Jonathan LeMaster-Smith

Day two of General Conference is on Deck!

Dr J’s song of the day is “Things You Learn the Hard Way” by Emily Scott Robinson.

A lyric selection:
Be careful with the bottle
When you have your first drink
The pull it’ll have on you is
Stronger than you think
Don’t speed through a small town
Or push an empty tank
And when that farmer stops to give you gas
Be sure to tell him “Thanks”
Always check the oil
In your twenty year old car
Before you leave for college
You won’t make it very far

Things you learn the hard way
Some lessons you can’t teach
Until you’re livin’ through ’em
The wisdom’s out of reach
Things you learn the hard way
Things you learn the hard way

We are seeing that we need to a be church of conviction, transparency, and direction. We have piddled around for far too long, and we have dealt with the consequences.

But we learn, we keep going, and we’ll be the church we need to be.