Sharese read a quote that I think she said came from a book called, The Character of Christ. It went something like this, "We will be judged by whether we seek for those things which will increase our personal comfort or if we are seeking to acquire as many spiritual gifts as possible."
This spoke to me I think because I wonder occasionally, when I have some free time spring up, how I should commit my time. I wonder, "What should I be pursuing?" Since I haven't committed myself yet, I want to be careful in the choosing. It should be important. God should approve. It should improve me or the people around me -- which would hence also improve me.
The other day a friend told me of reading, Outliers, which posits that genius for anyone can be achieved by dedicating the requisite number of hours: 10,000 btw. Which made me think, "Cool! Now . . . what should I choose to be a genius at?" Which is really the same question as paragraph 2, just with more hope behind it.
The interesting thing is that I got an answer to the question when I was pondering on it after the events in paragraph 3. I decided . . . no. God asked me, "Why don't you achieve expert status in your ability to communicate with heaven?"
THEN the quote in sacrament meeting. Reinforcement of the answer, wouldn't you say?
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