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507. With General Conference coming -- How big is your container -- to accept the "fruit" of Spiritual Guidance --

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This article from Meridian Magazine, gives us good thoughts on how to get the most we can from Conference coming up in 2 days!  I have added the colored highlights myself.   For other great ideas, check out blog # 387, published on April 2, 2015, which gives other ideas on how to learn a lot from Conference. LINE UPON LINE How Big Is Your Container? By Anne Hinton Pratt  · September 30, 2015, from Meridian Magazine The other day my daughter Kristi gave me a beautiful analogy:  “One day, a neighbor offers to give you some of your favorite fruit. You’re excited that he is offering it, because it is rare and delicious. You grab a small container and rush over to his house, because you don’t want to impose on his generosity with anything larger. When you arrive, he tells you, “Oh I have so much fruit, please take home as much as you can carry?”  But alas, you only have your small container, and aren’t able to take more than what will fit in it.” This is a Confe