So, for a child to see a mother engaging in this pattern of learning-that’s the most powerful example that could ever be, far more impactful than just simply admonishing and saying, “Here’s what you need to do.” They do relatively little of what we tell them to do. I’m a grandpa, and the truth of the matter is children do what they see us do. I’m already busy.” Why do you think it’s important that they continue their education, even when they already maybe are focused on being a parent and a mother?Įlder Bednar: You and I are both parents. President Gilbert: Many of our students, Elder Bednar, are mothers, and they say, “Well, I know education is important, but if I just teach my children that it’s important they’ll do it, but I’m already a mother. Do you remember when you were in high school and you were a sophomore and you thought, “Oh gee, it was so easy to be a freshman,” and then when you’re a junior you look back, you say, “What was I thinking? Sophomore life was simple.” Our capacity is enlarged, and that great blessing is available to every single covenant-keeping member of this Church. In my experiences and the experience I’ve seen in the lives of so many people, is that as we honor our covenants and keep the commandments, our capacity is enlarged. If there’s no time now, I don’t think you’re going to find a lot of time in the future. What can we learn from this that would help students who say, “Oh, I’ve got so many other responsibilities.” What does knowing it for myself mean in this kind of a setting?Įlder Bednar: I would suggest that’s probably only going to get worse. And not only do they doubt they can complete it, but life kind of gets in the way. That doesn’t minimize the amount of work we have to do, but it provides hope that we have assistance beyond our own. So, if we put forth the effort to input whatever the subject matter, not just spiritual things-chemistry, algebra, English, learning a foreign language-we are assisted by the Holy Ghost. He’s a Comforter, but He brings all things to our remembrance. We’ve all thought, “I don’t have what it takes to do this.” You do not have to do this alone. I don’t know if I have the abilities to finish my education and other responsibilities.” How would these principles apply to that type of a student?Įlder Bednar: I think all of us have those reservations. President Gilbert: You know, we have students all over the Church participating in this, and many of the BYU-Pathway students will look at this and say, “You know, I don’t know if I can do this. So, we find that same pattern in both Nephi and Joseph Smith of desiring and seeking to learn for themselves. He believed his father’s vision, but because he believed his father’s vision, he had a desire to see and know for himself. She notices something has happened, and he says, “Mother, I am well enough off, I have learned for myself…” You see that exact same pattern with Nephi. Tell us what you were hoping we would see and think about as we prepared those scriptures.Įlder Bednar: If I had the wish of my heart, every person involved in Pathway would have burned into his or her brain the statement, “I have learned for myself.” This is what Joseph said when he returned from the sacred grove. President Gilbert: In our pre-reading assignments, you asked us to read some scriptural references - one of them around Nephi and looking at his father’s dream and one about Joseph Smith seeking more knowledge. Bednar, who is our first assigned Church speaker to the BYU-Pathway Worldwide devotionals. President Gilbert: We’d like to welcome Elder David A. Gilbert, president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, hosted by Clark G.
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