“By Union of Feeling We Obtain Power with God (excerpts),” New Era, Nov. 2020, 46–47.
By Union of Feeling We Obtain Power with God (excerpts)
Unity doesn’t magically happen; it takes work. It’s messy, sometimes uncomfortable, and happens gradually. …
We may not yet be where we want to be, and we are not now where we will be. I believe the change we seek in ourselves and in the groups we belong to will come less by activism and more by actively trying every day to understand one another. Why? Because we are building Zion—a people “of one heart and one mind” [Moses 7:18]. …
… It isn’t complicated to know what to do, but it often goes against our selfish interests, and we have to try. The women of this Church have unlimited potential to change society. I have full spiritual confidence that, as we seek union of feeling, we will call down the power of God to make our efforts whole.