Gavin's First Sacrament Meeting Talk! :)

Today Gavin gave his first talk ever in Sacrament meeting and he did such an amazing job! He wrote it all himself with a little organizational help from his mom, but mostly it was all on his own and I was so very proud of that sweet sweet boy!!!

Great Job Gavin! :)

 Here is his talk :

I was asked to talk on a general conference talk and I chose, Even as Christ forgives you, so also do ye by Elder Larry j. echo hawk. The reason I chose this talk is because as humans we all make mistakes and no one is perfect except Jesus Christ. In this talk there is a story about a man (elder Hawks brother) and his wife who gets killed by a drunk driver.  It was Christmas time and they were on their way home to their daughter after a party when they were violently crashed into by a 20 year old drunk driver who ran a stop light going more than 85 miles per hour.

Quote: ”After some time had passed, a court sentencing hearing was held for the young man found responsible for vehicular manslaughter. In their ongoing grief and sorrow, my parents and oldest sister, Katy, attended the hearing. The drunk driver’s parents were also there, and after the hearing concluded, they sat on a bench and wept. My parents and sister were sitting nearby as they sought to gain control of their own emotions. After a moment, my parents and sister stood up and walked to the driver’s parents and offered them words of comfort and forgiveness. The men shook hands; the women held hands; there was deep sorrow and tears for all and a recognition that both families had suffered immensely. Mom, Dad, and Katy led the way with their quiet strength and courage and showed our family what forgiveness looks like.” So, even though Elder hawk was sad and mad, after lots of time he forgave the drunk driver too.  

When I was younger I found out what forgiveness and repentance was because of an experience I had. it goes like this, When I was younger I would go to my dad’s work to earn money only 10$ but still money. I usually dusted vacuumed emptied garbage’s and cleaned toilets to earn the money. Whenever I worked I always had one distraction, LEGO city cops. My dad had a salesman named rick and he used to be a police officer in San Diego California. He had the most Amazing Lego city collection ever. And the coolest thing was the motor cycle for the cop. Because it was the coolest LEGO I ever saw,  I had to have it for myself so I stole it. Even when I was taking the LEGO I knew I shouldn’t be taking it but it was to tempting. It was great playing with the first few minutes but after that I felt guiltier than ever. Of course after a few days rick found out his LEGO was missing and my mom like all moms found out too. So after that, I returned the LEGO and I asked Rick for forgiveness, but I also asked Heavenly Father to forgive me as well, then I felt so much better.  

   Back to the talk, it says “please also remember that an essential element of forgiveness includes forgiving ourselves.”  After my experience with the Legos I learned how important it is to forgive yourself, and you’ll feel so much better if you do.

The Savior taught in Matthew 6:14-15 “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: “But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”³

In this scripture it’s teaching that if you forgive others and yourself, then Heavenly Father will forgive you too, and you will be happy.                      

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