Comfort in Christ | Wendy W. Reese | September 2023

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🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Please remember that you have access to the greatest source of comfort of all who can be with you at all times. If you will strive to access the Savior’s power through prayer, service, and temple attendance, I promise that you will find comfort in Christ. Wendy W. Reese, wife of President C. Shane Reese, delivered this devotional address on September 12, 2023. You can access the talk here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the recent speeches podcast presented by BYU speeches
0:05.0	featuring inspiring new devotional and forums given each week on BYU campus.
0:10.0	Be sure to check out our other podcasts by searching BYU speeches wherever you get your podcasts or by visiting
0:17.2	speeches dot BYU.edU slash podcasts.
0:21.6	Good morning and welcome to the beginning of the school year.
0:26.0	President Reese and I are so excited to start this semester together with all of you.
0:32.0	We're looking forward to meeting you and we can't wait
0:35.0	to get to know you better. We love you and are praying for you as you start this new
0:40.4	semester. Preparing for this devotional has brought to mind my first semester at
0:45.9	BYU. I grew up in a very small town in Utah called Holden, which has a population of about 400.
0:54.4	President Reese is always quick to tell me
0:56.6	that he thinks this number includes cattle.
1:00.0	Not true.
1:01.6	The population would double if you included the cattle.
1:06.1	I loved growing up in Holden. People often ask me what we did for fun in such a small town.
1:12.1	Aside from cow tipping and snipe hunting, we did things like
1:16.3	camping, water skiing, driving up and down Main Street, which we called Dragging Main,
1:26.2	going to the one-screen movie theater, taking piano and dance lessons, and of course driving up to Provo to go to the BYU football games. Ever since I was a little girl I have loved
1:35.3	BYU. For as long as I can remember my nightly prayer always included two things.
1:40.6	One was that I would find a man who I loved and could take me to the temple.
1:45.8	President Reese wanted me to say that I got more than I bargained for. I also got smart, funny, athletic, and incredibly good looking.
1:57.0	I appreciate Dr. David Wingate for letting me use that last AI generated image.
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