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I was recently told about an article titled “Lost and Found” by Jill Carattini. She told this story: A nurse named Melanie was on her way to work when something in the trash bin caught her eye. She was immediately taken with the possibilities in the discarded treasure. It was a cello, slightly cracked in … Read more
”Neither professions nor possessions should define identity or self-worth. The Savior, for example, was a humble carpenter, but that hardly defined His life.” – Elder Lynn G. Robbins of the Seventy, in a talk entitled “What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to Be?“
”We live in a time of turmoil. Earthquakes and tsunamis wreak devastation, governments collapse, economic stresses are severe, the family is under attack, and divorce rates are rising. We have great cause for concern. But we do not need to let our fears displace our faith. We can combat those fears by strengthening our faith.” … Read more
I have often read the Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke. Luke at one time served as a missionary companion Paul. This put Luke into a good position to write about Paul’s experience, because likely he heard firsthand from Paul of his famous conversion experience. In Acts chapter 9, Luke records the experience. Saul … Read more
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.” (1 Corinthians 3:19) The point of that couplet is probably well understood – that our greatest worldly knowledge and book-learning here on Earth don’t amount to a hill of beans in the eyes of the Almighty. I looked up some synonyms for “foolishness” and “foolish” and found these possibilities: Stupidish, sillyness, idiocity, thoughtlessness, unwise, imprudent, irrational. Long … Read more
“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 This verse leads me to another quotation that I love. “Our heavenly Father is more liberal in His views, and boundless in His mercies and blessings, than … Read more
The following is by Jeffrey R. Holland. Talk is titled For Times of Trouble, 18 March 1980. … Some things are not under your control. Some disappointments come regardless of your effort and preparation, for God wishes us to be strong as well as good. … Thomas Edison devoted ten years and all of his money to … Read more
From Isaiah 46 Italics and underlines added by me for emphasis. When you see italics, read slowly. When you see underlines, read with power and emphasis! 3 Hearken unto me, … [ye] which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am … Read more
”Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.” – F Scott Fitzgerald (The Crack-Up, 1945)
“Seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from His hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that He counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.” – Jacob (The Book of Mormon, Jacob 4:10)