by kdm | May 9, 2019 | Today's Post
From the book “Mother Teresa a Simple Path”… “We have a right to be happy and peaceful. We have been created for this—we are born to be happy—and we can only find true happiness and peace when we are in love with God: there is joy...
by kdm | May 8, 2019 | Today's Post
Under a chapter heading “Listen Together,” Elder Henry B. Eyring (now a member of the First Presidency) quoted Elder Marion G. Romney: “. . . .service in the Church [works] in powerful ways when you are seeking the Holy Spirit and its direction...
by kdm | May 7, 2019 | Today's Post
Continuing from yesterday, Neal A. Maxwell wrote: “Jesus loved us enough to sacrifice and suffer for us, more than we can know—and, perhaps, ever fully appreciate. His love is not that love which only follows us as far as the border of inconvenience and...
by kdm | May 6, 2019 | Today's Post
Neal A. Maxwell (deceased), in his book ‘All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience’ wrote: . . . The lessening of the load of another comes, in part, from our very expression of genuine concern transmitted to the burdened. Empathy expressed can do much...
by kdm | May 5, 2019 | Today's Post
President Russell M. Nelson taught in May of 2018: Brothers and sisters, how can we become the men and women—the Christlike servants—the Lord needs us to be? How can we find answers to questions that perplex us? If Joseph Smith’s transcendent experience in the Sacred...
by kdm | May 4, 2019 | Today's Post
C.S. Lewis in “Mere Christianity” from yesterday: “Now we cannot, in that sense, discover our failure to keep God’s law except by trying our very hardest (and then failing). Unless we really try, whatever we say there will always be at the back...
by kdm | May 3, 2019 | Today's Post
C.S. Lewis wrote in ‘Mere Christianity’: “Now, once again, what God cares about is not exactly our actions. What He cares about is that we should be creatures of a certain kind of quality—the kind of creatures He intended us to...
by kdm | May 1, 2019 | Today's Post
Elder Henry B. Eyring wrote: When you’re experiencing a severe trial, ask yourself this question: “Am I trying to do what the Lord would have me do?” If you’re not then adjust your course. But if you are, remember the boy outside the walls of...
by kdm | Apr 30, 2019 | Today's Post
Russell M. Nelson said: “Early in our married life when Sister Nelson and I lived in Minneapolis, we decided to enjoy a free afternoon with our two-year old daughter. We went to one of Minnesota’s many beautiful lakes and rented a small boat. After rowing...
by kdm | Apr 29, 2019 | Today's Post
An inspired Christian writer, C.S. Lewis, gave a glimpse as to what lies ahead for the faithful in his book ‘The Last Battle’. (Aslan is the Christ figure…) Then Aslan turned to them and said: “You do not yet look so happy as I mean you to...