Assignment

A few hours ago I was approached by my friend Borden who serves as a counselor to the Bishop.  He asked if I was going to be attending the Father and Sons camp out tomorrow night.  I said I would be.  He then said he had an assignment for me.  No problem.  The bishopric has asked that I speak about the priesthood at the camp.  I will be happy to do it though I have to say it feels like a weighty assignment.  As I consider the magnitude of the priesthood and the responsibility to speak about it and to share something that will lift the men and boys who will gather tomorrow evening I feel inadequate.  I felt that I should share some thoughts from the latest General Priesthood meeting and so for the last hour or so I have been out walking and listening to the conference.  There are powerful messages there and I think I will share brief thoughts from each of the talks.  I will work on compiling those thoughts further tomorrow and will perhaps copy some additional thoughts here.  I hope that I can live worthy of the priesthood and that I can strive to walk with the Savior each day.  I know that I fall short of that often and pray that as I do fall I will have the courage to get back up and try again.