Paisley: Hey everybody, Paisley and perfect. Back with another
Make a plan Monday. We are more than halfway through the year,
and we are at Doctrine and Covenants, sections 81 through
83 where much is given, much is required. So let's take a look
at what we've got this week. We have got, well, three sections
of the Doctrine and Covenants, right? 8182 and 83 which is not
a lot, it's about 10 minutes, if that. So let's keep looking and
see what else we've got. There's a couple of revelations in
context right here. There's the Newell K Whitney and the United
firm, which I did not include because we've looked at that
already, and it's been an option a couple of different times. And
then there's Jesse Gauss counselor to the profit. I don't
know if I'm saying that right or not. That's just a guess, but
that one I did add because we have not looked at that one yet.
And as we keep going, there are some questions here that are
worth paying attention to and looking at for yourself. What
are some ways a person can be weak, and what does it mean to
sucker them? What might cause a person's hands to figuratively
hang down, and how can I lift them up? And what might feeble
knees mean? How are they strengthened? And then, how does
the Savior do those things for us as we keep going? There's a
video right here, teachings of Thomas S Monson rescuing those
in need. It's just over five minutes. And then there's a
second video here as well, called works of God about four
and a half, some artwork. There's a hymn if you want to go
listen to because I have been given much, or if you want to
look at the words for that hymn again, it's a good one. Then
there's another video right here, just over five and a half
minutes. Blessed and happy are those who keep the commandments
of God. All three of these videos are on the list, by the
way. Then, as we keep going, there's a talk here from Elder
Christofferson, our relationship with God. And then, if you want
to, there's commandments in the topics and questions section of
the gospel library. I did not, as usual, I don't usually, I
don't usually include those on the list. I did not this time
either. Okay? And then, as we keep going, this right here is a
talk from a BYU Women's Conference. And when you click
on the link, you come here to this page. It's not available
for listening to, you would have the blue headphone icon down
here. It's not available to listen to here, but it says
right here, see byutv.org for a recording of the original
discourse. But when you click on that, you get this item
currently unavailable for on demand access check the schedule
for the next available date and time. So I don't know if they're
going to make this available for on demand access throughout the
week, because it's referenced in the Come follow me or not. It
doesn't say anything here, this sister Pierce is a daughter of
President Hinckley. I'm sure it's good, and the only reason
I'm bringing this up is because I don't know how long it's going
to take for you to read it. I did ask the AI, and it said, if
you're a fast reader, it could take five minutes. If you're a
slow reader, it could take 11 minutes, if you're an average
reader, seven or eight. So I put eight on the checklist and I
left it on a day by itself. This whole first section right here
is about Sister. Sister Pierce. So if you wanted to skip that,
you could and just go straight into her, her talk. But if you
want to learn more about her, read this section right here in
the box. When I asked the AI how long it would take to read, I
just included the entire page so and I left it right in the
middle at about eight pages, just so you know, with all of
that. All right, let's get back to here. That's this talk, right
here. Prayer a small and simple thing. All right, as we keep
going, there are in this people places. We'll come back. We'll
come back to the people places and events, and I'll show you
when we get there. Okay, so now we are down into ideas for
teaching children secret prayer. If you want to sing a song with
them, there's a couple of verses this video right here. Pass it
on. We just looked at, I say, just looked at we looked at this
back in April, so I didn't include it on the list, but it's
only two minutes. So if you wanted to watch it again, you
could and then. And there's another video right here, six
minutes, nine seconds, serving in the Savior's way. That one is
included on the checklist. Some more artwork, some Scriptures in
the Old Testament and the New Testament. And then Doctrine and
Covenants kind of pull it all together. And then there's the
activity page, if you want to use that, okay, back up here to
people, places and events. And when we click to see more,
there's the revelations in context, which I've already
included. And then there's chapter 14, visions and
nightmares from saints. I didn't include that because we've
