Welcome to Part 2 with Dr. Jenae Nelson, Genesis 12 to 17, and Abraham 1 to 2.

Jeanne, this has been fantastic, and I know there are so many, including me.

I've had times in my life where I thought, you promised.

Is this ever going to happen?

I bet both of you remember this talk, continue inpatience,

April of 2010, 16 years ago now. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago. This is Elder Uptorf.

He says, I remember when I was preparing to be trained as a fighter pilot. We spent a great deal of our

preliminary military training in

physical exercise. I'm still not exactly sure why endless running was considered such an essential

preparatory part of becoming a pilot. Nevertheless, we ran, and we ran, and we ran some more.

As I was running, I began to notice something that frankly

troubled me. Time and again, I was being passed by men who smoked, drank, and did all manner

of things that were contrary to the gospel, and in particular, the word of wisdom. I remember

thinking, wait a minute, aren't I supposed to be able to run and not

be weary? But I was weary. I was weary, and I was overtaken by people who were definitely not

following the word of wisdom. I confess it troubled me at the time. I asked myself, was the promise true or was it not?

Then this, Jene, I think is what you're talking about. The answer didn't come immediately.

But eventually, I learned that God's promises are not always filled as quickly as or in the way we might hope.

They come according to his timing and in his

ways. Years later, I could see clear evidence of the temporal blessings that come to those who obey

the word of wisdom, in addition to the spiritual blessings that come immediately from obedience to any

of God's laws. Looking back, I know for sure that the promises

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