Endure to the End
Endure to the End. Does that sound familiar to you? How many times have you hear this, or a similar, statement? Did you roll your eyes or take it to heart the last time you heard it? What makes the difference in our perception of this process of “enduring”? Part of...
Will we fight our way through trials, obstacles and tragedies to find our Savior on the other side?
This is a subject I speak about with great reverence and gratitude to our Father in Heaven. Life can be very difficult, even unbearable, at times. There are moments when we are drowning in the darkness and despair and feel as if there is no light, no hope left in the...
Wisdom and Learning
“28 O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore,...
Justice and Judgment
And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged...
Atonement
Imagine what life would be like if you had to live entirely without sin your whole life or be unable to return to live with your Father in Heaven. Would life on earth seem worth it? Would you have agreed to leave Heaven to come to earth if you knew it would be most...
Loving the Scriptures
Nephi, the first writer of the Book of Mormon, loved the scriptures. He quoted from the often and clearly spent a great deal of time studying them and working to understand them. He found them a help in his own life, as well as a tool for teaching his children. 15 And...
Delight in the Things of the Lord
Sometimes people will ask me why, as a teenager, I intentionally chose a strict church with lots of rules. Sometimes people wonder why I still want all those rules. “I don’t want some church telling me what to do,” they say. I once knew a women, who, when her...
Psalm of Nephi
2 Nephi 4:15-35 is known to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes nicknamed Mormons, as the Psalm of Nephi. Nephi was familiar with the Biblical psalms, and since this psalm follows the patterns of those, it is likely a psalm is exactly...
What Sam Teaches About Humility
The first few books of the Book of Mormon focus on Lehi, a prophet, and his family. Lehi’s life was endangered due to his service as a prophet, and so he was commanded by God to leave their very comfortable home and travel to a land God would provide. Many hardships...
Blessings of Hard Work
The Lord values work. He knows it’s good for us to work for what we have whenever possible and bad for us to do nothing or to expect others to care for us. In the Book of Mormon, we see on a regular basis the value of hard work to the Lord. Nephi, the first writer of...
Temples
Nephi, the second prophet of the Book of Mormon, was forced to take his family and friends further into the wilderness to avoid the wickedness and violence of his older brothers, which increased after their father’s death. One of the first things they did after...
Be Happy in Your Marriage
Spencer W. Kimball, former President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or Mormons,) once said: “Marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can imagine” (“Oneness in Marriage,” Tambuli, Jun 1978, 1.) And I believe it is true. My...
Will We Live the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
Will we live our lives according to the principles, practices and precepts of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Mormons don’t drink, smoke, do drugs or indulge in promiscuity. At least, Mormons who live their religion. But just what is that religion? Much conjecture,...
Sitting Down in Heaven Together
Today I’d like to spend a few minutes exploring the following quote from Lucy Mack Smith: We must cherish one another, watch over one another, and comfort one another… that we may all sit down in heaven together. (Lucy Mack Smith) Lucy Mack Smith was the mother of the...
Children Having Children
I have been awestruck by the recent account in the news of 18 Gloucester High School girls (mostly sophomores) getting pregnant, apparently excited at the prospect of having a baby on their own. My heart aches for these unborn babies and for the mothers who know so...
Kings and Government
After the death of Lehi, the first Book of Mormon prophet, the fourth son, Nephi, was chosen by God to assume leadership of the family and the church. The two oldest brothers, Laman and Lemuel, were wicked and had tried to kill Nephi in order to take his place as...
Will we accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
Upon Jesus Christ's ascension to heaven forty days after His resurrection (see Acts 1:9-11)the slow decline into the apostasy began. The Gospel of Jesus Christ, taught by the Jehovah of the Old Testament and the Messiah of the New, would soon descend into arguing...
Will we accept living prophets and apostles?
We live in a marvelous time. The Lord has a living prophet, accompanied by living apostles, who guide and direct His Church today, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, casually known as the Mormons. Thomas S. Monson is the living prophet, seer and...
You’ve Got To Be True To Be Happy
It is my distinct pleasure to come here to LDSblogs.com most days to write about happiness. Very often my song has the same words, just maybe set to a different tune. At first this concerned me. My readers will get bored! I worried. I figured you wouldn’t want to read...
Encircled in God’s Love
When the first Book of Mormon prophet, Lehi, was on his deathbed, he spent some time talking seriously to Laman and Lemuel, his two oldest sons. They had never gained a testimony of the gospel and their behavior had become progressively more wicked. He was very...
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