came 300 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:57,640 after I prayed. 301 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:58,640 Is this the one? 302 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,440 And you'll get that confirmation. 303 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:01,440 Yep. 304 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,220 So because he prioritized that in his talk to like really hit, we've got to be in a place 305 00:13:05,220 --> 00:13:09,160 where we can't even feel, can even feel a smidgen of joy before we can talk about a 306 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:10,160 greater joy. 307 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,520 We need to hit that. 308 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,680 So he asked the question, where can I find happiness? 309 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:24,080 And the answer was, well, we know this life didn't come to just like one series of fun 310 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,080 after the next, right? 311 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,080 Come on Abby. 312 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,080 There's a mixture. 313 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:28,080 I know. 314 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:32,040 Because there has to be opposites, you know, in all things. 315 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,360 We know that God himself weeps and the scriptures affirm he does. 316 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,040 Then of course you and I will keep, will weep as well. 317 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:39,600 Feeling sad is not a sign of failure. 318 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,760 In this life at least joy and sorrow are inseparable companions. 319 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,880 Like all of you, I have felt my share of disappointment, sorrow, sadness and remorse. 320 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:47,880 Any comment on that? 321 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,000 Yeah, I've definitely been there. 322 00:13:51,000 --> 00:14:02,040 Everyone has different seasons and yeah, I don't want to step over your words, but I 323 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:06,440 was like, this made me think recently in state conference. 324 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,880 I don't know what impressed me to say this comment, but I was talking about how difficult 325 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,240 it is as members of the church. 326 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:16,660 I think we were expected to have a happy face on, like always look like we're having joy. 327 00:14:16,660 --> 00:14:19,440 We have the restore gospel of Jesus Christ. 328 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:23,680 Obviously it brings like so much joy and so we want people to know that we're happy about 329 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,080 it and so we smile. 330 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:31,760 But I made the comment that that is a truth for me, but that also my happiness didn't 331 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,180 come with its own, it came at the price. 332 00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:39,920 I've known sorrow and the things that have brought me out of that sorrow or the hard 333 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,440 things that I've had to endure were made better by the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ 334 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,080 and that's why I can smile. 335 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,480 And you've chosen happiness in that time. 336 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:52,680 Yeah, but I want people, I'm like, I don't want it to look like it's just been an easy 337 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:53,680 life. 338 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,360 I'm happy because everything's going perfectly in my life. 339 00:14:55,360 --> 00:15:00,640 That's not really what I don't really want that message to be above all else. 340 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:05,400 I want it to be more like she knows happiness because she's known sorrow. 341 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:06,560 I totally agree with that. 342 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,240 It's funny because when I was in high school, I was just known as that, well, you're just 343 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:14,040 always happy and it was kind of like a brush me off type of a thing. 344 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,840 And it was like, you wouldn't know about my sadness because you've never had it. 345 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,360 Well, and it's like, you know, I understand, like, just like you said, the hard one, you 346 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,800 know, type of a thing where I have experienced sadness. 347 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,320 I do understand that there's grief. 348 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,760 I've, you know, I've seen things and I've experienced enough things. 349 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,640 I'm choosing happiness. 350 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,880 So it's not like it's because I'm naive. 351 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,960 It's just I choose it and I like it more. 352 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,480 I love that. 353 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,600 So let me quote something from him. 354 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,040 He talks about, oh, I like this. 355 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:44,920 He said, I've also experienced myself. 356 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:45,920 Okay. 357 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:46,920 He's like, I've experienced sorrow. 358 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:47,920 Yes. 359 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,880 And he says, I've also experienced the glorious dawn that fills the soul with joy so profound 360 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,360 that it can scarcely be kept in. 361 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:57,040 I have discovered for myself that this peaceful confidence comes from following the Savior 362 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,460 and walking his way. 363 00:15:58,460 --> 00:16:03,240 And ironically, this conference talk, Suarez talked about covenant confidence. 364 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,040 I'm like, never heard those things too paired. 365 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:06,040 Absolutely. 366 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:07,040 And then peaceful confidence. 367 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:08,040 Yep. 368 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Because we've already done the study on that. 369 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,640 Then we come to this and I was like, peaceful confidence. 370 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,840 So that automatically my mind went to thinking about covenants. 