He didn’t have to do it…

Elder Russell M. Nelson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “As member’s of [Jesus Christ’s] Church we understand the deep significance of His Atonement, even though we cannot completely comprehend the miracle of it. . . . Each time...

Someone to Do For

. .Shortly after the funeral held for the first wife of President Harold B, Lee, I was in a group which included his daughter Helen. Someone expressed sympathy to her for the passing of her mother and said: “She took such good care of your father, I’m sure...

vacation…

This afternoon Becky and I are flying to Europe and will be visiting our son and his family, seeing lots of things we never thought we would see. We have never had such an ‘adventure’, never been outside North America. We will be returning on May 2nd....

a few members…

Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles asked in 1988: “Why are a few members, who somewhat resemble the ancient Athenians, so eager to hear some new doubt or criticism? (see Acts 17:21).  Just as some weak members slip across a state line to...

* Rock Bottom…

Addiction is a relentless hurricane that tosses both the addict and his or her loved ones to and fro. The Savior Can Be Found at Rock Bottom Lying on my bed, I could already feel the familiar turmoil creeping back into my mind. I was hopeless. Defeated. Aching....

the wrong wall…

Russell M. Nelson, as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “Choose carefully what you will learn, whose teachings you will follow, and whose purposes you will serve.  And don’t place all your intellectual eggs in one basket of secular...

* Tolerance. . .?

Russell M. Nelson said in May of 1984…”An erroneous assumption could be made that if a little of something is good a lot must be better. Not so! Overdoses of needed medication can be toxic. Boundless mercy could oppose justice. So tolerance without limit,...

* For Such a Time as This

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day. ~ Matthew Henry Alfred Nobel dropped the newspaper and put his head in his hands. It was 1888. Nobel was a Swedish chemist who made his fortune inventing and producing dynamite. His brother, Ludvig...

* Liberty

“Our defense is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men in all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you will have planted the seeds of despotism at our own doors. . . . Whether it is right or wrong to trample on the rights of others...

“Set in Order Thy House”

Elder Russell M. Nelson, as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said in 2001, ” Not only are parents to cling to the word of the Lord, but they have a divine mandate to teach it to their children. Scriptural direction is very clear: “Inasmuch as...

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