by kdm | Apr 22, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From the book “fifty things that really matter to Latter-day Saints” It was a typical spring afternoon; I was driving the same school bus route I had driven all year. It was a warm day, and I was anxious to get my students home so I could put my feet up...
by kdm | Apr 21, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Gerald N. Lund: The condition of humility and meekness is closely connected to our ability to receive and recognize revelation. It is, of course, the opposite of pride. Often, when scriptures talk about “softening” of the heart, they refer to a...
by kdm | Apr 20, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From M. Catherine Thomas: A closer look on ‘A Spiritual Practice’ theme, has me (Kent) thinking there are a couple of valuable ‘preambles’ to what I posted too soon, so with another start . . . We see that the principle of restoration is a...
by kdm | Apr 19, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Vaughn J. Featherstone When I pray it is usually repetitive. Every time I kneel down I pray for my wife, children, and grandchildren by name. I always pray for our beloved prophet and the other Brethren. I always pray faithfully for all our missionaries, for...
by kdm | Apr 18, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post by Joseph L. Bishop PhD: (Peace be Unto Thy Soul II) “. . . she probably would have lived a year or more before she died. To me, a year sounded like a lifetime. What we could have done in that year! In their wisdom,...
by kdm | Apr 17, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From M. Catherine Thomas and her book: “Light in the Wilderness”: Let us think more about a spiritual practice, without which, change is only a fantasy. Something transformative has to develop inside: something that can ultimately take us over. We already...
by kdm | Apr 16, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Neal A. Maxwell’s book “All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience”:. . . . “The Father Needed to Know” By foreseeing, God can plan and His purposes can be fulfilled, but he does this in a way that does not in the least compromise...
by kdm | Apr 15, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From Jerry Sittser and his book “the will of God as a Way of Life”: We should try to be flexible because circumstances can often change suddenly and even irreversibly. There is nothing wrong with keeping a schedule and a to-do list, nor with learning to...
by kdm | Apr 14, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From a previous post (‘Peace by Unto Thy Soul’), Joseph L. Bishop PhD, continues regarding the premature passing of his wife: She had not entered into any second-guessing of the what-ifs of her life. She let all that go. Instead she was laser focused on...
by kdm | Apr 13, 2024 | Today's Post
From Jeffrey R. Holland and his book “For Times of Trouble”: Perhaps the reason Jesus quoted Psalms more than any other book of the Old Testament is because He found His teachings, His mission, and His majesty recorded there in such a pronounced way. As...