Strength to endure

Neither of the quotes I am sharing tonight are repeats.

"The Savior's loving warmth and healing touch lift us and give us strength to endure."

--The New Era, March 1990, Pages 20-23.

And President Hinckley's advice

"I too believe that God will always make a way where there is no way. I believe that if we will walk in obedience to the commandments of God, if we will follow the counsel of the priesthood, he will open a way even where there appears to be no way."

--Gordon B. Hinckley, "If Ye Be Willing and Obedient", Ensign, Jul 1995, 2

Be patient

Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances (Wikipedia). Sometimes as we wait, we can conjure up all kinds of scenarios, from bad to good.

"The Lord counseled His prophet to be patient, for 'the just shall live by his faith.' Faith in God can produce miracles."

--LaVar Thornock, "Do the Wicked Prosper While the Righteous Suffer?,", Ensign, Oct 1990, 13

Just keep praying & have faith.

"When the challenges of mortality come, and they come for all of us, it may seem hard to have faith and hard to believe. At these times only faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His Atonement can bring us peace, hope, and understanding. Only faith that He suffered for our sakes will give us the strength to endure to the end. When we gain this faith, we experience a mighty change of heart, and like Enos, we become stronger and begin to feel a desire for the welfare of our brothers and sisters. We pray for them, that they too will be lifted and strengthened through faith on the Atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ."

--Robert D Hales, "Finding Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ", November 2004 Ensign pg 70

Home should be a haven

Tonight's quotes are both from President James E. Faust. The first one is here. It talks about doing the ordinary day to day things. The next one talks about modern communication.

"Without question, we need to be informed of the happenings of the world. But modern communication brings into our homes a drowning cascade of the violence and misery of the worldwide human race. There comes a time when we need to find some peaceful spiritual renewal. "I acknowledge with great gratitude the peace and contentment we can find for ourselves in the spiritual cocoons of our homes, our sacrament meetings, and our holy temples. In these peaceful environments, our souls are rested. We have the feeling of having come home."

--James E. Faust, "Gratitude As a Saving Principle," Ensign, May 1990, 86

Cell phones can be a blessing & a curse. We have a landline, which we never use. Main reason, I guess, is there is no caller ID & we have become spoiled. We want to see who we will be talking to before we answer the phone. Cell phones are constantly with us, if we want them to be. I carry a cell phone mostly to keep in touch with my family. Calls come in when you are on the toilet, in the midst of dinner, a meeting, a conversation, driving down the road.

We are in the middle of a foreclosure. I need to send stuff, I need to talk to people, Don's paycheck is being garnished, yet I also need to take care of my mother, my son, myself. I feel like I'm drowning. Like I have no place to turn. So, I mindlessly play games, I read my scriptures, I read other books & spin my wheels.

Patterning our life after the Master

Wow! These are some cool quotes tonight.

"If we can pattern our life after the Master, and take his teachings and example as the supreme pattern for our own, we will not find it difficult to be consistent and loyal in every walk of life, for we will be committed to a single, sacred standard of conduct and belief."

--Howard W. Hunter, "Standing As Witnesses of God", Ensign, May 1990, 60

And this next one ... talk about symbolism in the scriptures ... this analogy is one I can understand:

"Each of us will have our own Fridays — those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays. But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death — Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come. No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come."

--Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Sunday Will Come", Ensign, Nov. 2006, 28

Family

The last few days I've been putting the quotes on my scripture journal, but this is a long one, so I'll put it here.

 "The strength of any community lies in the strength of its families. The strength of any nation lies in the strength of its families. Strong family life comes of strong and clear religious understanding of who we are, and why we are here, and of what we may eternally become. Strong family life comes of the perception that each of us is a child of God, born with a divine birthright, and with a great and significant potential. Strong family life comes of parents who love and respect one another, and who love and respect and nurture their children in the ways of the Lord. These are undergirding principles of our teachings as a church. To the degree that we observe these teachings we build strong families whose generations will strengthen the nation."

--Gordon B. Hinckley, "Mormon Should Mean More Good", Ensign, Nov. 1990, 51

And another:

"Parents can plant seeds in the hearts and minds of their children only if they know where the children are and what they are doing. Parents should not leave the teaching of their children to chance."

--Joseph B. Wirthlin, Ensign, May 1989, p. 9

I sure hope I'm not doubling up some of these quotes.

ETA (edited to add): So, I checked the tag "1989" & sure enough, the one I thought was familiar was, sigh.