On April 4th and 5th of 2015 millions of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including myself, gathered to listen to the prophet and general authorities speak. I even had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Saturday afternoon session with my family. Sometimes, I have trouble keeping my eyes open when I listen to speakers in person, but that afternoon at 2:00PM I couldn't peel my eyes away from the speakers.
Probably one of my very favorite talks was given by Elder Wilford W. Andersen and it was called "The Music of the Gospel." Elder Andersen gave a very good talk in that he conveyed his message really well through imagery and metaphoric language.
He spoke about a tribal witchdoctor telling a medical doctor that he could teach him how to dance but he had to hear the music all on his own. Elder Andersen then went on to describe many scenes that we probably encounter in our day-to-day lives. Like seeing someone dancing in their car at a red light. He compared this to someone in the church going through the motions without ever feeling the powerfulness and truthfulness of the gospel in their hearts. Those who only see our actions and can't feel the feelings or "hear the music" will think we are strange, but after they do hear it, they will want to join in on the dance as well. Being a great lover of music, I really related to this talk. I enjoyed the comparisons and really appreciated the principle he was teaching with these metaphors. It has made me determined to listen carful for "the music" and try to get as many people as I can to hear it too.
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