Truman G. Madsen once said that:<\/p>\n
When people ask me: \u2018Why are you so preoccupied with reading the life and teachings of Joseph Smith?\u2019 One answer, and it is the most powerful one, in my heart, is because he is like a window, through which I can see the living Christ. (https:\/\/www.fromthedesk.org\/truman-madsen-biography\/)<\/pre>\nOccasionally, other Church leaders are the type of person that also provide a window to Christ through both words and actions. One of those for me is Henry B. Eyring. In a recent From the Desk <\/em>interview with Robert Eaton (one of the co-authors of I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring<\/em>), Kurt Manwaring discussed some about the recently-published biography of Henry B. Eyring<\/a>.\u00a0 What follows here is a co-post to the full interview.<\/p>\n
In the interview, Robert Eaton discussed how studying President Eyring has made him a better disciple of the Christ:<\/p>\n
First, I have strived to seek to know in my own life not just what God permits, but what he would prefer.<\/p>\n
Second, I\u2019ve sensed that I need to make the same course correction Craig Moore helped President Eyring make. I\u2019ve been busy since third grade, and that busyness, that sense of busyness, often gets in the way of offering the most important kind of service we can render\u2014spontaneous service to those in need.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve tried to pray for and become attuned to unplanned opportunities each day, despite the length of my to-do list.\u00a0I\u2019m still working on it, but thanks to President Eyring\u2019s example, I\u2019m making some progress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The stories he is referring to are mentioned in the interview.<\/p>\n
The first one that Eaton brought up had to do with seeking what the Lord would prefer.\u00a0 Eaton and Eyring focused a lot on presenting President Eyring’s words (both from his journal and from public addresses).\u00a0 In this case, Eaton explained that:<\/p>\n
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