It’s been a crazy week. I’ve been so
busy that I haven’t had time to work on school until tonight. So I’ve just been
doused in a major amount of incredible information. Most of which I’m still
very emotional about. I don’t know what part of this week’s material is best to
highlight. It has all been very humbling and inspiring.
We had a great talk given by Muhammad
Yunus – Microlending: Toward a
Poverty-Free World. I remember reading about him many years ago. I was just
as fascinated by his work then as I was tonight. His insight and faith in the
ability for us to become a world without poverty is so inspiring. I am amazed
the ability for some people to be able to see the big picture and the ability
to accomplish it. His work reminded me of President Hinkley’s ability to also
see the world free from poverty. It isn’t an undertaking that is possible
overnight, but he was able to see steps that can lead to the fulfillment of
such a world with the implementation of the Perpetual Education Fund.
We moved from this inspiring article to
an incredible talk given by Elder Gay – Entrepreneurship
and Consecration. I think it’s safe to say that this is actually a
life-changing talk. I talks about no matter how successful we are and what
wonderful things we do with our money, if our focus isn’t on what the Lord
would have us do, we will not be where the Lord intended us to be. Nor will we
be considered successful in an eternal perspective. Our aim must always be to
do His will in our temporal and spiritual activities. He shared a great quote
that his father had on his wall as he worked as an extremely successful CEO for
Howard Hughes:
In
the days of service all things are founded.
In
the days of special privilege all things are deteriorated.
In
the days of vanity all things are destroyed.
He taught that Business has a two-fold
purpose:
1. To
provide for our basic needs.
2. To
rescue others as directed by the Lord.
He also shared with us President Monson’s
desire for the leaders of the church: He wants them to make their singular
priority to awaken in the members of the church the need to rescue. Elder Gay
then emphasizes that as we engage in business we need to do so with the intent
to help others.
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After this we were given to small videos
to watch each of which talked about the importance of our focusing on the
intent to help others; to make a difference in the world.
Our material ended with an incredible
talk by President Monson – Constant Truths
for Changing Times. This talk highlighted many important needs for us to
implement in our lives. Some of the needs were: The importance of Family Home Evening
and the need to teach our children. To raise them to improve the future of our
world. He taught about the need to stay out of debt, live within our means, to not
be complacent, to not judge others, to listen and communicate with our
children, treat our spouses with respect, be a good example to our kids, learn
of our heritage. He also said something I’d like to quote:
Remember
that ofttimes the wisdom of God appears as foolishness to men, but the greatest
single lesson we can learn in mortality is that when God speaks and a man
obeys, that man will always be right.
What an incredible week of uplifting and
humbling material to learn from.
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