Paisley: Hey everybody, Paisley, imperfect here another Make a
plan Monday, and this is going to be a short week right now.
We've got Doctrine and Covenants section 18, and so only one
section this week. We're already getting into March, so we'll
finish up February this week and start March with section 18. So
let's take a look right here. Let's see, where's the first
one? There's not a lot right here. The first one, you matter
to him, President from 2011 and I'm pretty sure I did an episode
on this one, I'll have to look and if I did, I know I wrote
one. I don't know if I actually did it or not, but if I did,
I'll link it in the description. And then there's another talk
here by sister Jones, value beyond measure as we keep
scrolling. There's a talk here by Elder Renlund, repentance, a
joyful choice. I kind of vaguely remember that one. Actually, I
think that'll be good. And then there's another talk here. There
can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy. As we keep
scrolling, we get to people, places and events, we'll come
back to that ideas for teaching children. There's not a lot down
here. I'm gonna go read this song, because I don't know that
I've ever heard this one before. Every star is different. And
then there's another children's song right there, if I want to
be a missionary now, that one I have heard before. And then some
artwork and an activity. Okay, so that left us with five
things. Let's go back to people, places and events and see what
else we've got here. All right, we've got this revelations in
context, which I really like to review those. And so I added
that to the checklist. There's only going to be one checklist
this week, because there's only, I mean this right here gets us
to six things, which is one thing every day. And the only
other thing we've got is this right here, chapter 19 in the
saints Volume One, stewards over this ministry. So we only really
have 16 things to or 16 seven things to review. And those
seven things, when I kind of spread them out a little bit, it
gets us to just under 15 minutes a day, which is totally doable
if you want to go look at people. We've looked at all of
our Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer before, but those are
there. And then here are some new places, New York and
Pennsylvania historic sites. I think that one's been on here
before, but the Whitmer home and farm, those are new, and that's
really it. So averaging at about 15 minutes a day, we're looking
at like Doctrine and Covenants 18 on Monday with revelations in
context. This on Monday, on Tuesday, is the talk by Elder
Uchtdorf. You matter to him. On Wednesday is the value beyond
measure, by sister Jones. On Thursday, there can be nothing
so exquisite and sweet as was my joy. And then on Saturday,
sorry, I got that mixed up. Monday is DNC eight and
revelations in my church. Tuesday, you matter to him.
Wednesday, value beyond measure. Thursday, repentance a joyful
choice. Friday, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet
as was my joy and Saturday, saints, Volume One, chapter 19,
stewards over this ministry, the longest day is Tuesday, with
that talk from President Uchtdorf, you matter to him. And
the shortest day is Friday, with just under 10 minutes. And there
can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy. So a total,
totally doable Week. This week, I will get the checklist. The
checklist will be on the website by the time this video is
posted. So you'll be you'll have it if that's what you want. It's
pretty simple this week, so don't feel like you have to
download an entire page just for seven things. They're pretty
easy to find here. Thank you so much, you guys for being here.
One quick thing, one kind of experience that I wanted to
share, that I had this week with all of those other sections in
the Doctrine and Covenants that we did, let's see we did
sections 12 through 17 this last week. One of the things that I
noticed so remember how Oliver Cowdery wanted to be able to he
wanted to be able to translate, and so he had Joseph ask, and
Heavenly Father came back and said, Yeah, you can try. And so
Oliver tried, sort of, but what ended up coming back was that
scripture that I know that has been used a lot in my life in
lessons and talks and whatever. That that scripture that says
you took no thought. But to ask like you didn't try, you just
asked and assumed that it would be given to you. Um, so and
then, but then he tells Oliver, it's okay. You don't have to
worry about it. Joseph has been called to translate. I need for
you to do what you're good at and be his scribe and his friend
and his support. And so Oliver went. He was like, okay, I can
do that. And he went back, of course, I'm paraphrasing this,
but he went back and was Joseph scribe. So then you get into the
whitmers, David Whitmer, Peter Whitmer, John Whitmer, you get
to these guys who they wanted to help too. And so they had Joseph
ask, and the Lord came back and said, the thing that would be of
greatest value to them would be to share the gospel again, I'm
paraphrasing. He didn't need them to translate. He didn't
need them to receive the revelations that Joseph was
receiving. He didn't need that from them. What he needed from
them was to share the gospel. And as I was thinking about all
of these things, the thing that struck me the most was our
Heavenly Father doesn't need all of us to be a president Nelson
or a President Holland or a president Hinckley, or fill in
the blank with your favorite apostle or prophet. He doesn't
need for us to be them. He has one of them already. He needs
for us to do what we are good at within our own sphere of
influence, within our own little piece of the world, and for all
of us that's going to be different. He doesn't need he
doesn't need all of us to write these wonderful, great books. He
doesn't need all of us to go on missions or senior missions. He
needs for us to do what we are good at. And that's why He gave
us the gifts that He gave us so that we could use those gifts
and magnify, try to magnify our calling within those gifts and
then whatever, wherever we fall short, that's where he steps in
and makes up the difference. So he didn't need more than one
Joseph Smith, he needed one Joseph Smith, he needed one
Oliver Cowdery. He needed one David Whitmer, he needed one
Peter Whitmer, he needed one. John Whitmer, he needed one.
Mary Whitmer, he needed one. Joseph Smith, senior like he
needed one of each. And he needs one of you and one of me and we
can use our talents and our gifts differently to help gather
Israel. President Nelson has told us that that is the most
important work that we will be involved in right now, is to
gather Israel, and he needs one of you and one of me to do that.
And anyway, that's that really stuck out to me this time
around. And I'm really grateful for the opportunity that I had
to get that little piece of, that little nugget of
inspiration, if you will, for myself. Thank you so much for
for being here, you guys, and if you've stuck around this long
double Thank you. And I'll be back next week with another make
plan Monday. Thank you so much. Until then you.