"Let's quit viewing life as a long, hard, uphill ride
to the ultimate destination of heaven.
I'm sure heaven will be wonderful,
but so is life right now."
-Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard
October 18, 2009
Life's Challenge!
"Our challenge is to learn and not be defeated by the package life
hands us or by our attitude about that package."
-Norma B. Ashton
Spiritual Learning
“To keep spiritual learning in its proper place, we will have to make some hard choices of how we use our time. But there should never be a conscious choice to let the spiritual become secondary. Never. That will lead to tragedy. Remember, you are interested in education, not just for mortal life but for eternal life. When you see that reality clearly, you will put spiritual learning first and yet not slight the secular learning. In fact, you will work harder at your secular learning than you would without that spiritual vision.”
The Man's Responsibility.....
"The man presides to assure order, but with that comes the burden of
responsibility . . . The call to preside is a call to serve. It is a
call of responsibility to assure that all is done in righteousness and
that order prevails."
-Sherrie Johnson
Youth ~ Hungry for Things of the Spirit
“President [J. Reuben] Clark described youth as ‘hungry for things of the Spirit [and] eager to learn the gospel.’ He said: ‘They want it straight, undiluted. They want to know . . . about our beliefs; they want to gain testimonies of their truth. They are not now doubters but inquirers, seekers after truth.’”
Family Experiences
Family Experiences Provide Important Development Opportunities
“Now is the time for each of us to work toward our personal conversion, toward becoming what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. As we do so, we should remember that our family relationships—even more than our Church callings—are the setting in which the most important part of that development can occur. The conversion we must achieve requires us to be a good husband and father or a good wife and mother. Being a successful Church leader is not enough. Exaltation is an eternal family experience, and it is our mortal family experiences that are best suited to prepare us for it.”
Dallin H. Oaks, “The Challenge to Become,” Liahona, Jan. 2001, 41
~ Self-Control ~
"Self-control isn't just about temper . . . Self-control is about
keeping command of yourself in general. It takes self-control to
resist the seduction of passing impulse."
-Beppie Harrison
A More Righteousness Generation....
“With all my heart I hope and pray that you will be wise enough to learn the lessons of the past. You don’t have to spend time as a Laman or a Lemuel in order to know that it’s much better to be a Nephi or a Jacob. You don’t have to follow the path of Cain or Gadianton in order to realize that ‘wickedness never was happiness’ (Alma 41:10).”
M. Russell Ballard, “Learning the Lessons of the Past,” Ensign, May 2009, 33
Attain Eternal Life with Our Families
“It is . . . important that we be loving and kind to members of our own faith, regardless of their level of commitment or activity. The Savior has made it clear that we are not to judge each other (see Luke 6:37). This is especially true of members of our own families. Our obligation is to love and teach and never give up. The Lord has made salvation ‘free for all men’ but has ‘commanded his people that they should persuade all men to repentance’ (2 Nephi 26:27).”
Quentin L. Cook, “Our Father’s Plan—Big Enough for All His Children,” Ensign, May 2009, 37
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