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 22, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From the book “fifty things that really matter to Latter-day Saints” It was a typical spring afternoon; I was driving the same school bus route I had driven all year. It was a warm day, and I was anxious to get my students home so I could put my feet up...
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 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...