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In Hebrews chapter 12, we read, "...let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross..." I am moved by this description of love, the love that motivated Jesus to endure the cross, and not just the physical cross, but all that He had to bear in His mortal life that would allow Him to come to "know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities" (See Alma 7:10-12).  Paul asks us to "consider Him" (see Hebrews 12:3), and as I have, I realize that I am His joy that was set before Him that He might endure. He didn't give up and was encouraged to finish His preparations in suffering both body and spirit because of His great love for me.  Likewise, I can keep going and run the race in front of me, bearing the cross that I must bear, allowing Him to be my encourager and hope. He brings joy to my suffering as...

In the fourth chapter of 1 Timothy, Paul tells Timothy to "be a good minister of Jesus Christ" and reminds him of the gifts God gave him to "be thou an example of the believers." He also invites Timothy to "neglect not [these] gift[s]."  Following this counsel, Paul tells Timothy to "meditate upon these things" and to give himself "wholly to them" that by doing so, he may not only benefit himself, but also those who hear him. Elder Stevenson, in his most recent conference address, emphasized this admonition when he said, "T he Lord invites us to earnestly seek the best gifts, even spiritual gifts. He gives spiritual gifts to bless us and to use in blessing others."  In the same address, Elder Stevenson said that " The constant companionship of the Holy Ghost is one of the greatest spiritual gifts Latter-day Saints enjoy." I would argue that this gift of the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost is the one gift we ...