Giving Talks

Today was an exceptional day for the spirit of revelation! In reality it all started this past Wednesday when I got a phone call in my intro to Islam class from Bro. Chase of the Bishopric. I obviously couldn't answer but i knew it was him because i have Google Voice and it texted me the voicemail. Clearly the most useful thing I ever received from Google. So I texted him to find out what he wanted and he asked me to speak on sunday about goals. I was like that's cool, i'll do it.

So last night rolls around and i still hadn't written my talk. In actuality i hadn't started my talk until 1 a.m. on account of my girlfriend and her friends and scott and I all watched 17 again after eating a pizza. Zac Efron is cool. So at 1 i start writing my talk. I started with a prayer and magically the spirit starts flowing pure intelligence directly to my brain. It was a nice change of pace. So i write my entire talk in a matter of a half hour and went to bed.

This morning came quickly and I realized that i was actually nervous to give my talk. I really love speaking but this time it was in front of so many people that I didn't really know and on top of that Bethany would be there and she had never heard me speak before. I wanted to be spiritual and to have people want to change so I was really praying that my talk would go well. When sacrament meeting arrived I was really excited to give my talk and I saw that I was going second so it wasn't too much pressure. Then when the first person started speaking I realized that everyone had been given the same exact topic to speak on. Goals. Honestly I wasn't sure how any of us would be able to put a different spin on having goals.

Well in the long run my talk went great! I received a ton of compliments about my talk and the spirit was strong.

Recommendation:When the bishopric asks you to give a talk 4 days before the day to give it, just say yes. It'll work out great and the Lord will bless you.