With Every Feeling in His Heart

With every feeling in his heart
Joseph Smith made a deep connection
Never did more power impart
Than from each word and each inflection

He'd read from James 1: 5-6
And came to a mighty conclusion
That he must do as each word directs
Or feel darkness, lost in confusion

If any of us lack wisdom
Then we must ask of God while in prayer
He's the source where all truth is from
We can know that of us, He's aware

We yield our minds to new insights
As we pour out what we have pondered
And the Holy Spirit highlights
With a confirmation that's rendered

Wickedness never was happiness
With each action, there's consequence
What we have gleaned from righteousness
We must record without hesitance

Within our hearts, we must maintain
Powerful teachings that guide our day
Blessings that we want to obtain
Come from obedience and our faith

My thoughts from
Yielding Our Hearts to God
Spencer J. Condie
BYU Devotional address
August 22, 1995