{"id":4852,"date":"2012-04-13T09:02:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T15:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/?p=4852"},"modified":"2012-04-13T09:03:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T15:03:17","slug":"mountains-to-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/13\/mountains-to-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountains To Climb"},"content":{"rendered":"

General Conference is a great time to stop and reevaluate our lives, make changes and overcome those challenges that we face.<\/p>\n

President Henry B. Eyring\u2019s talk, \u201cMountains to Climb\u2019 from the April 2012 General Conference inspired me.\u00a0 He helped me realize that I can climb the mountains in my life.<\/p>\n

President Eyring quoted President Spencer W. Kimball, \u201c There are great challenges ahead of us, giant opportunities to be met. I welcome that exciting prospect and feel to say to the Lord, humbly \u201cGive me this mountain, give me these challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lord allows these challenges to come into our lives. They teach us patience, build faith, and strengthen our spirits. We need them so we can become like our Father in Heaven.<\/p>\n

I love the hymn, \u201cMore Holiness Give Me\u201d (Hymn 131).\u00a0 \u201cMore holiness give me\u2026more patience in suffering\u2026more hope in his word\u2026more fit for the kingdom, more used would I be, more blessed and holy\u2014more, Savior, like thee.\u201d This life is a refiner\u2019s fire, we are here to be polished and prepared for an eternal life with our Father in Heaven.<\/p>\n

To learn from these challenges, we must, as Pres. Eyring says, \u201chave a foundation of faith or we will crumble\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pres. Eyring proposes we build a foundation of faith through:<\/p>\n