Forgiveness is not merely “overlooking” an offense. It is choosing to release a claim to personal vengeance and trusting Christ, the perfect Judge, to resolve all wrongs through His justice, mercy, and Atonement.
You are a link.
You did not forge yourself.
You came into being at the end of a chain that runs back further than you can see, back through your parents and their parents, back through the Saints who crossed the plains, back through the converts pulled out of the mines of Wales and the farms of Denmark, back through Carthage and Kirtland and the grove, back through the long dark centuries when the chain was thin and hidden and carried by a faithful few, all the way back to Adam, and through Adam to the God who set the first link in place.
Every covenant you have ever made was a link. Every blessing laid on your head by hands that had hands laid on them was a link. You are not the beginning of anything. You are the present custodian of something old, and the only question your life is really asking is whether the chain will pass through you intact or break at your name.
You are a link in a chain older than the world and longer than you will ever see the end of. You did not forge it. You do not get to end it.
Hand it forward intact, with the fire still in it.
That is the whole of what is being asked of you.
The same thing that was asked of every generation of this people before you, and the only thing that has ever kept the chain whole through every dark age it has survived.
Hold. For the ones above you who are watching, and the ones below you who are coming, hold.
If you asked me to name one talk that forever changed how I view myself and the world since— it would be this one.
“Beware of Pride” by President Ezra Taft Benson (read by President Gordon B. Hinckley here)
This talk is the gift that keeps on giving for me. It includes 108 unique scripture references to support its teachings. That’s right— 108. It is the playbook on how to fulfill one’s divine destiny.
It called me unto repentance the first time I read it and comes to my mind every time I suspect pride is preventing me from being my best self.
“Pride is the great stumbling block to Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block to Zion.”
Enjoy this talk that profoundly impacts me and millions.
So in 1829, a 23-year-old farmboy dictates the Book of Mormon in about 65 days — no notes, no rewrites.
In 1980, statisticians ran it through a computer. Not the doctrine — the tiny words every writer uses without thinking. a, of, the, and. The fingerprint you can't fake.
The verdict: two dozen DISTINCT authors inside the book. Odds of one author writing it all — under 1 in 100 billion.
How did Joseph Smieth fake two dozen fingerprints in 65 days? Unless....
If you feel discouraged in your efforts to hold family prayer or study the scriptures together, remember this: Power comes through consistency—not perfection.
Jimmer is special not only because of how we remember him—and he was incomparable—but because of how we remember ourselves and our families and how he made all of us feel while watching him play.
Thank you, Jimmer, and congratulations!
Fasting for 72 hours is the best medicine on Earth.
It triggers your body to "eat up" tumors, inflammation, and toxins.
It's literally a doctor within.
Here's how to fast correctly (according to science):
Big 12 Football Awards are out...
Kalani Sitake - Coach of the Year
LJ Martin - Offensive POY
Bear Bachmeier - Offensive Freshman of the Year
1st Team - LJ Martin, Bruce Mitchell, Jack Kelly, Tanner Wall
2nd Team - Will Ferrin, Parker Kingston (both WR & PR)
3rd Team - Chase Roberts, Isaiah Jatt, Isaiah Glasker, Faletau Satuala
Honorable Mention - Carsen Ryan, Garrison Grimes, Evan Johnson, Bodie Schoonover, Keanu Tanuvasa, John Taumoepeau.
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The wife of Texas Tech’s team barber was hit by a drunk driver recently.
BYU fans began sharing the Go Fund Me link, and the donations skyrocketed.
BYU and Texas Tech play Saturday.
BYU fans are awesome humans.
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JANE HEDENGREN BREAKS THE BIG 12 6K RECORD
Freshman Jane Hedengren takes first at the Big 12 Championship in Lawrence, Kansas and breaks the Big 12 6K Record with a time of 18:29.6 🤯
Coach Prime issues an apology to BYU and their fans for derogatory comments made during the game.
“BYU, we love you. We appreciate you, and we support you.”