“An omnicompetent God leaves all mortals free to choose, but how grateful we should be that God chose long, long ago to rescue and to resurrect all His children through the Atonement of His Son.We are at the very center of His concerns and purposes.” “God has no distracting hobbies off somewhere in the universe.“Therefore, disciples today can understand why our faith and patience are tried at times-so that we can be prepared to go Home.”.“For all who heed it, the Book of Mormon is like the flinging open of long-closed doors on what was assumed to be a complete canon of scripture.”.“Don’t wait too long to find the altar or to begin to place the gift of your wills upon it! No need to wait for a receipt the Lord has His own special ways of acknowledging.”.“Our wives are often inspired but sometimes in counterintuitive ways-a reality, young men, which your fathers may be brave enough to explain to you sometime.”.“The gospel is constantly relevant, and the substitute things won’t work.”.“Do not expect the world’s solutions to the world’s problems to be very effective.”.“We worship a Lord who teaches us precept by precept, brethren, so even when we are teaching our children the gospel, let’s not dump the whole load of hay.”.Brethren, we underestimate how genuinely and frequently our children want to please us.” I learned that he had anxiously assumed the tears were because he had disappointed me in some way. Our young son, Cory, saw the tears as he passed in the hallway. I was sitting in the living room with tears streaking down my cheeks. “When I was such, I had just received a phone call telling me of a friend’s death in an accident.And in some early ark-steadying, I went to the bishop’s home and said I had saved the money and wanted to go, so let’s “get this show on the road.” The good bishop hesitated, and then said he’d been meaning to ask me about going.” “I grew tired of waiting for the bishop.“Young or old, my priesthood brothers, be grateful for people in your lives who love you enough to correct you, to remind you of your standards and possibilities, even when you don’t want to be reminded.”.Today, some anxious parents seem to insist on constantly pulling up the daisies to see how the roots are doing. We made room for each other to grow, to make dumb mistakes, to repent, and to begin to develop at least some spiritual reflexes. “Back then, in family, neighborhood, ward, and school life, we were all poor together, but we didn’t know it.Remember How Merciful the Lord Hath Been.Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy (Octo– July 23, 1981)įirst Quorum of the Seventy (Octo– July 23, 1981)Īssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (Ap– October 1, 1976) Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (J– July 21, 2004)
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