Elder Aroldo B. Cavalcante, General Authority Seventy, spoke during the Saturday afternoon session of October 2024 general conference. Like the Jaredites, individuals can be driven by “a furious wind” to promised blessings, and they can be that wind helping others, too. The following is a summary of what he said.
Elder Cavalcante’s talk summary
For the Jaredites on their challenging journey to the promised land, their boats were “buried in the depths of the sea, because of the mountain waves which broke upon them,” with the Master causing “a furious wind” to blow the Jaredites to their promised blessings (Ether 6:5-6).
“Similarly, we can decide to serve as a humble gust of wind in the Lord’s hands. Just as ‘the wind did never cease to blow’ (Ether 6:8) the Jaredites toward the promised land, we can help others progress in their journey to receive God’s blessings.”
People face storms of opposition and waves of trials that submerge them daily. But “the wind [will not] cease to blow towards the promised land …; and thus [we shall be] driven forth before the wind” (Ether 6:8).
“Each of us can be a part of this wind — the same wind that blessed the Jaredites in their journey, and the same wind that, with our help, will bless the unrecognized and forgotten to reach their own promised lands.”
Jesus Christ is the Advocate with the Father, a Living God who acts as a strong wind that always guides one along the covenant path.
See the full text of Elder Cavalcante’s talk: ‘The Wind Did Never Cease to Blow’
Notable quotes
“We can decide to serve as a humble gust of wind in the Lord’s hands.”
“Just as ‘the winds did never cease to blow’ (Ether 6:8) the Jaredites toward the promised land, we can help others progress in their journey to receive God’s blessings.”
“Each of us can be a part of this wind … that, with our help, will bless the unrecognized and forgotten to reach their own promised lands.”
Who is Elder Cavalcante?
- Elder Aroldo B. Cavalcante was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 6, 2024.
- At 21 years-old, Elder Cavalcante decided to be baptized a member of the Church after meeting with young proselytizing missionaries.
- Elder Cavalcante received a postgraduate degree in administrative law from the Federal University of Ceará in 1997. He worked as an attorney for Procuradoria Geral do Município de Recife from 1997 to 2005 and managing partner of Barreto Cavalcante Advogados since 1999.
- He was sealed to Christiana Ramalho Bezerra Leite in the Recife Brazil Temple on Jan. 21, 2004. They are the parents of four children.
What has Elder Cavalcante done recently?
- Elder Cavalcante was among the new General Authority Seventies participating in an April 2024 Church News podcast sharing their own words and testimonies.
- Elder Cavalcante was featured in this Church News profile in May 2024.
