![]() Something wonderful happens in a missionary’s service when he or she realizes that the calling is not about him or her rather, it is about the Lord, His work, and Heavenly Father’s children. ![]() The Lord has called you for what He needs to do through you, and that will happen only if you do it His way.” I recognize that this wisdom from an older brother applies even more today. In your case, it is probably in spite of what you have done. He said, “You need to know that the Lord hasn’t called you because of anything you have done. ![]() Decades ago, when I was called to be the bishop of a ward in the eastern United States, my brother, slightly older and much wiser than I, called me on the phone. My call gives ample evidence to the truthfulness of the Lord’s statement early in this dispensation: “That the fulness of my gospel might be proclaimed by the weak and the simple unto the ends of the world.” 1 I am one of those weak and simple. I was especially grateful for the sustaining vote of the two extraordinary women in my life: my wife, Ruth, and our dear, dear, dear daughter, Ashley. ![]() It is hard to express how much that means to me. My dear brothers and sisters, thank you for sustaining me yesterday as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. ![]()
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