371 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:13,840 Absolutely. 372 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,680 Which is that bring me the glorious dawn. 373 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:16,680 Absolutely. 374 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,200 And then like he said, which is following the Savior and walking in his way. 375 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:20,200 Those are covenants. 376 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:21,200 Exactly. 377 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:22,200 So good. 378 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,200 So good. 379 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,120 So that one little sentence like brings me back to all the things that I felt from a 380 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,600 previous conference talk and they just mesh and meld so well. 381 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,600 And as we're studying them and adding to them, it's just like bringing more joy to my life 382 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,920 because it's like these eternal truths. 383 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:34,920 I love it. 384 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,120 So this is higher joy. 385 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,120 That doesn't make you think, oh, yes. 386 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,840 So the peace he gives us is not like what the world gives. 387 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:42,840 It's better. 388 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:43,840 It's higher and holier. 389 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,680 Jesus said, I am come that they might have life, that they might have it more abundantly. 390 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,720 That word has come up a couple of times already. 391 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:50,720 Abundance. 392 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:51,720 Yeah. 393 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,560 We're looking for just like a smidgen of joy. 394 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,320 He wants to bless us abundantly with joy. 395 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,320 Right? 396 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,120 The gospel of Jesus Christ is truly the goodness of great joy. 397 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,620 It is a message of matchless hope, a message of yoke bearing and burden lifting, of light 398 00:17:03,620 --> 00:17:08,220 gathering, of heavenly favor, higher understanding, holier covenants, eternal security and everlasting 399 00:17:08,220 --> 00:17:09,220 glory. 400 00:17:09,220 --> 00:17:18,240 I had to read all of that because this is him explaining to us what the higher joy means 401 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:19,240 to him. 402 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,080 Those pieces. 403 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:25,800 And this crowning quote, joy is the very purpose of God's plan for his children. 404 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:30,200 It is what you were created for and he has not hidden the path of happiness. 405 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,400 It is not a secret. 406 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,240 It is available to all who follow him. 407 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,760 His teachings, his example, making keep sacred covenants and keep the commandments. 408 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,380 That is the recipe for success. 409 00:17:39,380 --> 00:17:43,360 He's outlined it since the beginning of time and he's reiterating that message to the prophets 410 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:47,600 and it is the message that he wants out. 411 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,880 I love it. 412 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:54,880 So if you have to listen to Elder Uchtdorf talk because he talks so awesomely. 413 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:55,880 He does. 414 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:59,600 But you also need to read this talk and kind of follow the footnotes because the talk was 415 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,280 longer than he was allowed time for. 416 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,280 They'll even beep him off if he doesn't meet whatever time limit they give him. 417 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:05,560 You have 15 minutes. 418 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:12,560 So if you push one of his footnotes, he wanted to share more about the parable of the prodigal 419 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:13,840 son. 420 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,880 So there's a little bit more of his talk inside the footnote and it says, if you have any 421 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,800 concerns about whether or not your Father in heaven will accept you and allow you to 422 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,520 receive his joy, I invite you to perfectly read Christ's parable of the prodigal son. 423 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,360 In that parable we learn how our Heavenly Father feels about his children and how he 424 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:28,840 awaits and celebrates our return after we have strayed from him. 425 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:33,400 From the moment we come to ourselves and begin the journey home, he will see us, for he stands 426 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:34,400 watching and waiting. 427 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:35,920 What's he waiting for? 428 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:36,920 For us. 429 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,800 As we draw near to him, he will celebrate our return and call us his children. 430 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:41,800 So good. 431 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:42,800 I love it. 432 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,520 We all know people who say that they don't need God to be happy, that they're happy enough 433 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:47,520 with that religion. 434 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,280 Think of the list we created before. 435 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:54,800 So when we settle for the most fleeting joy, and one of those activities could bring takes 436 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:59,160 precedence over the higher joy that life centered on Jesus Christ does bring. 437 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,600 So again, there's some beautiful things. 438 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:01,600 Yeah. 439 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,400 So we do feel like we can put a lot of time and effort into them. 440 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:08,560 But if we're just happy at that level of it, he's like, I have a higher way. 441 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:14,800 And I can allow you to take that little snippet of joy that you feel and make it much bigger. 442 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:15,800 Right. 