This evening, I wish to speak about one of the most important blessings available to members of the Church.

They are limited to those who are worthy. I speak of patriarchal blessings.

My chief reason for speaking upon this subject is that patriarchal blessings verify of the divinity of Christ and of the truthfulness of the Church.

These sacred blessings also strengthen the personal testimonies of those worthy persons who are the recipients of such blessings provided those recipients live so as to merit the blessings which are pronounced therein.

Our prophets words help us better understand the great value of our patriarchal blessing.

Sometimes we hear about people who, sensing the need for a little extra spiritual guidance, flip open the scriptures to a random page to see if something stands out.

While this method may help occasionally, there is a source of personal direction from the Lord that may be more helpful than the random scripture flip.

Now just as the Lord provided a Leahona to Lehi, that same Lord provides for you and for me a rare and priceless gift.

It will give direction to our lives. It will point out the hazards in our journey. It will chart our course and give us safe passage to our heavenly home.

The gift to which I refer is your patriarchal blessing.

We have to believe we are magic, hope and can stand in our way.

Okay, on through, we'll be fine.

Hello listeners, this is Glenn Ostland, and Infants on Thrones is 10 years old.

Now some of you have been on this ride with me the entire time, and many of you haven't.

Regardless, I always appreciate hearing from listeners who have changed over the years, as I've changed and this podcast has changed, we're all always growing from one thing into something else.

And it's been an incredible ride. It's still going of course, but I want to commemorate this 10-year birthday of Infants on Thrones by revisiting some of my favorite infant episodes from the past.

And I'll tell you what all of this podcasting has done for me personally. It's made me very interested in mental, emotional, and yes, even spiritual health.

This is why I'm in the process of becoming a licensed therapist. It's why I've been working as a life coach for the past few years, and it's why I keep making episodes for this podcast to rewire my own brain, to reshape my own confirmation biases, so that I can truly look for the good,

so that I can truly put down the weapons that I use against myself, and so that I can intentionally focus on putting more peace, understanding acceptance, joy, and playfulness into this world as much as I can.

Now if you find this podcast valuable and you'd like to say thank you by donating a few dollars per month, please sign up to support the podcast on Patreon.

You can find details on the website, InfantsOnthrones.com, and if you or someone you love is struggling with severe anxiety, fear, grief, shame, chronic anger, depression, or any mental, emotional, or even spiritual challenges, and you'd like some encouragement, support, and some tools that can help, please reach out to me at InfantsOnthronesAtGmail.com.

Let's talk. I am here for you, and it won't cause you a thing. And now, how about a blast from the past with one of my favorite infant episodes from Days Gone By? Here you go.

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