Elder Robert S. Wood of the Seventy said: “For too many, responsibility seems to end with hand-wringing and exclamations of dismay. Yet talk without action accomplishes little. We need to be vigorously engaged in the world. If our schools are inadequate or destructive of moral values, we must work with fellow members of the community to bring about change. If our neighborhoods are unsafe or unhealthy, we must join with the civic-minded to devise solutions. If our cities and towns are polluted, not only with noxious gases but soul-destroying addictions and smut, we must labor to find legitimate ways to eliminate such filth. … We have the responsibility to be a blessing to others, to our nation, to the world” (“On the Responsible Self,” Ensign, Mar. 2002, 30–31).
As I was preparing my visiting teaching lesson, this paragraph jumped out at me and stuck. It hits home at this point in my life more than ever. As we are in a town that has low test scores in the schools and high gang violence, we talk about the things that we wish were different here. This paragraph tells me what to do about it. "Do" being the operative word. I hope to reflect on this advice often as we decide where to raise our children on a permanent level. I am thankful for words of the prophets and apostles that give us modern day revelation that will give us peace in our lives. Questions can be answered if we follow the teachings of Christ. I am thankful for this message at this time in my life.
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing, I think that pertains to each of us!!
that was truly inspiring and so right on for this time of education cuts all over our state. i tend to sit back but i need to be more pro-active as well. i can't wait til conference and hear more from our apostles. they are so in tune w/ what we need to hear. thanks for sharing that...
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