I listened to “He will Help You” by Curtis Castillow yesterday. It is a 51 minute talk from LDSAudio.com in MP3 format.  It was the perfect length for something to listen to on a Sunday afternoon. 

I enjoyed Curtis’ humor in discussing the many challenges everyone comes up against in the world.  Brother Castillow has taught seminary for many years, and through humor and his knowledge of the gospel presents a great talk on self mastery and trying to over come struggles in our lives, such as sins we seem to do over and over again.    Some of these sins are eating disorders, drugs, pornography, and rocky road ice cream.  Yup! Even rocky road ice cream can be a sin if we eat it all the time.    We live in a wild and wreckless world, but so did Noah and many other prophets.  We need to be a people in the world but not of the world.   We know that Jesus is the Christ; we know that he is our Savior; but do we know that because He is, He can help us with any problem that we have.  Curtis also states that he wasn’t born into the gospel. His dad wasn’t a bishop, his relatives didn’t cross the plains, and sometimes even he feels like why would Jesus want to spend energy on him. Often we find it easier to believe in God’s power than his mercy, but He will reach out to us if we are willing to seek Him. We can conquer what ever is the one thing we struggle with the most (even rocky road ice cream) if we ask our Heavenly Father for help to conquer that vice with His virtue.   

Brother Castillow also has a pretty good Yoda impersonation.  I enjoyed listening to “He Will Help You” by Curtis Castillow. 

J. Stevenson
YW advisor