At the recent General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pres. Thomas S. Monson shared the follow story. I reprint it here in its entirety. As I listened to it again thi
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As much as fathers love their children and miss them terribly if they die, mothers are often more distressed by the deaths of their children. There is something special about carrying the child for
Have “your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace” (Eph. 6:15). Elsewhere the Lord has said, “If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear” (D&C; 38:30). As we p
On occasion in sacrament meeting we sing a hymn with words by Hannah Cornaby: “Who’s on the Lord’s side? Who? Now is the time to show. We ask it fearlessly: Who’s on the Lor
The Prophet Joseph Smith also suffered much affliction; however, most of his suffering was due to the persecution he received from others who did not believe his story. “I continued to pursue
Quoting Elder Holland again from the October 2008 General Conference:“In the course of life all of us spend time in ‘dark and dreary’ places, wildernesses, circumstances of sorrow
For those feeling lost, who are struggling and sorrowed, Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin stated at the October 2008 General Conference:You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake y
The Lord told Abraham, “I have purposed to take thee away out of Haran, and to make of thee a minister to bear my name in a strange land which I will give unto thy seed after thee for an ever
Entering the wilderness is not usually easy, even for the righteous who know of and believe in the promised blessings. Even Sariah complained for a time to Lehi: “Behold thou hast led us fort
“Time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and a solemn people, wanderers, cast out from Jerusalem, born in tribulation, in