Last weekend was General Conference.
It was wonderful… as usual… how could it not be considering you get to hear a prophet of God speak?
Conference always gives me a spiritual infusion and helps me re-evaluate my life and my relationship with God. I am so grateful for it. I am also grateful that this Conference I got several new insights that I am very excited to share! But first I have to share an experience I had last week at the General Relief Society Broadcast that just reinforced my testimony of God’s great love for women.
Last week I wrote about Eve and her faithful daughters and I remarked that I would LOVE to get a glimpse of these women. Well, God answers the prayers of our heart because during the broadcast I got that glimpse.
Imagine this place
the Conference Center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints, filled to capacity with over 21,333 righteous women (and millions more in meeting houses around the world) standing and singing “How Firm a Foundation”. Especially imagine them singing at the top of their lungs with tears streaming down their face (I’m sure I wasn’t the only one crying) the last verse of the song,
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not, I cannot, desert to his foes:
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never – no, never, no, never forsake!
As I stood in my meeting house, more than 100 miles away from the Conference Center, and sang this hymn my mind was filled with images of women all over the world standing along side me and singing their devotion to Jesus Christ. I felt such a connection to these women and to the women on the other side of the veil whom I felt were standing with us. I realized that I was only one in the army of millions of faithful women– past, present and future– whose testimonies of the gospel burn strong in their hearts and who are ready and willing to do all that God asks of them. I know that even though we are so far apart we are all bound together as sisters through the gospel of Jesus Christ. No matter where or when we live or have lived we are all the daughters of Eve– glorious, faithful and strong. I am so grateful that God answered my prayer and granted me what I wanted… a glimpse.
I wish that they posted the musical numbers from Conference online, but they don’t. But I did find this clip from a previous General Conference, not a Relief Society meeting, of “How Firm a Foundation” being sung by the congregation. It is powerful and if you haven’t ever heard this hymn sung before I HIGHLY recommend watching this clip.
