Super Heroes and Super Powers

So if you had the chance to come to my 'farewell' talk you may remember that I spoke about superheroes. If you don't remember or couldn't make it I'll summarize.
So I left a film in the summer of '09 just pumped and excited. I started to imagine myself as a super hero. Wonder Woman to be exact. :) Moving on. . . So I started seeing myself doing all these kickin awesome moves. Jump kicks to the chest of a bad guy. A sweet uppercut that knocks them flat! A lot of the moves had to do with jumping really cool and kicking really hard! But that is beside the point. I just found that I so badly wanted to fight the bad guy! To be at the point of defeat and stand up and knock them to smithereens! That's when it dawned on me, I was just about to embark on my own kind of superhero adventure to fight the bad guy. THE main bad guy. Satan.
Being a missionary I was able to solely focus on the gospel and how it could help people change their lives. I really got to see a lot of miracles and how the gospel can bring you from someone without hope, confidence, self control, peace and happiness, to someone who looks forward to each day. Someone who smiles and laughs more. Someone who takes control of their physical temptations. Someone who finally feels they have a purpose in life. It's truly amazing.
Well while being home, maybe I'm slacking, but I haven't been able to see these changes and miracles as often. I feel like I went from being a superhero to a little kid that puts a towel around their neck with a clothes pin and their underwear on the outside of their stretchy pants. A bit of a change.
So now that I've openly admitted to you how much of a nerd I am, I'll turn you to the application. Upon reflection of this fact I realized something. Super heroes aren't always faced with huge crazy bad guys with powers that can heat the earth until we all melt! Sometimes, super heroes are just there to stop a speeding car from hitting one little old lady. Or to save one little baby from a burning house.
Now I really don't view myself as this amazing awesome super hero person. But the fact of the matter is, that we truly all can be. We truly can be someones super hero for the day. To continue fighting for good. To continue to stand up for what we know is right. To do that one more thing at the end of the day when we are tired and worn out and just want to put our feet up and watch some silly program on TV! We can be someone great. All we have to do is use the gifts we're given from the Lord(aka super powers) to help those around us. Because of the restored priesthood, and the covenants we make, we are promised that the Holy Ghost can be with us always. It's just up to us to live so it can be. So that when someone really needs you, your super human hearing turns on and you're able to let a struggling family member or friend know that you love them and are there for them. Most of the time that's all we need.
". . .by small and simple things are great things brought to pass." Alma 37:6