by kdm | May 2, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
. . . . and his book ‘For Times of Trouble’: he quotes from Psalms 18:2, 30; 61:2, 62:6 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. . . . As...
by kdm | May 1, 2024 | #character, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, spiritually strong, The Plan
From Martha Branigan-Sutton and the book 50 things that really matter to Latter-day Saints: I remember doing customary “clapping” outside a forlorn slum in Argentina as a sister missionary. The makeshift houses were made of corrugated steel and scrap wood...
by kdm | Apr 30, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Max Lucado and his book “No Wonder They Called Him the Savior”: I’ve always perceived John as a fellow who viewed life simply. “Right is right and wrong is wrong, and things aren’t nearly as complicated as we make them out to...
by kdm | Apr 29, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from ‘Peace be Unto Thy Soul III’: Joseph L. Bishop writes: I could also easily understand that there can be a variety of trigger points to every level of Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief, waiting in the shadows to set off grief in...
by kdm | Apr 27, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Neal A. Maxwell and his book “All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience”: Afflictions can soften us, sweeten us, and can be a chastening influence. (Alma 62:41.) We often think of chastening as something being done to punish us by a mortal tutor who...
by kdm | Apr 24, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Virginia A. Pearce Sometimes we may feel we are simply left on our own to do the best we can. I believe that if we were to wait until we recognized a clear answer every time we prayed, most of us would be waiting and wasting a good part of our lives. Elder...