"We should recognize that the Lord will speak to us through the Spirit in his own time and in his own way. … In most cases, 'his own way' is not the thunderous interruption or the blinding light, but what the scriptures call 'the still small voice' (D&C 85:6). Some have misunderstood this principle. As a result, some have looked exclusively for the great manifestations that are recorded in the scriptures and have failed to recognize the still, small voice that is given to them. This is like making up our minds that we will learn only from a teacher who shouts and that we will refuse to listen to even the wisest teaching when it comes in a whisper.
"We need to know that the Lord rarely speaks loudly. His messages almost always come in a whisper."
Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, "Teaching and Learning by the Spirit," Ensign, Mar. 1997, 7.
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