looked at that already and it's been an option a couple of
different times. I did, however, click on these two things right
here. They look like this. Sorry, no, this is the
revelations in context. Where is that other one? Let's just click
on it again. This is a historical resource, so you can
pull it up over here. It's super short. And if you wanted to read
more about Jackie Jesse Gauss, you could read a little bit more
here. Again, super short, not very long. I didn't put it on
the checklist. It's probably like 30 seconds. Just take a
look at it when you get there, when you get down to this part
of your book. And then they have the same thing for Frederick G
Williams, and just kind of a quick recap something that we
learned with our kids tonight. Jesse Gauss was called to be a
counselor to Joseph Smith before the First Presidency was
officially organized the way that we know it today, but he
didn't. He didn't stick around. So Frederick Williams actually
replaced him. And Frederick Williams had some issues too,
but he did come back to the church before he died. But
section 81 section 81 was originally given for Jesse
Gauss, but is applicable also to Frederick Williams. The promises
and blessings that were given because of his calling are
applicable to Frederick Williams because he ended up fulfilling
the calling. It's kind of like when you get called to something
like Bishop, right? There are special blessings that come with
being called to be a bishop that are only applicable to the
bishop, but the bishop gets replaced, and then those
blessings move on to the next person. Some of them are more
personal, especially in a church this size, some of them are more
personal, but there are things that are applicable to the
calling itself that come with like being set apart in that
calling. I'll give you an example. It might be kind of a
cheesy example. I was called to be primary president a long time
ago, and I remember when I was first called, I started
noticing, like, we would be driving down the road and
stopped at a stoplight, and I would look in the car next to
me, and there would be a little kid there, just like staring at
me, and they would smile and wave. This has never happened to
me before. I think I've talked about it before. I have resting
grump face, and so usually when kids look at me, they like get
scared. But it was just this weird thing that these kids
would just, like, look at me from their car seat, or look at
me through the window, and they would smile and wait, smile and
wave at me. And I wasn't, like, smiling at them anyway, special.
I didn't wave at them first. It was just this weird thing. And
then when I was released, I didn't necessarily notice that
that stopped, or anything like that, but I do remember when I
was released that I felt it like I felt the I felt different
about the kids in my ward. I still loved them, but I felt
different towards them. I think not about them. I didn't really
feel different about them. I still loved them, but I felt
different towards them. The mantle had been moved. For lack
of a better phrase, I can't think of another way to describe
it right now,
but that's kind of what I'm getting from this. Like some of
the blessings are personal. Some of them come with the calling
anyway, so take that for what you will primary person.
President versus counselor in a pre First Presidency. So take
that for what you will. It's just my way of making it
applicable to myself. Okay, that's it. It looks like it's
about nine, almost 10 minutes on average per day, and our list
looks like this. So on Monday, doctrine and covenant section,
81 and then we're looking at the revelations in context for Jesse
Gauss total, eight minutes, 51 seconds. Tuesday, sections, 82
and 83 seven and a half minutes. Wednesday, the two videos,
teachings of President Monson and the works of God nine and a
half minutes. Thursday, these two videos almost 12 minutes.
Remember, it's an average of 10 minutes. This one's almost 12
minutes. And then Friday is actually the longest day, with
the talk from Elder Christofferson, with 13 minutes
and 17 seconds. So even 13 minutes is still less than 15
minutes. We can totally do that and then last, but not least.
Again guesstimate eight minutes, based on what, based on the
analysis that the AI did, eight minutes for Saturday to go
through the talk by sister Pierce. So pretty simple, pretty
easy and totally doable for all of us. Thank you so much, you
guys for sticking around, for hanging out with me. I hope that
these checklists are helpful. I hope that somebody's using them
besides me. But I mean, if not, I started this for myself more
than anything else. So even if I'm the only one using them,
it's still super helpful. Thank you so much for being here, you
guys, and until next time, have a good one. You.