Bring Healing Light into Your Life | Kimberly O. Jenkins | June 2024
Jun 26, 2024
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Kimberly O. Jenkins discusses finding healing light by recognizing miracles, putting in effort, and serving others. She shares stories of overcoming challenges in academia, infertility, and personal struggles during chemotherapy. Learn how to bring light and faith into life amid challenges and find inner peace and purpose.
Recognizing miracles requires effort and perseverance, showcasing the importance of diligent work in achieving miracles.
Finding healing through serving others highlights the transformative power of service in overcoming personal trials.
Deep dives
Miracles Require Work and Patience
Miracles often require effort and perseverance. Elder M. Russell Ballard emphasized the principle of acting in faith after praying. To illustrate this, a group of physics students at BYU faced unexpected challenges during a research project involving NASA's Artemis 1 launch. Despite setbacks and last-minute changes, their hard work and determination led to a successful outcome, showcasing the importance of diligent effort in achieving miracles.
Recognizing Subtle Miracles
Subtle miracles may go unnoticed if we are preoccupied with daily distractions. The comparison is drawn with a unique research space at BYU that highlights the significance of silence for perceiving subtle sounds. Similarly, the speaker emphasizes the importance of recognizing and appreciating the smaller miracles in life, such as the forgiveness offered through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. By paying attention to these subtleties, one can find joy and gratitude amidst life's challenges.
Finding Purpose Through Serving Others
Serving others can lead to personal healing and a sense of purpose. A personal experience shared by the speaker, involving struggles with infertility and health complications, highlights the transformative power of serving. By participating in a health clinic in American Samoa despite undergoing chemotherapy, the speaker found solace and healing through helping those in need. The episode emphasizes the profound impact of service in overcoming personal trials and discovering renewed hope.
When we feel burdened or overwhelmed, we can find healing light by recognizing miracles, putting in effort, and serving others. Kimberly O. Jenkins, communications director for the BYU College of Computational, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences, delivered this devotional address on June 25, 2024. You can access the talk here.