Do Not Delay

This post is based on a October General Conference 1999 talk called "Do Not Delay. - Henry B. Eyring."

If you can't see the Image below, it says "However difficult our circumstances, we can repent."

I will be sharing with you some highlights throughout the talk. I loved how he started.  "All of us have faced deadlines. Fear can grip us when we realise that there may not be enough time left to finish what we promised we would do. The thought comes, “Why didn't I start earlier?”

We have all been tempted with that delay. We know from our own experience that President Spencer W. Kimball was right when he wrote, “One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination,” and then he defined it: “an unwillingness to accept personal responsibility now” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982]; emphasis in original). And so Satan works on both our desire to think we have no cause to repent and our desire to push anything unpleasant into the future. He has tempted you and me, and those we love, with thoughts like this: “God is so loving; surely He won’t hold me personally responsible for mistakes which are simply the result of being human.” And then, if that fails, there is the thought that will almost surely come: “Well, I may be responsible to repent, but this is not a good time to start. If I wait, later will be better.”

The truth is that we all need repentance. If we are capable of reason and past the age of eight, we all need the cleansing that comes through applying the full effects of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. When that is clear, we cannot be tricked into delay by the subtle question: “Have I crossed the line of serious sin, or can I put off even thinking about repentance?” The question that really matters is this: “How can I learn to sense even the beginning of sin and so repent early?”

A second truth about our accountability is to know that we are not the helpless victims of our circumstances. The world tries to tell us that the opposite is true: imperfections in our parents or our faulty genetic inheritance are presented to us as absolving us of personal responsibility. But difficult as circumstances may be, they do not relieve us of accountability for our actions or our inactions. Nephi was right. God gives no commandments to the children of men save He prepares a way for them to obey."

In your own time, you can read the whole talk, Here's the link below, and I hope you will enjoy reading it.

www.lds.org/general-conference/1999/10/do-not-delay

Girls, what do you think repentance has to do with during the wait? Well, learn to forgive everyday. We all make mistakes everyday and we all aren't perfect. It always feel great after we asked for forgiveness. If your Missionary ever says to you something mean and hurt your feelings. Tell him how you felt and forgive him. Ask Heavenly Father to soften his heart and encourage him to apologise.

Stay Tuned.