In my ongoing posts about General conference talks, this week was from Elaine S. Dalton (General Young Women President), called “Return to Virtue”
I liked how she talked about how you get desensitized to things, whether it be sex, violence, or whatever. She also referenced Lehonti and Amalickiah up on the mountain (which I talked about last time). Her quote was
Could it be that first we tolerate, then accept, and eventually embrace the vice that surrounds us?
She also talked about her “training” program from the scriptures
- Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly.
- Cleave unto [your] covenants.
- Stand . . . in holy places.
- Lay aside the things of [the] world.
- Believe that ye must repent.
- Always remember him and keep his commandments.
- If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, . . . seek after these things.
- Now more than ever before, it is time to respond to Moroni’s call to “awake, and arise†and to lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing.