- In order for the Church's family history efforts to succeed, priesthood direction and leadership are essential.
- While temple and family history work has the power to bless those beyond the veil, it has an equal power to bless the living. It has refining influence on those who are engaged in it. They are literally helping to exalt their families.
Robert D. Hales -Our Duty to God: The Mission of Parents and Leaders to the Rising Generation
- For youth, there is no substitute for seeing the gospel lived in our daily lives. The stripling warriors did not have to wonder what their parents believed. They said, "We do not doubt our mothers knew it."
- It is impossible to overestimate the influence of parents who understand the hearts of their children. Research shows that during the most important transitions of life--including those periods when youth are most likely to drift away from the Church--the greatest influence does not come from an interview with the bishop or some other leader but from the regular, warm, friendly, caring interaction with parents.
- For our interactions with youth to truly touch their hearts, we have to pay attention to them just as we would pay attention to a trusted adult colleague or close friend. Most important is asking them questions, letting them talk, and then being willing to listen--yes, listen and listen some more--even hearken with spiritual ears!
- Don't look at today's trials as eternal. Heavenly Father does His work in the long term.
Bradley D. Foster -Mother Told Me
- "There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."
- Perhaps the reason we respond so universally to our mothers' love is because it typifies the love of our Savior.
- "The love of a true mother comes nearer [to] being like the love of God than any other kind of love."
James B. Martino -All Things Work Together for Good
- We will each face times of difficulty, and the question is not when we will face them but how we face them.
- To some, our trials may not seem great, but to each of us who are passing through these experiences, the trials are real and require us to humble ourselves before God and learn from Him.
- We must remember that often the answers from our Heavenly Father do not remove the trial from us, but instead He helps strengthen us as we pass through the experience.
Gregory A. Schwitzer -Developing Good Judgement and Not Judging Others
- We may often find ourselves making quick judgements about people, which can change or redefine our relationships with them. Often incorrect judgements are made because of limited information or because we do not see beyond that which is immediately in front of us.
- Good judgement is needed not only in understanding people but also in facing decisions that often lead us to or away from our Heavenly Father.
- Many blessings in life are missed because worldly judgement was applied to what was really a spiritual decision.
- The standards of morality are eternal and have not changed; neither should we try to discover a new interpretation of them.
- A relationship of listening often requires a quiet environment in which we can take time to ponder and hear the still, small voice. This peaceful environment is both external and internal.
Francisco J. Vinas -Things Pertaining to Righteousness.
- "He who doeth the works of righteousness shall receive his reward, even peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come."
- In order to more effectively teach the things pertaining to righteousness, it is important to understand that, in addition to imparting information, we must facilitate revelation. This way, the person being taught can feel the desire to know these principles for himself or herself.
Neil L. Andersen -Tell Me the Stories of Jesus
- "The adversary is using every means possible to ensure us in his web of deceit."
- Live up to your important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities.
- If a child is not listening, don't despair. Time and truth are on your side. At the right moment, your words will return as if from heaven itself. Your testimony will never leave your children.
- 'Two men can do anything as long as one of them is the Lord' and 'The Savior must be our foundation. Without that we flounder.'
Thomas S. Monson -A Word at Closing
- "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
- "In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
- My brothers and sisters, today, as we look at the world around us, we are faced with problems which are serious and of great concern to us. The world seems to have slipped from the moorings of safety and drifted from the harbor of peace.
- Permissiveness, immorality, pornography, dishonesty, and a host of other ills cause many to be tossed about on a sea of sin and crushed on the jagged reefs of lost opportunities, forfeited blessings, and shattered dreams.
- My counsel for all of us is to look to the lighthouse of the Lord. There is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what its beacon light can rescue. It beckons through the storms of life. The lighthouse of the Lord sends forth signals readily recognized and never failing.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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