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 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 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...