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(9/5/02)
"How we wish we could see into the future to know the outcome of every
troublesome decision and to arrive at the destination without having
to make the journey. Many of you pay your tithing, read the
scriptures, keep yourselves morally clean, and pray with real intent.
And yet you may experience periods of disappointment and heartache as
you face the challenges of life. This is normal; your faith is not
misplaced. Remember the words of the hymn, 'Be still, my soul: Thy
best, thy heav'nly Friend / Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end.'"
— Stephen D. Nadauld, "Learning
to
Be like the Lord," "Ensign," Dec. 1995, p. 11
(8/28/04)
"A most disquieting aspect of the repeated cycles described in the
Book of Mormon is the time frame, for an entire people can 'become
weak, because of their transgression, in the space of not many
years' (Hel.
4:26; emphasis added). Whether it be individuals or a whole
society, it is possible that decay from within can wreak havoc in a
relatively short time." - Stephen D. Nadauld, "Pride:
A
Challenge from Within," Ensign, July 1996, p. 19
12/30/16
Life provides for each of us a full-length, wide-screen panorama of
opportunities to run into ourselves. The eminent philosopher Pogo
expressed it this way: “We have met the enemy, and he is us!” (Walt
Kelly.)
In more eloquent terms, Moroni was told by the Lord: “And if men come
unto me I will show unto them their weakness …; for if they humble
themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak
things become strong unto them.” (Ether
12:27.) – Stephen D. Nadauld, “Faith
and Good Works,” Ensign (CR) May 1992