An Example of the Believers

This morning at the weekly BYU devotional I had the opportunity to hear from President Thomas S. Monson. Usually I just watch the devotionals on TV from my apartment, and when I heard the prophet was coming to BYU to speak to us I was trying to decide whether to actually go or to just watch it at home like I usually do. If I went, I would have had to get there early to get a good seat, which meant losing an hour of homework time. However, I finally decided I would just go, and I'm so thankful that I did.

I got there about 45 minutes early and the room was already filling up fast. Luckily, my roommates had saved me a seat, so I didn't have to sit too far away. As it got closer to the time that the prophet was going to enter, I could tell everyone was starting to get a little anxious. The moment that President Monson actually walked into the room was indescribable. Everyone shot up from their seats and it instantly fell silent. It was incredible. You could feel the Spirit so strong. It haven't felt it that strong in a long time. Just being in the same room as the one and only true prophet on earth was one of the greatest feelings ever and completely strengthened my testimony of him and this church. I can't believe I almost gave that up just to have a little bit of extra time to work on homework.

The focus of President Monson's talk was being an example of the believers. I'm just going to share with you some of the notes that I took because I feel like he says it way better than I can.

-Be thou an example of the believers.

-We are all given the light of Christ. Do not let outside influences extinguish that light.

-We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

-Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time.

-You are more than what you have become. Remember who you are. (he quoted The Lion King :D )

I love President Monson, especially his sense of humor. As he walked out, he shook his hand up and down as if he were shaking all of our hands. You could just tell how happy he was and the love he had for all of us and for the gospel. In my eyes, he is the greatest example of the believers we have on earth today, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to hear from him this morning.