This post is part of the General Conference Odyssey. This week covers the Priesthood Session of the April 2005 Conference.
Elder Holland shared such a beautiful testimony of the power of the priesthood:
I have beheld the power of God manifest in my home and in my ministry. I have seen evil rebuked and the elements controlled. I know what it means to have mountains of difficulty move and ominous Red Seas part. I know what it means to have the destroying angel “pass by them.” To have received the authority and to have exercised the power of “the Holy Priesthood, after the Order of the Son of God,” is as great a blessing for me and for my family as I could ever hope for in this world. And that, in the end, is the meaning of the priesthood in everyday terms—its unequaled, unending, constant capacity to bless.
It reminded me of what he said in his most recent talk:
We need to believe in angels and miracles and the promises of the holy priesthood. We need to believe in the gift of the Holy Ghost, the influence of good families and friends, and the power of the pure love of Christ. We need to believe in revelation and prophets, seers, and revelators and President Russell M. Nelson.
I've seen more miracles in my life the past few years than I ever imagined I would see in a lifetime. It may be because I've been looking for them so much more than I used to, but I hope it's also because the power of God is being made manifest more than ever before—"the veil o'er the earth is beginning to burst!" What a blessing!
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