{Smart}

Sometimes, I feel really smart. I'm not gonna lie! But I had to share this thought that I had.

So, last Sunday was our ward conference at Church. So the Bishop and the Stake President spoke. I am probably one of a few in our stake that have known the Stake President my entire life. Honestly, I bet my family is closer to him than our own Bishop. I love Bishop Johnson and am not belittling him in any way. But "Back in the day" before my Bishop even really lived in our ward boundaries, my dad was in the Bishopric with my now Stake President's Father. Because of how long my family has lived in the same house, and with this part of Layton basically being a "Love Family Reunion" we seem to know them pretty well. Because of this, I have enjoyed listening to him as a stake president. Just because I know him on such a personal level as well. 

Anyway, during President Loves' talk, he quoted this scripture found in 

St Luke 22:31

"And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:"

But the JST is very important here where it says "Satan hath desired you, that he may sift the children of the kingdom as wheat"

One cool thing to think about is house our names should fit into that scripture. I should read it "And the Lord said, Heidee, Heidee, Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat."

I love this, it shows such protection from the Lord.

But here is where my wheels started turning, and I had a "lightbulb" moment. 

The Lord is referring to us as wheat here. What is the first other scripture that you think of when you hear the word "wheat" 

For me, it is the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares.

{Quick overview of the parable}

A farmer's servants plant a field of wheat. And enemy comes in the night and plants tares in with the wheat. Because you can't tell the difference between the two until they are basically grown, they don't notice. Then when the wheat and tares are mixed together, the servants want to dig out the tares. But because of the damage that it would cause to the wheat they are instructed to wait until harvest day and pick the wheat out first, and then the tares. This is a big 'ol reference to the second coming of Jesus Christ.

But hear this.

The Lord says that Satan is going to sift us like wheat. When sifting flour, we are letting all the fine and "good" pieces fall through the sifter while the "bad" stuff all remains on top. 

This is what I think. Satan isn't going to try and change us into a tare. He is just going to find all the bad stuff that could be in the wheat and have us become that bad stuff.

It is important for us to use the Lord and His atonement so that we can make it back and truly 

"Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work."  (D&C 10:5)

Until Next Time...

Peace & Blessings. :)