Sanctification through trials

I hope everyone is ready for a great new week!  I would like to address a topic that applies to everybody, dealing with adversity.  Trials are a part of God’s plan.  He sent us to this earth so that we could learn from the challenges of life, on a playing field where we have free agency, the liberty to choose to act as we like.  Neil A. Maxwell, a former apostle o... Read More

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Hello again everybody!

For this weeks topic I would like to discuss the importance of the sacrament; it's implications, and hopefully share some thoughtful insight.  When I was six years old, I woke up one Sunday morning and found that my mom had bought a Sunday outfit that she thought was absolutely adorable.  It was a small suit coat, with a bow tie, little shorts, and socks up to the knees.  I was not happy.  At that time I... Read More

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We make choices all the time. Some are significant and have severe repercussions. I personally think the worst feeling I have ever felt is regret. The reason I think that this feeling is so poignant is because I could have done something different to prevent the terrible feeling. In a broad sense, I think sin is the collection of all choices that will lead to regret. I wrote a sonnet that shares some feelings about choices and regret.

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Reading: "A Disposition to Do Good Continually," Spencer J. Condie, Ensign, Aug 2001

It is my belief that Repentance extends farther than just the big sins. Sometimes when we talk about Repentance we think about big sins like fornication or breaking the word of wisdom. However, we are required to repent of all of our sins, and for most of us those sins are small--things like losing patience with a stranger who has done something that bothers you, or forgetting to say your prayers in th... Read More

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I am here because I'm looking for hope. In the past, my hope has always come from an understanding of my agency and my Savior. I always knew that I could try to come closer to him and from the atonement everything would be okay.

I recently caught my husband in pornography (I had to download an aggressive software to recover the deleted files, so he was hiding it, not looking for a change). He informed me that this is a problem he has had on and off since high school. He overcame it, s... Read More

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