General Conference!

Can I just say I am SO excited for General Conference in a couple of weeks? I hadn't really thought about it much, but then there was a talk in church on how to prepare for General Conference. They stressed that we need to prepare in at least 3 different ways: Temporally, Mentally, and Spiritually.

For the temporal aspect, we need to make sure we have adequate sleep. We should prepare meals either before or after so we don't distract ourselves. And finally we need to dress appropriately to set the tone for the meetings. Examples that were given were mostly focused on the Savior. If the Savior were talking to us, would we fall asleep during his council? Would we leave the room to prepare meals? Would we be in our pj's? In reality, the Lord IS speaking to us, through the voice of His servants!

Mentally, we should get in the mindset that we will take action. Listening to the talks is great, but if we can't take anything from them and apply those principles to our life, why make the effort to sit and listen to talks for 8 hours? We should come to conference with questions we need answers for, and listen intently for those answers.

Finally, we should spiritually prepare ourselves for General Conference. By taking time for the Lord through daily habits (such as scripture study, prayer, etc.) we will be more receptive of the Spirit. This will help us to receive personal revelations.

I hope I can continue to prepare for conference, and I hope this post may help some of you better prepare as well. Happy conference viewing!