Knowing as We Do. . .

From Neal A. Maxwell′s book ″Things As They Really Are:″ . . . .″Knowing as we do that we agreed beforehand to these earthly experiences (including the condition that we would have our memories dimmed, if not obliterated, so that the growing experience would be...

* Our Desperate Needs

Truman G. Madsen wrote: “In the midst of our mortal predicament we have needs, even desperate needs. The first is for a mentor, and exemplar, one who has been over not just a similar road but an even far worse one. A person who can show us what we have it in us...

Presence vs. Progressing?

From the book “The Power of Stillness:” It′s understandable why the idea of eternal progression can seem in contradiction with the core of mindfulness—as if our attention to future possibilities requires an unwillingness to embrace the present moment...

* a life far more exciting. . .

From the book ′The Power of Stillness:′ “Ever feel like you′re missing out on the most important things in a day? You′re not alone! Sister Sharon Eubank shared: Sometimes I am so pressed with everything I have to do that I don′t even know what the priority is....

Pride

¨The proud stand more in fear of men′s judgment than of God′s judgment. (See Doctrine and Covenants 3:6-7; Doctrine and Covenants 30:1-2; Doctrine and Covenants 60:2.) ′What will men think of me?′ weighs heavier than ′What will God think of me?′ “Fear of men′s...

* charism

From the book Mother Teresa of Calcutta. . . In order to correctly understand the importance of Mother Teresaś charism, her extraordinary spiritual gift, we need to bear in mind that her vocation was not directed toward the poor in general, but rather to the ¨poorist...

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