Prayers are heard & answered

Both of tonight's quotes are new. On Sunday mornings I spend my time at church in the library. It smells good, paper, books, pictures; some Sundays there isn't very much to do, like today. Today, I pulled out some issues of the Friend, the children's magazine. There was a house & the house was divided into 4 parts. I wish I could remember it, but one of the things to do was pray every night before you go to bed. Get down on your knees & pray.

"The problems of our day loom ominously before us. Surrounded by the sophistication of modern living, we look heavenward for that unfailing sense of direction, that we might chart and follow a wise and proper course. He whom we call our Heavenly Father will not leave our sincere petition unanswered."

--Thomas S. Monson, "Sailing Safely the Seas of Life", Ensign, July 1999, 2 

Another thing to do was study the scriptures. I've done that quite consistently over the past year. I started reading The Book of Mormon a year ago on Feb. 18. The Book of Mormon was nothing compared to the Old Testament. That has been quite the journey.

"Our Heavenly Father never gives up on us … But we must have the desire to open the door, even if it shakes the very foundation of our past beliefs and way of life … Our Father in Heaven will never take away our agency. We must seek after or desire to know our Father and His Son, Jesus Christ."

--Elder Ronald T. Halverson, "I Stand at the Door, and Knock," Ensign, November 2004, 32

And what better way to know our Father & His Son, Jesus Christ, than to read the scriptures.