a better me
In the normal course of my readings from the Book of Mormon I have come again, to that passage describing Helaman’s 2060 stripling warriors. You may recall how they were blessed with a great, unmovable faith that their mothers instilled in them. (Alma...our common enemy
” These tabernacles are dull, subject to sin and temptation and to stray from the kingdom of God, and the ordinances of his house, to lust after riches, and pride of life and vanities of the world, and these things are prone to be uppermost in the minds of all;...indicators of righteous character
“One of the greatest indicators of righteous character is the capacity to recognize and appropriately respond to other people who are experiencing the very challenge or adversity that is most immediately and forcefully pressing upon us. Character is revealed,...the molders hand
Spiritual Balance and Life’s Struggles: I have reflected on how or what is the best way to have Jesus Christ as a part of my life on a sustained basis…meaning how do I keep the focus that would cause me to show Him gratitude for what he has done for me? A poem I...why serve?
President Thomas S. Monson said; “As bearers of the priesthood of God, we are engaged in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. We have answered His call; we are on His errand. Let us learn of Him. Let us follow in His footsteps. Let us live by His precepts. By so...our promises to the Lord …
I was reluctant to share this* from Elder Joseph Fielding Smith written when he was an Apostle in the mid 1950’s and 15 years before he became the Lord’s Prophet. That was a time when the world was entirely different than now. It was relatively simple to...life’s real essentials
I appreciate the following because it is so easy to get into the wrong perspective and stay there… for years, for decades. kdm Elder Boyd K. Packer said: “It is understood of almost everyone that success, to be complete, must include a generous portion of...‘I, the Lord, am bound… ‘
~ Dr. Hugh Nibley quoting President Brigham Young said: ‘Right from the beginning the standard charge against Joseph and the Mormons was treason. And why not? That was the only possible charge when the crime was simply a whole way of life. “They accused...reluctance to change… to serve?
Yesterday I listened to a BYU devotional from years ago where the speaker, when asking the Lord on what she should speak on, was told to speak on a part of her nature as a ‘reluctant servant’. I thought for her and then for myself, OUCH! That too often is...
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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.