443 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:16,800 I can allow you. 444 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,480 I'm seeing people broadcast that though, like on social media. 445 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:21,480 Never been happier. 446 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:22,480 Yeah. 447 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:23,480 I'm so happy. 448 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:24,480 Sunday, fun day. 449 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:29,120 And it's like definitely something that's taking them out into nature or like a thrilling 450 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:30,120 activity. 451 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:31,120 And I'm like, totally get that. 452 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:34,800 I find joy and a lot of fun in those things too. 453 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,880 Because I want more of the higher joy. 454 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:39,880 I agree. 455 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,000 I want the things that require some effort on my part. 456 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 And that's a covenant. 457 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,360 He promises blessings. 458 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:50,640 If I promise, you know, and I make promises to warrant those blessings, I don't know, 459 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:51,640 does that sound good? 460 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,920 You know, it's almost, you know, as you're saying that, it's almost for me, like, so 461 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,320 I see Jesus in everything, like in the sunset, in the water. 462 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,320 And we should. 463 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,320 And it's great. 464 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,680 And it like propels me to want to know him at a deeper level. 465 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,480 And that's why I seek after covenants and keep them. 466 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:08,480 Right. 467 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,560 And that, that gets, and I'm not going to get into a Facebook fight with somebody, but 468 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:16,240 they're like, I've done the religion, but I've been to heck and back and now I'm just 469 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,640 living spirituality. 470 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,360 Well, he is in, he's in beauty in everything. 471 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:25,720 He created, Jesus Christ created this earth through the direction of his father's, you 472 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:26,960 know, and the beautiful things. 473 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,200 I always think mother, like she was like, put this in the plan. 474 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,480 They're like, flowers, what's that for? 475 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,960 You know, the beauty, I think, you know, the feminine touch is definitely a big part of 476 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:35,960 that. 477 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,040 So I'll combine all of these creators. 478 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:44,880 They did these things for us to find them in, in math, in, in the sunset, in architecture, 479 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,960 in paintings, everything, anything and everything. 480 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:55,200 But if you subscribe to that as being the end all be all and not a way to get to Jesus. 481 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,200 Yep. 482 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:57,200 Yeah, totally. 483 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:58,760 That's, that's, that's what I'm trying to say. 484 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,520 I'm like, I don't want to sound like campfires are like Satan winning. 485 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:06,160 No, it's just, it's like, we can't take a minute away from the campfire and go find 486 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,600 our way into a church and gather together and make covenants. 487 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:14,560 It's another important part of that. 488 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:15,560 He says it better. 489 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,280 If I, if I can find where he quoted that. 490 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:18,360 Oh, he said this. 491 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:22,080 He has filled the world with beautiful, wholesome pleasure and delights, both the please the 492 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,080 eye and glad in the heart for me flying broccoli happiness. 493 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,480 Others find it in music and art and hobbies, nature. 494 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,260 So all the stuff we pretty much mentioned. 495 00:21:30,260 --> 00:21:36,400 These are beautiful things, but there's more. 496 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:37,400 Right. 497 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,400 That's, that was the point. 498 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,680 He was like, I don't want to negate any of the beauty and the joy that you can find in 499 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:41,680 these things. 500 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,120 But let me promise you that there's more out there. 501 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:47,600 There is a higher and more profound joy that transcends anything this world has to offer. 502 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,740 One that endures heartbreak, penetrates our diminishes loneliness. 503 00:21:50,740 --> 00:21:52,680 That's all him saying. 504 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,160 And I could just really read this whole time. 505 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,960 And also that godly joy is eternal because God is eternal. 506 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:57,960 Yes. 507 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:58,960 I love that part. 508 00:21:58,960 --> 00:21:59,960 Beautiful. 509 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:03,000 Do you feel there could be more of this kind of joy in our lives? 510 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,960 This is where he nailed it. 511 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,280 He made his own invitation. 512 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:11,000 So he says, I want you to embark on a journey of following Jesus Christ in his way. 513 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,020 It's a journey of a lifetime and beyond. 514 00:22:13,020 --> 00:22:17,560 So what he's saying to me is this isn't just like a checkbox item. 515 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,560 You found joy, you keep the joy and the joy is always with you. 516 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,080 No, realistically, every day there's going to be some sorrow. 