Yes, we ponder the sufferings and injustices inflicted upon our Redeemer for our sin... But we sometimes get stuck there — in the garden, at the cross, inside the tomb. We fail to move upward to the joy of the tomb bursting open #PatrickKearon#GeneralConference#savvy109
“When we consciously choose to follow the guidance of prophets and apostles, our capacity to have the Holy Ghost as a constant companion grows.” —Elder D. Martin Goury #GeneralConference
“Nothing will help you more to hold fast to the iron rod than worshiping in the temple as regularly as your circumstances permit.” — President @NelsonRussellM#GeneralConference
“Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice. It is a continuous commitment and way of life that should guide us at all times and in all places.” — President @OaksDallinH#GeneralConference
Did #ElderHirst make #GeneralConference history by including the Hebrew word Hessed in his address? This word is difficult to translate into English, but it conveys a variety of concepts, including:
Love
Kindness
Mercy
Loyalty
Goodness
Steadfast love
Loving-kindness
“There is no pain, no sickness, no injustice, no suffering, nothing that can darken our hope as we believe and hold tightly to our covenants with God in the house of the Lord. It is a house of light, a house of hope.” — Elder @AndersenNeilL#GeneralConference
“The joy of the gospel is available to all: not just the happy, not just the downcast. Joy is our purpose, not the gift of our circumstances.” —Elder Karl D. Hirst #GeneralConference
personally I find audiobooks the most pleasurable form of reading. they lull me into an almost hypnotic state. I feel as though I'm listening to a story around a campfire or being soothed to sleep by the lapping of waves against a ship's hull. who wouldn't want that?
We need to re-think how reading has been taught for the past twenty years. We first need to emphasize reading voraciously and for pleasure instead of analyzing random passages in isolation. “We murder to dissect.”
no offense to Bilbo Baggins but I wouldn’t have been bullied into leaving my cozy home by a grumpy wizard and a few measly dwarves. find someone else to burgle your dragons, I’ll be out on the stoop enjoying the finest weed in the Southfarthing
Remember that not everyone thinks about the mistakes of your youth as much as you do. No one is judging you as harshly as you judge yourself. Learn to appreciate how much you’ve changed and grown. Grant yourself the same kindness you so readily give to others.