Regardless of our circumstances, each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings. This is a wonderful time to be on earth. While there is much that is wrong in the world today, there are many things that are right and good. There are marriages […]
From the 30th Psalm, David pledges, “O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.”2 The Apostle Paul, in his epistle to the Corinthians, proclaimed, “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.”3 And to the Thessalonians, “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God.”4 My brothers and […]
In our search for peace amidst the daily challenges of life, we’ve been given a simple pattern to keep our thoughts focused on the Savior, who said: “Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me. I am Jesus Christ.”5 Learn, listen, […]
Over my nine and a half decades of life I have concluded that counting our blessings is far better and recounting our problems. – Russell M. Nelson, “The Healing Power of Gratitude,” 20 November 2020
A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being. – James E. Faust, “Gratitude As a Saving Principle,” Ensign (CR) May 1990
Seeing others as God does is a gift. I invite all of us to seek for this gift. As our eyes are opened to see,7 we will also be able to help others see themselves as God does.8 President Henry B. Eyring emphasized the power of this when he said: “What will matter most is what [others] learn […]
After his experience with the Lord, the brother of Jared continued to diligently prepare himself for the journey ahead.14 So too must we hearken to the teachings of our prophets. The living prophets have counseled us time and again to put our lives in order… As we look into the eyes of our children and grandchildren, […]
He gave us the lesson of the annihilation of the Nephites as a case in point. He wrote similarly of the tragedy of the Jaredites. It was another case in point. Do we realize that this same kind of destruction can come upon us, and for the same reason? So this is the message of […]
The beehive has always been an important symbol in our Church history. We learn in the Book of Mormon that the Jaredites carried honeybees with them (see Ether 2:3) when they journeyed to the Americas thousands of years ago. Brigham Young chose the beehive as a symbol to encourage and inspire the cooperative energy necessary among […]
Last summer on a lonely stretch of desert highway, we saw ahead what appeared to be the road covered with water. My children would have wagered their entire savings on that fact. But within a few minutes we were at the distant spot and saw not one drop of water. What an illusion! How many […]