Maybe I'm just straining at gnats, but I can't understand why the people who review talks didn't take him aside and say, " Elder Gay this talk sucks, and more important, it's completely bonkers." Is this what the Church has become? More important, I wonder how Elder Gay felt about all the insect splatters on his windshield after driving back from Church?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jgqULGZ6 ... ture=shareElder Gay wrote:It was a warm day, and as I was reviewing my papers, a gnat started buzzing in front of my face. The persistence of the gnat began to really annoy me. Finally, I had enough. I raised my hands and slapped them together and killed the gnat. I cannot explain to this day what happened next: I looked down at the dead gnat in the palm of my hand and felt great compassion. I said to myself, “That gnat did not need to die. It is only dead because of my frustration and impatience.” I then knelt and prayed to God to forgive me and let that gnat live again. As I finished that prayer, the gnat flew from my hand.
I have asked myself for years, why did God do this for me? Many answers have come, but none more important than this: He wanted me to understand at my very core that He has all power to lift me or anyone else, even the least. He wanted me to know He has complete compassion for our weaknesses and that He numbers the very hairs on our heads. Now, if He would restore a gnat, He will never forsake you—no matter where you stand.
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