meekness

At times I have tended to, sometimes assertively, place my own agenda above others’, running ‘roughshod’ over their feelings and wishes. For anything or principle so ‘defended’ that example does not bring the Spirit. Defense of my...

committing another mistake…

Dear Friends, It’s interesting the way the Lord works with me when I am not ‘doing for Him’. I am down to the wire for the time I planned to post this morning and until a few minutes ago had no idea what to say. Then it came to me because of several...

taking offense

I think of those many times over the years when I have taken offense.  At times I have, unwittingly or intentionally given offense (because circumstances seemed to warrant it…?!). So where was the spirit of the Lord?… when I had such ‘righteous...

Jesus Christ… the only way

Jesus Christ’s way is not easy and may seem more difficult when bad habits resurface. Just because I might feel distance from Him having slipped ‘yet again’, doesn’t mean He withdraws his influence from me. My weaknesses, challenges,...

Do I have to?

Elder Henry B. Eyring said in May Conference;  Our desire to serve others is magnified by our gratitude for what the Savior has done for us. That is why our hearts swell when we hear the words sung “Because I have been given much, I too must give.”1 King Benjamin, in...

keeping guard

President George Q. Cannon spoke a… warning voice to the Saints: “We… do not sufficiently realize the importance of keeping guard upon ourselves, and upon our feelings, and of resisting the influences that surround us… There are influences in...

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