517 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,080 There's going to be some joy. 518 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,080 There's going to be some lasting joy. 519 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,840 There's like, it's going to be cyclical, but he gave us some action items that in his 520 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,940 talk right from his own words and the way that he presents it, it's very line upon line. 521 00:22:34,940 --> 00:22:39,120 Take what you can, do what you can, do a bite size, just the way that we like it. 522 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:45,120 So he suggests, I'm going to just quickly mention his action items are to draw near 523 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:52,480 unto God, look for it, and then he asks the question, what shall we do then? 524 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:57,040 Okay, so I think we have time to go into it. 525 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,240 I don't think we've rambled too long, or you can just pause and then listen again on a 526 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,520 later day because we have promised to keep these short, but this is a good talk with 527 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,200 too much to just cut out. 528 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,560 So what did he go, what did he talk about when he was talking about drawing near to 529 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:10,560 God? 530 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:11,940 The woman with an issue of blood, right? 531 00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:15,840 And so this woman has been endured bleeding and illness for 12 years. 532 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:20,280 She gave all of her money to physicians, but her sickness only got worse. 533 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:25,480 And then she heard of Jesus, his power to heal was well known. 534 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,640 But then her thought was, could he heal her? 535 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:32,360 And then she was in the crowd and she reached for, also, she wasn't supposed to be around 536 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:34,200 people because she was unclean, right? 537 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,100 So that's why she went about it a different way. 538 00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:38,120 She was on the ground and reached for his hem and … 539 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,320 But she came to him. 540 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:41,320 Oh, absolutely. 541 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:42,320 And knew that just … 542 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:43,320 Sought him. 543 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:47,120 … proximity to him, coming, drawing, using her agency to test the theories. 544 00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:50,120 If you approach Jesus Christ, can you be fixed? 545 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:51,120 Yes. 546 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:56,160 And then finally, when she did extend her hand after she was brave and went after him, 547 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,700 she was healed. 548 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:00,160 And I like how he asks, aren't we all like that woman? 549 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:04,760 Because it just reminds us, what is the thing that you want healed? 550 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,080 What do you go after Jesus for? 551 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:10,380 But you also second-guess yourself that you're not able to hesitate on bringing that thing 552 00:24:10,380 --> 00:24:11,380 to him. 553 00:24:11,380 --> 00:24:13,160 That's Satan's tool. 554 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,360 Maybe you're going to face ridicule or condemnation or it's pride or we think that's such a simple 555 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:19,840 thing that he doesn't want to hear that thing. 556 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,400 That's never been his way. 557 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,040 He wants to hear all of it and he wants to help with all of it and he's made it possible 558 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:25,040 to help with all of it. 559 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:26,040 Totally. 560 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:27,040 He's very approachable. 561 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,800 So there's no distance that's too great. 562 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,840 No sin that's too much. 563 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,640 So like this woman, Elder Uchtdorf says, I have learned that if we draw near to God and 564 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,040 reach out to touch him, we can indeed find healing, peace, and joy. 565 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,960 What a promise from a stud. 566 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:42,960 I love them. 567 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,440 And it's so true. 568 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,000 Oh, okay. 569 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Here was another action item. 570 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,920 I missed this because it wasn't really bolded, but he said, seek and ye shall find. 571 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:52,920 Love it. 572 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:53,920 Simple phrase. 573 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,760 It's not only a spiritual promise, it's a statement of fact. 574 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:04,600 So this is the idea of, okay, first you have to be in a mental state that you can actually 575 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:09,040 do this, but like looking back through your day and being like finding the things that 576 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,640 brought you joy, things that you're grateful for, some sort of a gratitude running through 577 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:13,640 of the day. 578 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:14,640 Totally. 579 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,440 I saw this thing the other day that reminded me of this, it said your brain, one of its 580 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,880 jobs is to find evidence of the things you tell it. 581 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,080 So if you're telling it, you know what, nothing ever works out for me. 582 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,920 Like I'm always the one that gets crap. 583 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:28,920 Life is terrible. 584 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:29,920 Then guess what? 585 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:30,920 Your brain picks that up. 586 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,600 Here's this to remind you, kind of reminds me Inside Out too, it came out, we watched 587 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:36,600 that. 588 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,600 Oh, did you like it? 589 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:38,600 Yeah, I really did love it actually. 