Anna Laurel

YA speculative fiction novelist, photographer, musician, sketcher, cinematographer, and polyglot. And #imaMormon

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

"We do not seek tribulation." "Lift others burdens..." I think sometimes people forget this. Burdens are made to be lifted if we let them. LET GOD PREVAIL! #PresidentNelson #PresidentEyring #generalconference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

Yes, we approach our leaders to see if they will recommend us, but even if they do recommend us, it matters not if we do not recommend our own selves to the God. Live so that looking from the outside, you would want to. #ElderRasband #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

Doc&Cov 38:30 We didn't worry about leaving our Father in Heaven for this test on Earth, we REJOICED. #ElderBednar #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

I love the enhanced personal standards we need to hold ourselves to, and the subtle wording changes. I especially need it. Small steps closer home. #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

I can perfect myself, only Christ can do that. But through Christ, the things I do can be consecrated to my perfection. #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

“Satan...trying to persuade us... that with an application of paint a laborador can become a dalmation.”
We cannot turn evil things into good things no matter how much we believe our subjectivity can be truth. There is one truth only. #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

But this is accurate! When we heard the Great Plan of Happiness, we shouted for joy! How could we not run off into Earth-life like this? #GeneralConference

[Cecelia Lefgren @CeceliaLefgren]

My sister made this. #GeneralConference @UchtdorfDF

[Church of Jesus Christ | Come Unto Christ @ComeUntoChrist]

"God loves us and knows us. He is always ready to walk the path of life with us. #ElderGong #GeneralConference #ComeUntoChrist"

[Brother Joseph @josephdroge]

Did anyone else catch President Uchtdorf quoting Dumbledore? "it is our choices that determine who we truly are, far more than our abilities".
#GeneralConference

[Laura the Cellist @Laurathecellist]

We have to sacrifice our comforts and securities in order to progress on the path back to our Heavenly Home.

#GeneralConference #DezNat

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

The big thing about a Heroes is that they are not passive, forced into the plot—something happens and because of who they are, they choose into their story. We too need to be active participants in our own lives. #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

The Hero’s Journey as the plan of salvation. #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

1) Sharing the light of Christ with those on either side of the veil #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

There’s still going with the “don’t chase after the things that fleet away” theme.
What carnal and temporal things am I chasing after that I only thing will last?#GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

As commented by a friend, “Does it spark joy?”
That seems to be the takeaway from conference today. Does it spark true, eternal joy, or is it a fleeting feeling?
#GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

Can I just repost ALL of Elder Bednar's talk? I'm going to listen to this one again. #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

I’ve heard a lot of “Sunday school answers” –which are in part answering my question for this conference, but still looking for the how. #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

“Unchanging fidelity to God”
I said I would follow Him. He hasn’t changed. Only I have. I knew who God was when I agreed to follow Him. #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

Yes, I know God wants us to attend our church service, but who is more joyful? He who attends his meetings and nothing else, or he who serves man and finds no time for meetings? “Looking” righteous has nothing to do with joy. Only doing actual good. #GeneralConference

[Anna Laurel @anlaurelt]

Alma 14:8-13
Honestly, the members of our church aren’t perfect, the leaders aren’t perfect, their reception of revelation isn’t perfect, and how we hear it isn’t perfect. But we can still act according to what we think God desires of us—we can choose. #GeneralConference