Sunday Thoughts

We had Stake Conference this morning and though I got something from all the talks, I took the most notes from our Stake President's talk.

• We all need the Atonement.
• Alma 5:14-16
• Quit looking to the past all the time, look forward.
• Pray to know how our weaknesses can become our strengths.
• The Sacrament is fundamental to the building of man's character.
• The deep spiritual significance of the Sacrament is knowing we can be forgiven of our sins.
• We should come to church peacefully and prepared to receive the Sacrament (as opposed to arriving in a frantic, grumptastic frenzy from rushing to get kids ready).
• We should leave the things of the world outside the church and focus on the Sacrament.
• We should sing the hymns and prepare ourselves to receive the Sacrmaent.
• The most important word in the Sacrament prayer is REMEMBER.
• We can be filled spiritually when we take the Sacrmanet. The wounds of our Spirit are healed.
• The chapel is a sacred place, we should be reverent and quiet. Socializing should take place in the foyer and halls.

I love these thoughts and have noticed a difference in the peacefulness of Sacrament meeting for us since we have been arriving so early for it this year in an effort to get a soft seat. I spend that time reading over Conference talks or my scriptures and listening to the prelude music. I often notice the loud socializing that goes on around me but I do my best not to participate in it (i.e., I don't go looking for people to talk to). Hopefully after his message today the chapel will be more reverent.

**Thoughts??**

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