590 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,720 This is, I know it was good because it brings like embarrassment and anxiety and... 591 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,960 Brings it to the table. 592 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:50,040 And the, the, like the, and one other one. 593 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,040 What's the other one? 594 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,040 I don't know. 595 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,040 It was so funny. 596 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,040 So good. 597 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,800 But yes, like if we seek reasons to be angry or to doubt or to be bitter or alone, we will 598 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,240 find those. 599 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:04,720 And if we seek joy and look for reasons to rejoice and to truly happily follow the Savior, 600 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,240 we're going to find that too. 601 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,240 What an important thing. 602 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,280 Like that's for me, that's where we, that's almost a starting place. 603 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,560 It's a buildable skill. 604 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:13,560 Right. 605 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:18,880 If you're, if you're not feeling the most joy, start a gratitude journal and maybe even 606 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:23,160 have the, maybe make the list of the things that you think, um, like you're picked on 607 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,520 and are, are run so you can process them, that you can get them out and then you like 608 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,680 burn that, shred it. 609 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:30,680 Garbage can it. 610 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:31,680 Cause that can be true at the same time. 611 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:32,680 They totally, they totally do. 612 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,320 What's gonna, what are we gonna let like rise to the top? 613 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:36,520 Like, what are we gonna shake out? 614 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:37,520 Like what, what? 615 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:38,520 Yes. 616 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,120 How long do we like doing that? 617 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:47,040 If, if there's an actual mental, um, illness going on, then that we could be talking months 618 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,720 and years that those things persist because brain chemistry doesn't allow it to process 619 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:52,720 past that. 620 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:57,920 But so, so definitely agreeing back to the beginning of the talk of all of, of, of all 621 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:02,720 else, like address that if, if something has been holding you back for that many years 622 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,640 or you're fixated on the future so much that it's bringing you a ton of anxiety, then you're 623 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,600 not in the present enough to fill the joy that he's talking about. 624 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,520 Anyway, that was just a reminder, whatever you're seeking for, you're going to find it. 625 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,520 And I love that you brought in that idea because that totally resonates that, you know, your 626 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,560 brain's kind of meant to compartmentalize and then categorize and like make long-term 627 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:22,560 things. 628 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:23,560 Okay. 629 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:24,560 Another one was bear one another's burden. 630 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:25,880 That was a good one. 631 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:26,880 So good. 632 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,040 What can we say about that? 633 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,520 So Jesus taught it's more blessed to give than to receive. 634 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:35,120 Um, can it be that in our search for joy, the best way to find our joy is to bring it 635 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:36,120 to others? 636 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:37,120 Love that. 637 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:38,120 Why not? 638 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,640 If you bring it to others, that means you've already identified it yourself. 639 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,480 So it's like the internal work identified it yourself, meaning it's something that brought 640 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,080 you joy and you're helping them see it. 641 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,880 Or you're like, Hey, something like, I'm not feeling the most joy. 642 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,200 I'm going to do something for somebody else. 643 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,200 What are you saying? 644 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,080 I feel like that's where you're bringing someone joy, like sharing the joy that you have, or 645 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,160 you're noticing that they're lacking something. 646 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,120 And so you're bringing whatever it is that will bring them joy, whatever it like with 647 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:03,880 this bread, if it's help is just sitting with them, just being aware of them. 648 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:04,880 Totally. 649 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:05,880 They're on your mind. 650 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:06,880 I love that. 651 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:11,280 That's my, that's my best way to like snap out of like, if I'm in a funk, my best way. 652 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:12,280 Absolutely. 653 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:13,280 So I just wanted to testify of that. 654 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:14,280 I'll do something for somebody else. 655 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,280 Yes. 656 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,600 You know, even if that's like getting up, getting the kids breakfast, like I'd rather 657 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:18,600 be in bed. 658 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,000 I'd just rather be like, this is a day I don't even want to do. 659 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,000 Yeah. 660 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,000 Get up that service. 