Flecks of Gold | Patrick Kearon | September 2024
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🗓️ 27 May 2026
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As we reach outward and upward, serving others and remembering that we are children of God, we can be like flecks of gold. Click here to see the speech page.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Classic Speaches Podcasts presented by BYU Speaches, bringing you treasured talks from 70 years of BYU Devotionals. |
| 0:09.0 | Be sure to check out our other podcasts by searching BYU Speaches wherever you get your podcasts, or by visiting |
| 0:16.0 | speeches.bYu.edu slash podcasts. |
| 0:20.0 | This devotional address entitled, |
| 0:24.6 | Flex of Gold, was given on September 17th, 2024 by Patrick Kieran, |
| 0:29.6 | then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:34.6 | I love that, and I love those thoughts, and I'm so happy to be here |
| 0:42.4 | with Jen today and with all of you and with family members and loved ones. |
| 0:50.6 | To say that I'm surprised to be here is an understatement, as you heard earlier. |
| 0:57.0 | And I'm constantly apologizing for the fact that you haven't got, as I would say, a real apostle here with you today. |
| 1:04.3 | And there was, in fact, a seasoned one lined up, but he'll be here in a few months and he'll |
| 1:12.1 | explain why he's not here today and why we are. |
| 1:18.6 | I love the idea of surprising God, because goodness knows, he's really surprised me lately. |
| 1:27.4 | And I'm going to think about that and practice it. |
| 1:34.2 | Let's say this. |
| 1:35.5 | It really is a joy to be here with you. |
| 1:39.7 | I have a particular sensitivity to the freshmen amongst you, as I am one, and feeling at least |
| 1:49.9 | is raw and somehow homesick as you might be and really welcome you to this beautiful place. |
| 2:05.6 | This extraordinary setting, this glorious institution where you can grow in light and knowledge, in love, in kindness, and certainly in joy and in an |
| 2:17.2 | understanding of who you really are. |
| 2:20.4 | For those of you who were here or perhaps not here last week, |
| 2:27.2 | when President and Sister Reese was speaking, |
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