Accepting God's Will

Sometimes I feel life has given me enough hardship. I can think that I have had it up to my ears with adversity and really believe that I don't deserve any more of life's surprises. Then mortality smacks me up the side of my head again with another surprising experience and I'm truly humbled. It's very sobering to pray for more understanding of a difficulty and learn that what... Read More

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 None of us want to experience a trial.  Life is hard enough without adding some trials to make it more difficult.   As we experience difficulty and endure it well, we will be able to see beyond this moment in mortality and see what God wants us to learn.  Hearts will be softened as the loving effects of Charity flow through it.  Trials will help us understand the needs of our fellowman and we will be able to serve the Master... Read More

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In Doctrine and Covenants 37 the Lord first commanded his people to move, what we now refer to as “The Gathering”. When I think of the effect that the gathering had on me, the first thought that comes to my mind is my ancestor James Stephen Brown. He had become acquainted with the saints in Ohio, moved with them to Missouri and Nauvoo (without having become a member), then joined the church and crossed the plains. He was part of the Mormon batt... Read More

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Darkness Before the Dawn

This has been helpful for me to remember especially when I make a mistake. There are times when it is easier to feel like the caterpillar especially after a error is made and self defeat is allowed to set in replacing our real value before God.  The Master will always help us get through hard times

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This, Too, Shall Pass Away

"It is said, an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in his view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: 'And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!" —Abraham Lincoln

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