However, I was looking forward to enjoying a spiritual feast and was not disappointed. Besides that, I shortly learned that one of the major themes of the conference was "Family History"! This is topic I love so dearly and I engage in almost on a daily basis.
The first talk was given by Joe Anderson, a counselor in the Stake Presidency of the Fort Walton Stake. He must have fasted before the meeting because his attitude and talk was totally a spiritual experience! He talked about Toothpicks! The whole thing about synergy.
A recent (2016) talk at the Women's Conference, illustrates and alludes to this eternal principle... [Actually, the talk was about "Agape"]. Elder and Sister Renlund presented this talk.
“One in charity” can be used as an exhortation—encouraging individuals to be unified and to join with others, such as the newly introduced “I Was a Stranger” initiative. When we think about this phrase as an exhortation, we, as individuals, are strongly encouraged to voluntarily join together to help those in need. Our desire is to be charitable, but we want to do so in a unified effort. It builds on the concept of synergy, that many can do more than the sum of individuals. For example, 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 8. Now, I’m no mathematician, but 8 is clearly more than the sum of the individual parts."
So, Brother Anderson/or President Anderson, if you prefer, was telling about when he was instructed (in school science class?) to create a device made wholly by toothpicks and seeing how much weight that device could hold. I'm not describing this accurately, but you get the idea, right?!!
Elder Renlund: Synergy occurs because the capacity of the five grows as they work together and because they qualify for heaven’s help. As we work together, our capacity grows, and we are able to accomplish even greater tasks in the future.
Brother Anderson's other point was that together we prop each other and "others" up in the worthy goal of helping mankind. Luke 10:2: The aharvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
In another book of scripture: Exodus 17: 9-12 of the Old Testament, there is the story of Moses and Joshua and Amalek...when Moses held up his hand, Joshua prevailed in the fight with Amalek. When Moses' s hand got tired and lowered, Joshua would not prevail.
9 And Moses said unto aJoshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the brod of God in mine hand.
10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 But Moses’ hands awere heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur bstayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
The members of the church should support one another in doing the Lord's work. We are called to the work by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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