I have been reading in Helaman in the Book of Mormon and have been impressed by how much it relates to our time. Hard things happen, people humble themselves, and then in a few years they are back to their own bad habits.
This talk by Elder Holland was given shortly after his return from living in Chile. His message relates quite well to what I've been reading:
"'Abide in me' is an understandable and beautiful enough concept in the elegant English of the King James Bible, but “abide” is not a word we use much anymore. So I gained even more appreciation for this admonition from the Lord when I was introduced to the translation of this passage in another language. In Spanish that familiar phrase is rendered “permaneced en mi.” Like the English verb “abide,” permanecer means “to remain, to stay,” but even gringos like me can hear the root cognate there of “permanence.” The sense of this then is “stay—but stay forever.” That is the call of the gospel message to Chileans and everyone else in the world. Come, but come to remain. Come with conviction and endurance. Come permanently, for your sake and the sake of all the generations who must follow you, and we will help each other be strong to the very end."
Last night our ward had the Relief Society birthday party and it was about sisters all over the world, kind of a cultural night. There were sisters who told stories about faithful women all over the world and this really touched me. It doesn't matter if we live in Brazil or Sweden or Utah, we can live the gospel to the best of our ability. We can abide in Him, stay with Him forever, and help others to do the same.
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