Where to go?

The old crow is getting slow.

The young crow is not.

Of what the young crow does not know

The old crow knows a lot.

At knowing things the old crow

Is still the young crow’s master.

What does the slow old crow not know?

—How to go faster.

The young crow flies above, below,

And rings around the slow old crow.

What does the fast young crow not know?

—Where to go. 

This was the poem that President Boyd K. Packer read in this last General Conference.  How do we know where to go? How can we learn to listen to those who know?  President Monson along with our other church leaders and the spirit will always guide us in the right direction. 

"Perhaps the single greatest thing I learned from reading the Book of Mormon is that the voice of the Spirit comes as a feeling rather than a sound. You will learn, as I have learned, to “listen” for that voice that is felt rather than heard.

The gift of the Holy Ghost, if you consent, will guide and protect you and even correct your actions. It is a spiritual voice that comes into the mind as a thought or a feeling put into your heart. The prophet Enos said, “The voice of the Lord came into my mind.” Enos 1:10

We spoke earlier of crows. You young crows need not fly aimlessly to and fro, unsure of the path ahead. There are those who know the way. “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” The Lord organized His Church on the principle of keys and councils.

If the adversary should take you prisoner due to misconduct, I remind you that you hold the key that will unlock the prison door from the inside. You can be washed clean through the atoning sacrifice of the Savior Jesus Christ.

You may in time of trouble think that you are not worth saving because you have made mistakes, big or little, and you think you are now lost. That is never true! Only repentance can heal what hurts. But repentance can heal what hurts, no matter what it is." President Packer

This talk was amazing and if we listen and do what we are supposed to be doing the Spirit of God will always guide is aright. We will never go astray or no know where to go as the young crow did. One of my favorite scriptures is Moron 10:3-5 because the last verse reads, "And by the power of the Holy Ghost you may know the truth of ALL things."  I think that is amazing not just some things, or religious things but everything! That is an amazing gift now I would encourage everyone young and old to be sure that you are worthy of hearing the whispers of the spirit.