Bonnie H. Cordon: Letting Him Direct Thy Paths

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

There have been seasons when Sister Bonnie H. Cordon was a working mom and other seasons where she was able to choose to stay home. Today, she is a working grandmother who feels that the Lord has given her a miracle she didn’t know she needed in the form of an opportunity to lead Southern Virginia University. On this week’s episode, we discuss with President Cordon, the former Young Women general president, the Lord’s ability to direct us from season to season if we’ll just say yes.

3:26- Raised on a Farm
9:53- A Miraculous Mission Call
17:36- The Wrong Major?
20:15- Courage and Patience
23:57- Decisions Surrounding Work and Motherhood
32:20- Many Ways to Contribute
35:01- Advice to Young Working Mother
38:03- Advice to Stay-At-Home Mother
41:26- Prepared for Service in the Church
45:16- The Road to SVU
53:42- What Does it Mean To Be All In?

“We say ‘What is leadership? What is power?’ And it’s really influence.” -Bonnie H. Cordon

Links:

Bonnie Cordon Announced as President of SVU: https://news.svu.edu/2023/bonnie-h-cordon-named-president-of-southern-virginia-university/

Elder Perry Helps a Young Bonnie Cordon Feed Chickens: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/feeding-chickens-with-elder-perry-taught-president-cordon-to-shine-her-light-so-others-may-see#:~:text=With%20a%20soaked%20leather%20shoe,Perry%2C”%20President%20Cordon%20recalled.

“In the absence of experiences with God, one can doubt the existence of God. So, put yourself in a position to begin having experiences with Him.” -President Russell M. Nelson, “Come, Follow Me.” https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2019/05/46nelson?lang=eng

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0:00.0	Outside of the interview you'll hear here, sister Bonnie Corden, former young
0:05.2	women general president and current president of Southern Virginia
0:08.4	University, gave me some advice that I will cherish and continue to ponder in the days to come.
0:15.0	She pointed out that in Proverbs 3 verses 5 and 6 it says,
0:19.7	trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto
0:23.1	thine own understanding in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct
0:27.6	thy paths. Plural paths.
0:30.9	She encouraged me to trust that the Lord will always have more for us to do as we entrust our paths to him.
0:38.0	Lately, I've been thinking a lot about women's many varied paths.
0:43.0	Some are married and some are not.
0:45.0	Some have children and some do not.
0:47.0	For many, these life circumstances are not a choice
0:50.0	and they long for something different.
0:53.0	More specifically, I found myself thinking about how as mothers,
0:57.0	some choose to work and others choose to stay home.
1:00.0	For some, it doesn't feel as much like a choice as much as what is required of them in a certain season.
1:06.0	But I think we do ourselves and those around us a disservice when we choose to judge another's path rather than trusting that they also are doing the best they
1:15.8	can to counsel with the Lord and to trust in Him with their whole hearts.
1:21.0	I thought that Sister Corden, someone who has worked in certain seasons of life and even as a
1:26.0	grandmother has chosen to work and who in other seasons of life chose to stay home with her
1:31.6	children might be a wonderful person for this
1:35.0	particular conversation.
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