I appreciate the message Brother Douglas D. Holmes, First Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency gave. He offered some valuable insight into how one might gain self-confidence.
I've gained inner confidence by the words found in Doctrine & Covenants 121:45-46, "45 Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy CONFIDENCE wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.
46 The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy scepter an unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever." (Emphasis added).
Many or most of us regularly use our self-talk to demean ourselves. But when we cast negative thoughts out and replace them with positive thoughts about ourselves, confidence grows within us. The 1838 Webster Dictionary offers one definition of "garnish" as: Prepare, protect, equip and arm. So, as we learn to "let virtue GARNISH our thoughts unceasingly", we are preparing our mind. Protecting our mind. Equipping our mind and arming our mind against the "fiery darts of the adversary."
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Garth SmithJuly 31, 2018
I appreciate the message Brother Douglas D. Holmes, First Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency gave. He offered some valuable insight into how one might gain self-confidence. I've gained inner confidence by the words found in Doctrine & Covenants 121:45-46, "45 Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy CONFIDENCE wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven. 46 The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy scepter an unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever." (Emphasis added). Many or most of us regularly use our self-talk to demean ourselves. But when we cast negative thoughts out and replace them with positive thoughts about ourselves, confidence grows within us. The 1838 Webster Dictionary offers one definition of "garnish" as: Prepare, protect, equip and arm. So, as we learn to "let virtue GARNISH our thoughts unceasingly", we are preparing our mind. Protecting our mind. Equipping our mind and arming our mind against the "fiery darts of the adversary."
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