Trials sanctify us

This quote by Elder Maxwell is thought provoking.

"Rather than simply passing through trials, we must allow trials to pass through us in ways that sanctify us."

--Elder Neil A Maxwell, "Enduring Well", April 1997 Ensign

It sounds like we need to learn from trials, not just endure them & hope we'll make it through them.

"Those who have felt the touch of the Master's hand somehow cannot explain the change which comes into their lives. There is a desire to live better, to serve faithfully, to walk humbly, and to be more like the Savior. Having received their spiritual eyesight and glimpsed the promises of eternity, they echo the words of the blind man to whom Jesus restored sight: 'One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see' (John 9:25)."

--President Thomas S. Monson, "Anxiously Engaged", Ensign, Nov. 2004, 58

Today's quotes

Here are some quotes that came directly to the blog!! There will not be any stray files floating around the network.

"We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free!"

--Neal A. Maxwell, "Repentance," Ensign, Nov. 1991, 30

And another short one.

"Only One who was with God, and was God, can answer the deepest and most urgent questions of our soul."

--Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Ensign, Nov. 1997, 65

Looks like both of these quotes came from conference editions.