661 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,280 And I love that too, that you say that because one of your gifts is you're very good at looking 662 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:28,980 at and doing things. 663 00:28:28,980 --> 00:28:32,360 So I feel like the Lord, like look for your gift and then see how you can share that with 664 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:33,360 somebody. 665 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:34,360 Yeah. 666 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:36,480 Because whenever you feel good about what you're offering, you feel better. 667 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:37,480 I love that. 668 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,880 Oh, it is more blessed to give than to receive. 669 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:41,880 Okay. 670 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,760 I think the last one was, okay, that was it. 671 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,560 Those are the action items I jumped to. 672 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,560 Yeah. 673 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:50,560 What shall we do then? 674 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,560 During the, so this is his, this is his timeline. 675 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:57,760 During the coming days, weeks and months, may I invite you to spend time in sincere, 676 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,200 full hearted effort to draw near to God. 677 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,520 Seek diligently for everyday moments of hope, peace and joy. 678 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:04,960 Bring joy to others around you. 679 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:06,320 Isn't he the best? 680 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:07,320 Yes. 681 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:08,600 And it's true. 682 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,600 Doing all of these things really does cultivate joy. 683 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,480 It helps us to recognize it. 684 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:18,000 It helps us know that God is there and that he's left little divine signatures all over 685 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,000 for us. 686 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,000 I love that too. 687 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:24,240 And then he, he, he, he's kind of, he's kind of made this like a prophetic promise. 688 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:25,240 Can you say that? 689 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:26,240 Oh yeah. 690 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:27,240 Apostolic promise. 691 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:28,240 Apostolic, there you go. 692 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:29,240 Yeah. 693 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,600 And he would say something like, um, search for God in a deep, search for the word of 694 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:37,440 God for a deeper understanding, get a deeper understanding of God's eternal plan. 695 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:38,440 Accept these invitations. 696 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,240 So he says that and I'm thinking we can pick those up or not. 697 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,940 We can, we can be miserable and continue to be miserable or we can find joy. 698 00:29:44,940 --> 00:29:46,980 We can find abundant joy. 699 00:29:46,980 --> 00:29:50,960 We can find greater joy if we accept the invitation to do so. 700 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,240 Bite size, line upon line. 701 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,040 Um, and strive to walk his way. 702 00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:01,080 You will experience, that feels like a promise if we follow the invitation, you will experience 703 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:05,000 the peace of God, which passeth all understanding even in the midst of sorrow. 704 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,720 So he's not saying everything has to be made right before you can fill the joy. 705 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:10,720 He's promising it. 706 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:11,720 It won't be. 707 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:16,880 He's promising that you can feel joy despite anything else that's going around you. 708 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:17,880 We've heard that before. 709 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:18,880 Absolutely. 710 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:23,560 The dawn of celestial light will penetrate the shadows of your trials. 711 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:24,560 Doesn't that sound like a neat promise? 712 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:25,560 Oh yeah. 713 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:26,560 Celestial light is so great. 714 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,480 And sometimes we feel like the darkness that's surrounding us couldn't get any deeper. 715 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:35,960 If you've got celestial light to penetrate that darkness, that seems, that seems like 716 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:36,960 we can achieve. 717 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:37,960 Yeah. 718 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:38,960 Achieve it. 719 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:39,960 Okay. 720 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,120 And then he says, you will begin to taste the unspeakable glories and wonders of the unseen 721 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,760 perfect heavenly sphere. 722 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,800 You will feel your spirit lifting away from the gravity of the world. 723 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:48,800 I love that. 724 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,920 And like Milton writes said, higher father, higher. 725 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,960 So may we seek to find that higher joy that comes from devoting our lives to heavenly 726 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,800 father and his beloved son. 727 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:00,800 That is my earnest prayer. 728 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,520 I so testify of these things, Abby. 729 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:10,800 Like it really is true that if you seek to look for joy and to find it, that you're just 730 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:11,800 a happier person. 731 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,880 I can't say it any better than that. 732 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:15,880 Thanks for being here today. 733 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:21,240 May you feel more joy and feel it more abundantly and feel it higher and holier. 734 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:22,240 We'll see you next time. 735 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:30,200 B R U M P E S T I M E