Turning Enemies into Friends | Sharon Eubank | 2018
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- Sharon Eubank says that humanitarian aid is more than donating hygiene kits and digging wells. "Turning enemies into friends" is as simple as looking for the "strangers" among us and providing relief through service, love, and trying to do good.
This devotional was given on January 23, 2018.
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"At Brigham Young University many years ago, there was a great athletic coach named Eugene L. Roberts. He grew up in Provo and, as a youth, sort of drifted aimlessly with the wrong kind of friends. And then something remarkable happened. I am going to read to you from his own words. He wrote:
"Several years ago when Provo City was scarred with the unsightly saloon and other questionable forms of amusement, I was standing one evening upon the street waiting for my gang to show up when I noticed that [the Provo] tabernacle was lighted up and that a large crowd of people were traveling in [that] direction. I had nothing to do so I drifted over [there] and drifted in. I thought I might find some of my gang, or at least some of the girls that I was interested in. Upon entering, I ran across three or four of [my] fellows and we placed ourselves under the gallery where there was a crowd of young ladies, who seemed to promise [some] entertainment.
We were not interested in what came from the pulpit. We knew that the people on [the] rostrum were all old fogies. They didn’t know anything about life and they certainly couldn’t tell us anything, for we knew it all. So we settled down to have a good time. Right in the midst of our disturbance there thundered from [the] pulpit the following [statement]:
“You can’t tell the character of an individual by the way he does his daily work. Watch him when his work is over. See where he goes. Note the companions he seeks, and the things he does when he may do as he pleases. Then you can tell his true character.”
I looked up towards the rostrum because I was struck with this powerful statement. I saw up there a little dark-haired, fierce-eyed, fighting man whom I knew and feared; but didn’t have any particular love for. . . .
. . . He went on to make a comparison. He said:
“Let us take the eagle, for example. This bird works as hard and as efficiently as any other animal in doing its daily work. It provides for itself and its young by the sweat of its brow, so to speak; but when its daily work is over and the eagle has time of its own to do just as it pleases, note how it spends its recreational moments. It flies to the highest realms of heaven, spreads its wings, and bathes in the upper air, for it loves the pure, clean atmosphere, and the lofty heights.
“On the other hand, let us consider the hog. This animal grunts and grubs and provides for its young just as well as the eagle; but, when its working hours are over and it has [some] recreational moments, observe where it goes and what it does. The hog will seek out the muddiest hole in the pasture and will roll and soak itself in filth, for this is the thing it loves. People are either hogs or eagles in their leisure time.”
Now . . . when I heard this short speech, I was dumbfounded. I turned toward my companions abashed for I was ashamed to be caught listening. What was my surprise to find everyone of the gang with his attention fixed upon the speaker. . . .
We went out of the tabernacle that night rather quiet and we separated from each other unusually early. I thought of that speech all the way home. I classified myself immediately as of the hog family. I have thought of that speech for years. That night there was implanted in me the faint beginnings of an ambition to lift myself out of the hog group and to rise to that of the eagle. . . .
There was implanted that same evening also the faint beginnings of an ambition to help fill up the mud holes in the social pasture so that those people with hog tendencies would find it difficult to wallow in recreational filth. And as a result of constant thinking about that speech I have been stirred to devote my whole life and my profession towards developing wholesome recreational activities for the young people, so that it would be natural and easy for them to indulge in the eagle type of leisure.
The man who made that speech which has affected my life more than any other one speech I ever heard was President George H. Brimhall. God bless him."" - Sharon Eubank
She is amazing! A true disciple of our Savior.
I watched Sister Eubank give this speech at the Marriott Center on BYU campus, and it changed me. I’ve built stronger relationships with the people in my ward, I’ve reached heights that I couldn’t believe. My interests and hobbies have changed. I’ve spent more time doing humanitarian work. I want to be an eagle. I’m so thankful for Sister Eubank for sharing these words by the Spirit of God.
Powerhouse. I love you President Eubank!
Love this wonderful woman!!!
It's such a great answer to my prayers to heavenly father ❤️,that the holly spirit may lead mi ,so I do his will righteously,most especially with gathering my family history.so comfortingly encouraging and full of spiritual awakening with great ideas 💡.I believe am the best gift I can give to my family and neighbor 💗. I love u sister Sharon 💞
I felt it is an answer to my prayer! Been thinking about my mission in this world and how can I fulfill them! Sister Sharon Eubank's talk is so clear to my heart that this is what I need to do. Thank you, Sister Sharon Eubank!
Love this! Thank you for your light, discipleship and wisdom 😊
What a beautiful talk sister Sharon Eubank, you are a great example to us and one my favorite speaker. You showed to us how be a good servant of the LORD.
Thank you so much for all you Love! You shine inside and out.
I love her talks such a wise woman !
Beautiful answer to my prayers.... I know I'm going in the right direction❤
What an incredible talk. Sharon Eubank is a gifted speaker and this is an incredible message.
Beautiful message, I love this talk.
When I was called to be in charge of safety and security at our Stake Center in Albuquerque, NM, we'd been having daily criminal, sometimes violent incidents with the homeless and vagrants in the area. They were breaking into cars, harrassing our young women, having "commercial sex" in the HVAC enclosures, and engaging in aggressive, threatening panhandling INSIDE the building. My Marine Corps background took over, and I started thinking about perimeter security, funneling intruders into lanes where they could be contained by superior numbers. Those people were my enemies - intruders - interlopers. Before I got too carried away, that "small, still voice" used His 2x4 on me, and said, "Those people aren't your enemies. They, more than anyone, need the gospel. They are your missionary opportunities." I'd never thought of the Sergeant of the Guard being a missionary, but from that moment on, I have made certain that anyone who comes to us, under any circumstances, is offered the Gospel. Most snort and leave, but a few don't. But the criminal incursions have completely stopped for almost 3 years, not because of my efforts, but because when I started to serve my God, He kept my loved ones, my lambs, safe. Alma 48: 14-17. Amen.
I love you, sister Eubank.
Nice talk, service is key to each ones heart. In the beginning it is a seed that is waiting for water, sunshine and caring hands.
Incredible!!!!!
I love this talk.
What great thoughts! Thank you so much!
Thank you, great message.
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The Bible Tells us that god states man is equal to all other animals under the sun. And if we place ourselves of importance over all other animals we are just “fools chasing the wind” our works are judge by how we live our lives. Are we good parents, lloving spouses, honoring god, and praising the words of God. When we honor those who go against god’s word we are no better than the hog in the dirt!
That's not actually true. We are to exercise dominion over the animal. It is not a sin to hunt and use animals for human consumption or use. In fact, skins of beats were made to cover Adam and Eves nakedness
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