by kdm | Mar 11, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan
From the book ‘Blessed from on High’: Wherefore, lift up your heads and rejoice, and gird up your loins, and take upon you the whole armor, that ye may be able to withstand the evil day. . . . Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,...
by kdm | Feb 27, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book Trusting the Lord, Joy Saunders Lungberg shared: The following three personal experiences have given me immense comfort and peace, and laid a foundation in carrying me through other trials that have come along. As a child: I remember a conversation...
by kdm | Feb 23, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Revelation, spiritual workout, The Plan, Today's Post
From Bruce C. and Marie K. Hafen and their book ‘Faith is Not Blind.” When we are young, we tend to think in terms of black or white—there is very little gray in our perspective. And many youth and young adults have a childlike optimism and loyalty...
by kdm | Feb 22, 2024 | #character, agency, Choice, fear, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From Max Lucado and his book ‘Just Like Jesus’: Many years ago a man conned his way into the orchestra of the emperor of China although he could not play a note. Whenever the group practiced or performed, he would hold the flute against his lips,...
by kdm | Feb 17, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, choices, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan
From Lyssa Zimmerman’s book “50 things that really matter to Latter-day Saints” My immediate family could be described as “dramatic” or “over the top”. I never consciously knew this until my husband pointed it out to me. He,...
by kdm | Feb 16, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Starting with the preamble of a previous post . . . (the preamble of the same theme), Jerry Sittser writes: My children want the freedom to make choices. When I take them to the local mall for a shopping expedition, they always notice with glee the new stores that...