We went to Area Convention in Nephi this year. Brother Staheli (secretary to President Hinckley and current secretary to the Quorum of the Twelve) was our guest speaker this year. Life has been absolutely crazy the past three weeks (I may be writing this a few weeks after I experienced it... :) ) but I can't shake a story he told.
Someone asked about unity amoung the brethren. They all come from different walks of life, and they were curious to see how different personalities mesh. He told this story.
He said that one meeting the brethren were having, there was a disagreement between two of the brethren. They decided that a break was needed. Brother Staheli was sitting by one of the men who was in the conflict. He said he looked down, and the man was in tears. He looked up at Brother Staheli and said, "I'm afraid I offended him."
He said he didn't know the exact way this story ended, it wasn't his business to know. But he watched as minutes later, the other man who was the other half of the conflict was kneeling in front of the other. He had his hands clutched in his, and things were resolved after that.
It touches me heart, and teaches me so much about how to unify my own family. This story has taught me about what it means to be selfless and freely forgive.
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