Wow, I haven't done this for a while. :) Yay for not needing to do them so often I suppose lol :)
But today seems...like a good day to do one since I have a headache. :)
Here are highlights from reading the April 1990 Sunday Morning talks. :)
Thomas S. Monson -"A Little Child Shall Lead Them"
-"Goodnight, angels."
-The poet described a child so recently with its Heavenly Father as "a sweet new blossom of humanity, fresh fallen from God's own home to flower on earth."
-These children can now look in the mirror and marvel at a miracle in their own lives.
-Smiles are restored, spirits lifted, and futures enhanced.
Howard W. Hunter -Standing as Witnesses of God
-The ability to stand by one's principles, to live with integrity and faith according to one's belief--that is what matters, that is the difference between a contribution and a commitment. That devotion to true principle--in our individual lives, in our homes and families, and in all places where we meet and influence other people--that devotion is what God is ultimately requesting of us.
-"How do [we] feel about honor and integrity? what is [our] reaction to polite lying to facilitate easy social [relationships]? How much tolerance have [we] for either suppression or misrepresentation of facts to promote business advantage? Do [we] accept without compunction the old adage, that all's fair in love and war and politics and college athletics?...
-I may not be able to eliminate...trash, but my family and I need not buy or view it.
-I can stay away from areas of questioned honor and ill repute.
-I can keep my own home a congenial one, my marriage happy, my home a heaven, and my children well adjusted.
-I can guarantee devotion to all high ideals and standards in my own home, and I can work toward giving my own family a happy, interdependent spiritual life.
-I can be honest and upright, full of integrity and true honor.
-Surely that home is strongest and most beautiful in which we find each person sensitive to the feelings of others, striving to serve others, striving to live at home the principles we demonstrate in more public settings. We need to try harder to live the gospel in our family circles. our homes deserve our most faithful commitments. A child has the right to feel that in his home he is safe, that there he has a place of protection from the dangers and evils of the outside world. Family unity and integrity are necessary to supply this need. A child needs parents who are happy in their relationship to each other, who are working happily toward the fulfillment of ideal family living, who love their children with a sincere and unselfish love, and who are committed to the family's success.
-Just imagine the reversal that would take place if full integrity were to rule in family life.
-A successful life, the good life, the righteous Christian life requires something more than a contribution, though every contribution is valuable. Ultimately it requires commitment--whole souled, deeply held, eternally cherished commitment to the principles we know to be true in the commandments God has given.
Carlos E. Asay -"One Small Step for a Man; One Giant Leap for Mankind"
-Greatness is measured by men in many ways. It is generally equated with size, cost, quantity, and position. God, however, has a better way, "for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are [His] ways higher than [man's] ways." In God's eyes, greatness is equated with light, truth, goodness, and service.
Marvin J. Ashton -"Neither Boast of Faith Nor of Mighty Works"
-"For I would not have you declare yourself to the world until you have proved your worthiness. Wherefore do not proclaim your name but wait until the world proclaimeth it."
-"But Ammon said unto him: I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God.
-Our Savior, Jesus Christ, to whose Church we belong, would be disappointed if we ever created the impression that the efforts and the hard work put forth to build his kingdom were based only on the wisdom and power of man.
-Humble, quite, compassionate service is so soul-rewarding; who would need to point out the subject or location of kindly deeds?
-How easy is it for man to believe that temporal success has been achieved by his own skills and labor. Everything good comes from the Lord.
-Our appreciation should be sincerely felt and gratitude expressed frequently to our Father in Heaven--but not too vocally to the world.
-May we all be gratefully aware of the source of our blessings and strengths, and refrain from taking undue credit for personal accomplishments.
-Boasting, whether it be done innocently or otherwise, is not good. Too frequently it creates an impression of more interest in self than in others.
-Those who have records that continue to impress are those who point out and who truly acknowledge the strengths of teammates, coaches, managers, and thank God himself for extra talents and abilities.
-Opponents in athletic competitions seem to lie in wait to clobber those who boast in their own strength.
-It pleases God to have us humbly recognize his powers and his influence in our accomplishments rather than to indicate by words or innuendo that we have been responsible for remarkable achievements.
-"The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things."
-The boasting or conceited person in life is not expected by his peers to achieve great heights because he conveys an attitude he is already there.
-Boasting will be erased when we seek the Lord's help and thank him for all we have and are.
Gordan B. Hinckley -Blessed Are the Merciful
-I love you for your faith and faithfulness. I love you for the integrity of your lives. I love you for your desire to live as the Lord would have you live and for the effort you are making to do so.
-I plead for a stronger spirit of compassion in all of our relationships, a stronger element of mercy, for the promise is sure that if w are merciful we shall obtain mercy.
-"And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain."
-I twas He who, while hanging on the cross in dreadful agony, cried out, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."
-How great a thing is mercy. Most often it is quiet and unassuming. It receives few headlines. It is the antithesis of vengeance and hatred, of greed and offensive egotism.
-I speak to fathers and mothers everywhere with a plea to put harshness behind us, to bridle our anger, to lower our voices, and to deal with mercy and love and respect one toward another in our homes.
-Let us be more merciful. Let us get the arrogance out of our lives, the conceit, the egotism. Let us be more compassionate, gentler, filled with forbearance and patience and a greater measure of respect one for another. In so doing, our very example will cause others to be more merciful, and we shall have greater claim upon the mercy of God who in His love will be generous toward us.
-"For behold, are we not all beggars? do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?..."
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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