Priorities

Today in the library there was a paper with these three quotes on them. Instead of taking the page or making a Xerox copy of it so I'd have another piece of paper floating around my house or car, I copied them by hand on the back of an old program.

This is an interesting thought. Sometimes we make our habits without even trying to.

First we make our habits,
Then our habits make us.

I like this quote from Elder Oaks. Mother has always said we can afford what we want to afford.

Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities. Priorities shape our choices & choices determine our actions.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks - Conferece address, April 2011

And finally,

Unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.

~ 2 Nephi 31:16

Forgiving

Our home teachers came today. The lesson they taught was The First Presidency Message from the March 2011 Ensign, "Looking For the Good" by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. How people can see things different ways. You find what you are looking for. Many people in the mob that killed the Prophet Joseph & his brother Hyrum were disenfranchised members of the Church.

Elder Hanks, in the January 1974 Ensign article, "Forgiveness is the Ultimate Form of Love," said:

"What is our response when we are offended, misunderstood, unfairly or unkindly treated, or sinned against,  …"

The complete quote is here. He says that it is required of us to forgive.

The next quote is "like unto it." (Couldn't resist that little phrase.)

"Only when we fix our gaze on the heavenly things do we begin to understand the eternities. Only with the help of Christ can we fully overcome tragedy. It is necessary to develop our faith in Him as the Redeemer of the world. He taught us: "In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

--Carlos H. Amado, "Overcoming Adversity", Ensign, Nov. 1989, 29

And the way to overcome tragedy is by forgiving & accept Christ as the Redeemer of our world.