We Have a Work to Do

 

"We Have a Work to Do" by Gordon B. Hinckley

“My beloved associates, far more of us need to awake and arouse our faculties to an awareness of the great everlasting truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Each of us can do a little better than we have been doing.

We can be a little more kind. We can be a little more merciful. We can be a little more forgiving. We can put behind us our weaknesses of the past and go forth with new energy and increased resolution to improve the world about us, in our homes, in our places of employment, in our social activities.

We have work to do, you and I, so very much of it. Let us roll up our sleeves and get at it, with a new commitment, putting our trust in the Lord.

We can do it, if we will be prayerful and faithful.

We can do better than we have ever done before.

The Church needs your strength. It needs your love and loyalty and devotion. It needs a little more of your time and energy.

I am not asking anyone to give more at the expense of his or her employer. We have an obligation to be men and women of absolute honesty and integrity in the service of those who employ us.

I am not asking anyone to do so at the expense of your families. The Lord will hold you responsible for your children.

But I am suggesting that we spend a little less time in idleness, in the fruitless pursuit of watching some inane and empty television programs.

Time so utilized can be put to better advantage, and the consequences will be wonderful.

Of that I do not hesitate to assure you!

Now, my beloved brethren and sisters, as we return to our homes, may we go in safety, pondering the things we have heard these past two days.

May we go with determination to try a little harder to be a little better.”

 

Gordon B. Hinckley

We Have a Work to Do

April 1995 General Conference