- We can so clearly and easily see the harmful results that come when others judge and hold grudges. And we certainly don't like it when people judge us.
- But when it comes to our own prejudices and grievances, we too often justify our anger as righteous and our judgment as reliable and only appropriate. Though we cannot look into another's heart, we assume that we know a bad motive or even a bad person when we see one. We make exceptions when it comes to our own bitterness because we feel that, in our case, we have all the information we need to hold someone else in contempt.
- When the Lord requires that we forgive all men, that includes forgiving ourselves. Sometimes, of all the people in the world, the one who is the hardest to forgive--as well as perhaps the one who is most in need of our forgiveness-is the person looking back at us in the mirror.
- Stop it!
- Don't judge me because I sin differently than you.
- Forgiving ourselves and others is not easy. In fact, for most of us it requires a major change in our attitude and way of thinking--even a change of heart. But there is good news. This "mighty change" of heart is exactly what the gospel of Jesus Christ is designed to bring into our lives.
- The pure love of Christ can remove the scales of resentment and wrath from our eyes, allowing us to see others the way our Heavenly Father sees us: as flawed and imperfect mortals who have potential and worth far beyond our capacity to imagine. Because God loves us so much, we too must love and forgive each other.
- Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
- We are not perfect.
- The people around us are not perfect. People do things that annoy, disappoint, and anger. In this mortal life it will always be that way.
Russell M. Nelson -Thanks Be to God
- Be we reminded that a perfect body is not required to achieve one's divine destiny. In fact, some of the sweetest spirits are housed in frail or imperfect bodies. Great spiritual strength is often developed by people with physical challenges, precisely because they are so challenged.
- Anyone who studies the workings of the human body has surely "seen God moving in his majesty and power." Because the body is governed by divine law, any healing comes by obedience to the law upon which that blessing is predicated.
- The spirit provides the body with animation and personality.
- God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but we are not. Each day, ours is the challenge to access the power of the Atonement so that we can truly change, become more Christlike, and qualify for the gift of exaltation and live eternally with God, Jesus Christ, and our families. For these powers, privileges, and gospel gifts, thanks be to God!
Ronald A. Rasband -Special Lessons
- "A perfect body is not required to achieve a divine destiny. In fact, some of the sweetest spirits are housed in frail frames."
- To all of you who have challenges, concerns, disappointments, or heartaches with a dear one, know this: with infinite love and everlasting compassion, God our Heavenly Father loves your afflicted one, and He loves you!
- "I have a great appreciation for those loving parents who stoically bear and overcome their anguish and heartbreak for a child who was born with or who has developed a serious mental or physical infirmity. This anguish often continues every day, without relief, during the lifetime of the parent or the child. Not infrequently, parents are required to give superhuman nurturing care that never ceases, day or night. Many a mother's arms and heart have ached years on end, giving comfort and relieving the suffering of her special child."
- If you come upon a person who is drowning, would you ask if they need help--or would it be better to just jump in and save them from the deepening waters? The offer, while well meaning and often given, "Let me know if I can help" is really no help at all.
- We continue to learn the important value of being aware of and interested in the lives of those around us, learning not only the importance of giving help but also the overwhelming joy that comes from helping others.
Julie B. Beck -The Vision of Prophets regarding Relief Society: Faith, Family, Relief
- Relief Society is not a program. It is an official part of the Lord's Church that is "divinely ordained of God" to teach, strengthen, and inspire sisters in their purpose regarding faith, family, and relief. Relief Society is a way of life for Latter-day Saint women, and its influence extends far beyond a Sunday class or a social gathering. It follows the pattern of female disciples who served with the Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles in His ancient Church. We have been taught that "it is as obligatory upon a woman to aw into her life the virtues that are fostered by the Relief Society as it is an obligation for the men to build into their lives the patterns of character fostered by the priesthood."
- President Boyd K. Packer has likened Relief Society to "a protecting wall." The responsibility to protect sisters and their families increases the significance of the watchcare and ministering of visiting teachers, and it is a demonstration of our willingness to remember our covenants with the Lord. As "ministers to the needy and to the afflicted," we work in harmony with bishops to look after the temporal and spiritual needs of the Saints.
D. Todd Christofferson -The Doctrine Of Christ
- It is commonly understood in the Church that a statement made by one leader on a single occasion often represents a personal, though well-considered, opinion, not meant to be official or binding for the whole Church.
- A prophet [is] a prophet only when he [is] acting as such.
Thomas S. Monson -The Race of Life
- "For where your treasure is, there will you heart be also."
- "Let us lay aside ... the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."
- In our zeal, let us not overlook the sage counsel from Ecclesiastes: "The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong." Actually, the prize belongs to him o her who endures to the end.
- We enter mortality not to float with the moving currents of life but with the power to think, to reason, and to achieve.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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