A while back I was reading Elder Neil Andersen's talk from April 2020 General Conference. I noted a quick reference to this book and, though I hadn't been super impressed with the last nonfiction book I had read by him(gifted to me), I put this one on hold on a whim and promptly forgot all about it.

Two weeks ago I was struggling emotionally. A friend and I had set up a time to get together and I was really excited because COVID/Isolating and because I really thought she could help me fix this emotional slough I was in. Instead, I felt a curious reluctance to discuss my problems and, therefore, was left still feeling blue and worn out.

Then this book, which I had completely forgotten about, showed up on my hold shelf. Though I had soooo many books ahead of it, on another whim, I pushed it to the front of my stack again.

It was, as imperfect as it is, just what I needed. When I say it's imperfect, I mean that it doesn't quite draw all the lines from doctrine to example as well as it could. But that doesn't matter. Because I can do that.

As I started the book, I was intensely aware of the counsel of President Packer, to be careful about sharing spiritual things(metaphorical pearls before swine) but I feel like Lund does a good job being respectful without sacrificing the personal aspect of these stories. ( )

One of the best. ( )