Before conference yesterday morning Janice and I were watching the Music and the Spoken Word broadcast. While we were watching, we noticed Ty came into the room and stopped what he was doing when he heard the music. He then went running out to his room to find Luke. We then overheard him say to Luke..."Come on, church music is playing on the TV." Later, as he was watching, he paused the TV to find Janice and tell her that the choir was singing "I'm Trying to be Like Jesus." Every now and again it's nice to know that your kids recognize the things that they are being taught.
Conference was good as usual. A couple things really stood out to me. It seemed a lot of emphasis was placed on all types of media and the messages that we are receiving. One line in particular that stood out was (and I paraphrase) "If you are watching something and you think it's not too bad, that must also mean it's not too good." Again, I'm sure I butchered that, but the message was clear. I also really appreciated Elder Oaks speaking about good, better, and best. Sometimes we do good things, but we can do better things, and ultimately we can do the best things. I felt the same way listening to Elder Perry during Priesthood session. Just because we can "clear the bar" doesn't mean it's the best we can do. Minimum requirements are there to set a standard to live to, but it doesn't mean we can't push ourselves to be even better.
Anyway, just wanted to share some of my feelings.
-Aaron
