A few years ago, I was asked to speak in one of the sessions of our Stake Conference.¹ As I was sitting on the stand before the meeting started I was watching the people as they entered the chapel and took their seats. It was then that I received what I believe was a very special gift from the Lord. For just a few minutes, I was given to see each of the people in the chapel as the Lord sees them (to some small degree only I’m sure). Many of them I didn’t know at all; others, I knew as acquaintances or even friends, but didn’t know of their personal struggles, their doubts, their particular trials.

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