* Tender Intimacy with God
From the book ‘The Power of Stillness:’ Elder D. Todd Christofferson wrote about being impressed by a comment from Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Anglican archbishop in South Africa, after he was asked the question: “Have you found that your relationship...Nothing to Startle Us More
Terryl and Fiona Givens shared from their book ‘The God Who Weeps:’ We pass through birth and death as individuals. But the years in between are filled with the unceasing search for community, for companionship, for intimacy. There is no self evident...Wow! Thank-you Elder Maxwell. . .
The Mind of Man Neal A. Maxwell wrote: The mind is a natural battlefield. Because the word of God is “more powerful” than anything else, it only adds to the fierceness of the fray (Alma 31:5). The requirement inherent in agency remains: “Let every...* Psalms 145:14; 146:8
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. _______________________________________________________________ The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: The Lord loveth the righteous. Elder...Forgiveness Through Forgiving
Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote: When I was a student at Brigham Young University, Professor Hugh W. Nibley was a respected intellectual who at times would speak very dramatically, but would also raise our vision and challenge our...* Work—a Principle and a Privilege
From another era when life was simpler, we can learn from lives of substance and purpose (then and now), the kind that builds strong character and rejects the decades since that ‘winks at’ it’s opposite ‘the ‘what’s in it for...Sure and Steady and Supreme
Patricia T. Holland wrote: What we too often fail to realize is that at the same time we covenant with God, he is covenanting with us—promising blessings, privileges, and pleasures our eyes have not yet seen and our ears have not yet heard. Though we may see our...* Very Odd
The Lord’s Prayer is not allowed in most U.S. Public schools any more. A young student in Minnesota wrote the following NEW School Prayer. Now I sit me down in school Where praying is against the rule For this great nation under God Finds mention of Him very odd...Shrinking Choices
From Neal A. Maxwell: Yes, we are “free to choose,” but, Ironically, misusing our agency, such as by celebrating our appetites, actually contracts our range of choices. Addiction of whatever form shrinks our focus (2 Nephi 2:27). Misusing our God-given...
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I am married and we have 3 children and many grandchildren. Our children have chosen wisely in their careers and in marriage and I attribute much of their success, as they do, to a close relationship with Jesus Christ… Click for more.