- We pray for you, we visit you, we respect and admire you, we love you. We are all part of a great family--10 million strong--worshiping with one heart and one voice at the feet of our Master, the Son of God.
- "We have work to do, you and I, so very much of it. Let us roll up our sleeves and get at it, with a new commitment, putting our trust in the Lord. ... We can do it, if we will be prayerful and faithful."
- Our President is dynamically out in front, showing the way. The question we must all ask ourselves is, "Are we keeping pace with him?"
- This is not the time to relax or to coast in our callings.
- We must focus our work, and we must work smarter.
- Let us unite as never before to do our part, individually and collectively, to prepare our people to receive the blessings that can only be given in the house of the Lord.
- Perhaps as never before we need to focus our efforts on those things that matter most and avoid spending time on those things of small concern and of little consequence.
- Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!
- In challenges lie some of our greatest opportunities.
- Different dispensations required different instructions. That is true today.
- We have received commandments and counsel to guide us, reminders to keep us on the straight and narrow, and encouraging words to spur us on when we become disheartened or discouraged. If we listen to he voices of the world, we will be misled. But if we listen to the voice of the Lord through His living prophet and follow his counsel, we will never go astray.
- Outside the windows of our lives are many voices announcing the death of honesty, the death of integrity, the death of goodness and righteousness, even announcing the death of the traditional family. How blessed we are as Latter-day Saints to know that God can speak to us through our living prophet today and give us guidance and instruction and encouragement so that we may continue, just as the Lord's true Church continues, steadfast and confident on the path that leads us back to Him.
- Nothing man-made or man-controlled can ever be truly guaranteed! But here's the miracle. The Lord has given some marvelous guarantees without any disclaimers. And this is one of them: He will choose the prophet, and He will never let that man lead us astray. Imagine for a moment the impact of that promise. There is at least one place we can turn for pure, unpolluted guidance.
- If I dwelt only upon my pain, it inhibited the healing process.
- Pain brings you to a humility that allows you to ponder.
- "Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
- Faith and putting their trust in the Lord help them put the whys and ifs behind them and feel the comfort of the Spirit of the Lord.
- It is interesting to note that, other than in the book of Job and a few other places, there are very few scriptural references to physical or mortal pain. The pain most frequently spoken of in the scriptures is the pain and anguish of the Lord and His prophets for the disobedient souls.
- The scriptures teach that "there is ... opposition in all things." Just as times of joy and happiness come to each of us, so also comes pain to every mortal.
- "No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God, ... and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire."
- Healing comes in the Lord's time and the Lord's way; be patient.
- The two most important words in the English language are these: "Thank you."
- Gracias, danke, merci--whatever language is spoken, "thank you" frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and lift your lives to a higher pathway as you journey toward perfection. There is a simplicity--even a sincerity--when "thank you" is spoken.
- Astronaut Gordon Cooper, while orbiting the earth over 30 years ago, offered this sweet and simple prayer of thanks: "Father, thank You, especially for letting me fly this flight. Thank You for the privilege of being able to be in this position: to be up in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that You have created."
- "Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God."
- First, may I ask that we express thanks to our parents for life, for caring, for sacrificing, for laboring to provide a knowledge of our Heavenly Father's plan for happiness.
- Next, have we thought on occasion of a certain teacher at school or at church who seemed to quicken our desire to learn, who instilled in us a commitment to live with honor?
- Third, I mention an expression of "thank you" to one's peers.
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
18 Medals -Russia, United States
17 Medals - Netherlands
15 Medals - Norway, Canada
13 Medals - Germany
9 Medals - Sweden
8 Medals - Switzerland, Austria
6 Medals - Belarus, China, France, Japan
5 Medals - Czech Republic, Slovenia, Italy
4 Medals - Poland
3 Medals - South Korea, Australia, Latvia
2 Medals - Great Britain, Finland
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! :)
The Dream
A guy didn't like the outcome of an event, so he took himself and a girl back in time, merging them with their past selves (though to do a bit of a mind switch, he didn't put the girl in her body but another's so that the outcomes would change) there was a bit of confusion as conflicting images occurred, but then everything merged into one, and the person was left with a sense of deja-vu
-Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
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