Why Run to Tomorrow with a Perfect Brightness of Hope?

The Perfect Brightness of Hope is the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and faith in the power of the Atonement will empower any of us who experience trial and tribulation to receive the strength we need to Endure to the end of the purpose of mortality for us.  Faith is the key to run to tomorrow and continued faith in a perfect... Read More

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This is written hoping that in some way this helps someone who may be suffering or experiencing the suffering of a loved one. 

God Bless You, Gar  "We were not sent by Father in Heaven just to be born. We were sent to Endure and return to Him with honor." —Elder Robert Hales from “Behold, We Count Them Happy Which Endure,” Ensign, May 1998, 75... Read More

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Patience isn't learned overnight.  It is developed gradually, one trying experience at a time.  Gar

To Endure

Patient endurance is to be distinguished from merely being "acted upon." Endurance is more than pacing up and down within the cell of our circumstance; it is not only acceptance of the things allotted to us, it is... Read More

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Its been a long hard day for my dear mother and yet she still loves God. As she offered the prayer tonight, I held her wrinkled hand.  The softness of her hand was God's gift to me.  It felt like the hand of an angel.  Gar

 Endure to the End

My 85-year-old mother asked me tonight why God had made her live so long. Her aching aging b... Read More

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Knot of Faith

"He conquers who endures." —Persius

Life doesn't always work out as well as we'd like and despite our greatest efforts, sometimes our best-laid plans go awry. It's at times like these that we must believe in God's love for us more ever. We have to tie a knot of faith around our dreams and hang on tight, choosing to believe that God will help us through, past, or over any obstacle, and by... Read More

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