We will hear the still, small voice of the Spirit. We may not hear a rushing of great winds or feel an earthquake or see fire. We may not see a vision as Joseph Smith did. That was where I learned how we should expect to be prompted by Heavenly Father. “And after the earthquake a fire but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.”

The scripture I best remember reading in a Primary program was 1 Kings 19:10–13, especially verses eleven and twelve: “And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake but the Lord was not in the earthquake: It was through Primary that I developed my love for the scriptures. They often chose me to read a scripture or to be a narrator in Primary presentations in sacrament meeting. For example, they told me that I had a good reading voice. Those teachers helped me to recognize some of the talents Heavenly Father has blessed me with. She told me, “If someone had told me thirty years ago that Ronnie Rasband would someday be a General Authority, I wouldn’t have believed it.” But tears were flowing from her eyes, and I could hear a quiver in her voice as she complimented me in her sweet way and said as my Primary teacher that she was proud of me. When I was called to the Quorum of the Seventy, Sister Afton Pedigrew, one of my faithful Primary teachers, was at a meeting at which I spoke. They showed me great love and always invited me back into class. More than a few times, my teachers went to my mother, the stake Primary president, and said, “That Ronnie Rasband is a tough little kid.” But they never gave up on me.

I was a rambunctious (lively and somewhat mischievous) child who spent many hours sitting outside the classroom door in the time-out spot. Some of those nuggets came from Primary teachers. Throughout my life, I have received “golden nuggets” of counsel and inspiration from the people around me.

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