"The feeling of greatest importance is love.
That feeling of love is a gift from God. The scriptures call it "charity" and "the pure love of Christ". You have felt that love...and you can receive it often if you seek it.
A second feeling...is the influence of the Holy Ghost. Sisters have promised you this day that the Holy Ghost will guide you to find the service the Lord would have you give to others for Him.
The third feeling...is that you want to be closer to the Savior.
So with those feelings, the first thing you must commit to do is to go and serve, knowing that you do not go alone. When you go to comfort and serve anyone for the Savior, He prepares the way before you.
The second thing you must do is remember the Lord as you go in service for Him. The Lord not only goes before our faces and sends angels to serve with us, but He also feels the comfort we give others as if we had given it to Him.
And the third thing...is to be personally modest about [your] good works.
My prayer for the sisters in the kingdom, wherever they may be or in whatever circumstances, is that their faith in the Savior and gratitude for His Atonement will lead them to do all they can for those God asks them to serve. As they do, I promise that they will move up the path to become holy women whom the Savior and our Heavenly Father will welcome warmly and reward openly.
I witness that we grow closer to the Savior as we, out of pure love, serve others for Him."
By President Henry B. Eyring
First Counselor in the First Presidency
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