General Conference: The Merciful Obtain Mercy Elder Uchtdorf

This past weekend, I had the wonderful privileged to attend three sessions of General Conference.  It was quite an amazing experience and I am so grateful for the opportunity I had and the lessons I learned.  One of the talks that stood out to me the most, and one that I would love to share with everybody, is Elder Uchtdorf's talk.  It really spoke to me because it talked about, the atonement, the central event our religion.  If you were watching, you probably remember one statement he made about judging.  He said, "This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon,” he said. “When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm—please apply the following: Stop it!"  He continues to further explain that when we judge others, we are condemning ourselves.  This statement reminded me of another conference talked a few years ago.  The central message of that talk was the difference between two types of judging.  But something that stuck out to me in that talk was that the way you judge others is the same way that you will be judged by Heavenly Father. Another statement that stuck out to me in Elder Uchtdor's talk was about forgiving others who had sinned, instead of judging them.  He said, “Refusing to forgive is a grievous sin—one the Savior warned against. … When the Lord requires that we forgive all men—that includes forgiving ourselves.”  I thought that his talk was very profound.  I think that it is very important to forgive each other and not judge.  At this age of our lives, we tend to judge each other a lot.  I am going to try to stop judging others because we are all going through some sort of trial and just because they did something we may think is wrong does not give you the authority to judge them.  We are going through a different try, that is essentially no different from theirs.