I Drove A Tractor Almost As Soon

I Invite You To Consider Anew What You Know And What You Have; What You Are Here For And Where You Are Going; And How You Are Going To Do What You Have Come Here To Do. P 13

These Are The Days In Which A True Leader Wants To Live. These Are Days When Opportunities To Change Lives And Even Destinies Are Nearly Endless. You Are Running The Anchor Leg Of The Relay Because You Were Born To Lead. You Were Born For Glory.

On Those Days When We're Not Ready To Stop Being Offended, Not Ready To Forgive, Still Determined To Dish Out The Silent Treatment, What We're Actually Saying Is, "thanks, But I Don't Want To Become More Like The Savior Today. Maybe Tomorrow, But Not Today." Perhaps Those Are The Times When We Need To Pray The Hardest, The Times It Becomes Clear That A Change In Behavior Is Not Enough--that We Must Have A Change In Nature.

Thus, When We Plead For The Gift Of Charity, We Aren't Asking For Lovely Feelings Toward Someone Who Bugs Us Or Someone Who Has Injured Or Wounded Us. We Are Actually Pleading For Our Very Natures To Be Changed, For Our Character And Disposition To Become More And More Like The Savior's, So That We Literally Feel As He Would Feel And Thus Do What He Would Do.

If We Don't Have A Clear Sense Of Our Identity And Purpose, We Are Much More Vulnerable To Lucifer. He Of Course Knows This And Accordingly Attempts To Blur Our Vision. He Lies. He Shades And Obliterates Truth. He Makes Evil Look Good And Good Look Unenlightened And Unsophisticated. Make No Mistake About It: Lucifer Will Do Anything To Derail, Disappoint, Dishearten, Discourage, And Deceive Us—and Particularly Those Who Have Made And Are Seeking To Keep Sacred Covenants. His Motives Are Entirely Self-centered, Selfish, Destructive, And Evil.