by kdm | Aug 15, 2019 | Today's Post
Neal A. Maxwell wrote: “Even something as small as a man’s thumb, when held very near the eye, can blind him to the very large sun. Yet the sun is still there. Blindness is brought upon the man by himself. When we draw other things too close, placing them...
by kdm | Aug 14, 2019 | Today's Post
From Elder Boyd K. Packer (deceased) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles we read: “Shortly after I was called to be a General Authority, I went to Elder Harold B. Lee for counsel. He listened very carefully to my problem and suggested that I see President David...
by kdm | Aug 13, 2019 | Today's Post
Continuing from yesterday “answers to prayer”. . . .Patricia Parkinson was born with normal eyesight, but at age seven she began to go blind. At age nine, Pat began attending the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind in Ogden, Utah, some 90 miles (145 km)...
by kdm | Aug 12, 2019 | Today's Post
Elder Brook P. Hales of the Seventy spoke in April conference 2019 on ‘Answers to Prayer’. He said: . . . . “The Father is aware of us, knows our needs, and will help us perfectly. An important and comforting doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ is...
by kdm | Aug 11, 2019 | Today's Post
From the book “Teachings of Russell M. Nelson” . . . Major religions proclaim the existence of a Creator—-God—-whose power and will are superior to any human construct, including the laws of man. Adherents of faith groups can feel secure in...
by kdm | Aug 10, 2019 | Today's Post
Elder Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency said in April 2013 general conference, a talk titled “A Home Where the Spirit Dwells”. He said: “My dear brothers and sisters, I am grateful to have been invited to speak to you in this 189th Annual...
by kdm | Aug 9, 2019 | Today's Post
ANYWAY People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, LOVE THEM ANYWAY If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives, DO GOOD ANYWAY If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies, SUCCEED ANYWAY The good you do will be...
by kdm | Aug 8, 2019 | Today's Post
Bishop W. Christopher Waddel, Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric said in April 2019 conference: In early December of last year, following months of procedures, Mike decided to stop the cancer treatments, which were causing severe side effects, and to just let...
by kdm | Aug 7, 2019 | Today's Post
Continuing from two days ago, Neal A. Maxwell wrote. . . .”But selfish people are forever taking their own temperature, asking themselves, “Am I happy?” Our eternal happiness is insured, if we keep the commandments. But the finding of oneself is a...
by kdm | Aug 6, 2019 | Today's Post
Henry B. Eyring wrote: “. . . . Someone we love may not have accepted our attempts to nourish their faith. We know from painful experience that God respects the choice of his children not to be nourished. Yet this is a time to feel renewed optimism and hope that...