- Different as we are in circumstances and experiences, we share a desire to become better than we are. There may be a few who mistakenly feel they are good enough and a few who have given u trying to be better. But, for all, the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is that we can and must expect to become better as long as we live.
- "Pray for your careless and disobedient children; hold on to them with your faith. Hope on, trust on, till you see the salvation of God."
- "I do not want to go back to the past; I want to go back to the past way of facing the future."
H. David Burton -Let Virtue Garnish Your Thoughts
- Virtuous traits form the foundation of a Christian life an are the outward manifestation of the inner man.
- We need only look around us to see what is taking place in our communities to realize that personal traits of virtue are in a steep decline.
- Brothers and sisters, we need not be a part of the virtue malaise that is penetrating and infecting society. If we follow the world in abandoning Christian-centered virtues, the consequences may be disastrous. Individual faith and fidelity, which have eternal consequences, will diminish. Family solidarity and spirituality will be adversely impacted. Religious influence in society will be lessened, and the rule of law will be challenged and perhaps even set aside. The seedbed for all that plagues the natural man will have been planted, to the sheer delight of Satan.
- We need to stand tall and be firmly fixed in perpetuating Christlike virtues.
- Integrity is the mother of many virtues.
- Integrity can be defined "as a firm adherence to a code of moral values."
- "Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience. It is the strength of duty within us."
- It is difficult for a person to display virtuous traits if he or she lacks integrity. Without integrity, honesty is often forgotten. If integrity is absent, civility is impaired. If integrity is not important, spirituality is difficult to maintain.
- Traits of virtue broadly practiced can loosen Satan's firm grip on society and derail his insidious plan to capture the hearts, minds, and spirits of mortal men.
Ann M. Dibb -Hold On
- "Remember that you are entitled to our [Heavenly] Father's blessings in this work. He did not call you to your privileged post to walk alone, without guidance, trusting to luck. On the contrary, He knows your skill, He realizes your devotion, and He will convert your supposed inadequacies to recognize strengths.
- Heavenly Father has not left us alone during our mortal probation. He has already given us all the "safety equipment" we will need to successfully return to Him. He has given us personal prayer, the scriptures, living prophets, and the Holy Ghost to guide us. At times, using this equipment may seem cumbersome, awkward, and horribly, obedience, and persistence. But I, for one, choose to use it. We must all choose to use it.
- The Savior has extended an open invitation to us: repent, hold on, and don't let go.
Russell M. Nelson -Ask, Seek, Knock
- A desire to follow the prophet requires much effort because the natural man knows very little of God and even less of His prophet. Paul wrote that "the natural man [receives] not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." The change from being a natural man to a devoted disciple is a mighty one.
- Personal revelation can be honed to become spiritual discernment. To discern means to sift, to separate, or to distinguish. The gift of spiritual discernment is a supernal gift. It allows members of the Church to see things not visible and to feel things not tangible.
- Revelation from God is always compatible with His eternal law, It never contracts His doctrine. It is facilitated by proper reverence for Deity.
Thomas S. Monson -What Have I Done for Someone Today?
- Those who live only for themselves eventually shrivel up and figuratively lose their lives, while those who lose themselves in service to others grow and flourish--and in effect save their lives.
- Often we live side by side but do not communicate heart to heart.
- Too often we spend most of our time taking care of the things which do not really matter much at all in the grand scheme of things, neglecting those more important causes.
- "It is difficult for those who are young to understand the loneliness that comes when life changes from a time of preparation and performance to a time of putting things away. ... To be so long the center of a home, so much sought after, and then, almost suddenly to be on the sidelines watching the procession pass by--this is living into loneliness.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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