Part 2: Being Christlike Towards People in Word, Action, and in Thought

Continuing to live more Christlike... I have a talk from Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, who speaks to us on developing Christlike attributes.

"The scriptures describe a number of Christlike attributes we need to develop during the course of our lives. They include knowledge and humility, charity and love, obedience and diligence, faith and hope. These personal character qualities stand independent of the organizational status of our Church unit, our economic circumstances, our family situation, culture, race, or language. Christlike attributes are gifts from God. They cannot be developed without His help. The one help we all need is given to us freely through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Having faith in Jesus Christ and in His Atonement means relying completely on Him—trusting in His infinite power, intelligence, and love. Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agency righteously. Faith in Jesus Christ leads to action. When we have faith in Christ, we trust the Lord enough to follow His commandments—even when we do not completely understand the reasons for them. In seeking to become more like the Savior, we need to reevaluate our lives regularly and rely, through the path of true repentance, upon the merits of Jesus Christ and the blessings of His Atonement.

By becoming more like the Savior, we will grow in our ability to “abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost” (Rom. 15:13). We will “lay aside the things of this world, and seek for the things of a better” (D&C 25:10).

This leads me back to my aerodynamic analogy from the beginning. I spoke of focusing on the basics. Christlike attributes are the basics. They are the fundamental principles that will create “the wind beneath our wings.” As we develop Christlike attributes in our own lives, step-by-step, they will “bear [us] up as on eagles’ wings” (D&C 124:18). Our faith in Jesus Christ will provide power and a strong forward thrust; our unwavering and active hope will provide a powerful upward lift. Both faith and hope will carry us across oceans of temptations, over mountains of afflictions, and bring us safely back to our eternal home and destination" - Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Christlike Attributes - the Wind Beneath Our Wings, General Conference October 2005

Patience
One Christlike Attribute that is essential to us reaching our full spiritual potential is patience. Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf speaks on patience in the following video.

Continue in Patience

Patience requires that we obey God's commandments and faithfully wait for His will to be fulfilled.

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Mosiah 24: 15 And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord. 

2 Peter 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness

  I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

To conclude, I have definitely appreciated today's challenge to be more patient with others and not be easily provoked. I urge you to also pursue this challenge, and I thank you for acknowledging my efforts to share what I have discovered! I am very excited for Trek this week and EFY next week, even though I won't be able to blog every day like I am now.

~Sarah Foote