Determined to accomplish a very important task

From "Have No Regrets" Richard G. Scott. CES Fireside, September 1999.

Have you noticed that when you have determined to accomplish a very important task, many other good ideas for other things to do seem to come to your mind? If they are allowed to interfere, they will distract you from the more important objective. I have found help by writing down those thoughts as they come, promising myself that as soon as I finish the important task, I will attend to them in priority. That practice helps me stay focused on those matters which are essential.

I believe there are times in your life when, because of your righteousness and your determination to do what is right, Satan will not be able to deflect you into serious transgression. He will switch then to the strategy of placing before you a banquet of good and worthwhile things to do, meant to distract you from those that are the most important and essential to accomplish in your life.

Fortunately, as you pray for guidance, the Holy Ghost will help you identify those matters that are vital and necessary to accomplish above others. That means that at times you may have to set aside things that would be worthwhile and enjoyable to pursue--for those that are most vitally important for that period of your life.

Keywords: distracted, distraction

Conference Talks on CD

I love to hear the recent LDS conference talks. I found a great tool to download MP3 copies of the talks, http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm. I have burned the talks on to CDs and listen to them to and from work.

Go to http://lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,49-1-646,00.html and click on the MP3 next to each talkYou can even schedule the download for later. That way it can download it when you are not using your internet connection.

I want the ones with the 'power'

I found this on BYU TV tonight,

One little three-year-old asked his mother if they could read the scriptures. When she went to get the scripture readers off of the shelf, he said, as he held up his missionary edition of the Book of Mormon, "No not those scriptures. I want the real ones. I want the ones with the 'power'" ("Feast upon the Words of Christ ". Cheryl C Lant. Spring 2006 Primary Open House President's Message)

He may have gotten this from the Scripture Power song, but he is getting the message of the power in the scriptures. She relates this experience her son has had,

'All we have to do is get the children into the scriptures. It's the Lord's job to teach them once they are there. The Lord will take care of the anchoring part.' When we take the children into the scriptures, we are making it possible for the Lord to speak to them with His own words through the Spirit.

I reminds me of a quote I learned from L Tom Perry, "We should not look upon reading and studying the scriptures as an inconvenience and something to be endured. In the word of God is power and nourishment and life." (Elder L. Tom Perry "Give Heed unto the Word of the Lord" Ensign June 2000)