Covenants

It was Ward Conference for my BYU 244th Ward. We had the stake presidency teach us and it was great. (btw – our Stake Presidency consists of President Vern Henshaw, Bruce McAllister, and Ron Hirschi.)

President McAllister mentioned another interesting thought today that is going to require a bit more thought on my part: Temple Recommend Question #8 – Do you strive to keep the covenants you have made, to attend your sacrament and priesthood meetings, and to keep your life in harmony with the laws and commandments of the gospel?

President McAllister said that there is something integral to our striving to attend our priesthood meetings that helps us keep our covenants. That is why it is a part of the temple recommend questions.

I will post an update after I think about this for a bit.

Btw- My home ward, Norhridge 3rd, got a new bishop today. It will be interesting to see who has that new resposibility. That is a big job!

UPDATE 11-11-07PM: As I suspected, Mark Longhurst is the new Bishop and Martin Anderson and Jeff Mclelland are Counselors. All will serve well I am sure. Martin Anderson was the one that didn’t come to mind when I was contemplating the choices originally.