Serving Others 

"The key to overcoming aloneness and a feeling of uselessness [is] to step outside yourself by helping others... We promise those who will render this kind of Service that, in some measure, you will be healed of the loss of loved ones or the dread of being alone. The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else's circumstances." ... Read More

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Thinking of Christ

The prayer attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi:

"Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith."

In other words, "Lord, put me to work. Whom can I help? How can I serve? What wouldst thou have me do?" We treat people differently when we th... Read More

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This Day

Taken from a General Conference talk given by Elder Henry B. Eyring Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles , This Day, 177th Annual General Conference Talk, April 2007

"That assurance from the Master can help those of us feeling overwhelmed by our circumstances. In the hardest trials, as long as you have the power to pray, you can ask a loving God: "Please let me serve, this day. It do... Read More

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You get to work and survey the damage that has been done throughout the store earlier in the day. Clothes are scattered throughout the store. You wonder how people can be so disrespectful.

Fidelity in marriage is going down. Movies are getting more violent and provocative. Though these things are all true, why should I focus on them?

I think of the words of the 13th Article of Faith:

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the following site has a few amazing photographs of the fire in Los Angeles County, California.  It is amazing to see the damage that a major fire can do, and amazing to see the men who fight to keep us safe.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/09/wildfir es_in_southern_californ.html

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