Almost back on track

I got a bunch of good work done today and while I didn’t get my target number of steps for the day (14,000) but I did still get 12K.

As We Go Forward Together

This is the address that President Nelson gave at the press conference after he was set apart as the president of the church. It was later published in the April 2018 issue of Ensign magazine. I am reading it as part of my study of all the talks by President Nelson from the Conference Promises of April 2024.

Each day of an Apostle’s service is a day of learning and preparing for more responsibility in the future. It takes decades of service for an Apostle to move from the junior chair to the senior chair in the circle. During that time, he gains firsthand experience in each facet of the work of the Church. He also becomes well acquainted with the peoples of the earth, including their histories, cultures, and languages as assignments take him repeatedly across the globe. This process of succession in the leadership of the Church is unique. I know of nothing else like it. That should not surprise us, because this is the Lord’s Church. He does not work after the manner of men.

I’ve served in the Quorum of the Twelve under five previous Presidents of the Church. I have watched each President receive revelation and respond to that revelation. The Lord always has and always will instruct and inspire His prophets. The Lord is at the helm. We who have been ordained to bear witness of His holy name throughout the world will continue to seek to know His will and follow it.

This is a fascinating insight into the growth trajectory of Apostles after they are called. (Certainly they have started many of those processes before they were called as apostles.)