by kdm | Oct 10, 2025 | Today's Post
From the book “On Earth as it is in Heaven” by Jeffrey R. and Patricia T. Holland, sister Holland (deceased) wrote: Sometimes when we are the loneliest or when we feel the greatest hurt it is precisely the time when we feel God is not there, the very time...
by kdm | Oct 10, 2025 | Today's Post
From Leo Tolstoy and his book “The Kingdom of God is Within You” Continuing from (“If we take no thought for the morrow, what we shall eat and what we shall drink or wherewithal we shall be clothed, do not defend our life, nor resist evil force...
by kdm | Oct 9, 2025 | Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post , , , , Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. . . .It is to those who hunger that I address these thoughts. . . . Wherever you live, and whatever point in age or experience you find yourself, I declare that God...
by kdm | Oct 1, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Elder Jerffrey R. Holland and his book, “Trusting Jesus”. . . . Some time ago, I read an essay referring to the “metaphysical hunger” in the world. The author was suggesting that men and women were dying, so to speak, from lack of...
by kdm | Sep 28, 2025 | Today's Post
Divine Truths to help you live by the Spirit From Richard G. Scott (deceased) and his book: Divine Truths to Help You Live by the Spirit: Satan’s temptations are as a two edged sword— we can be overcome by them or we can resist and gain enough strength until we can...
by kdm | Sep 22, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Nurture, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post, Leo Tolstoy and his book of the above title: The Christian religion seems to exclude the possibility of life only when we mistake the pointing to an ideal as the laying down of a rule. It is only then that the principles presented in...
by kdm | Sep 7, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
What follows is the introduction to “He Will Give You Rest”, by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Gaye Strathern:. “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,” and his marvelous promise, “I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28)...
by kdm | Aug 21, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Bruce C. & Marie K. Hafen and their book “Faith is Not Blind”. . . . . . . Before popular web sites took charge of both our research and our reasoning, most educated people knew that scholars often quibble over nuanced issues in old events. They...
by kdm | Aug 16, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, spiritually strong, The Plan
Continuing a previous post and the book of the above title by Leo Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You (Barnes & Noble, Inc. 122 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10011) The savage recognizes life only in self and personal desires. Interest in life is...
by kdm | Aug 10, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Preamble by kdm. . . I’ll be honest, as I started into what follows, I immediately became aware of the writing style in the era under which author Leo Tolstoy wrote what’s below (1893). It was different from what we are used to today. . . . to the point of...