All of us remember the home of our childhood. Interestingly, our thoughts do not dwell on whether the house was large or small, the neighborhood fashionable or downtrodden. Rather, we delight in the experiences we shared as a family. The home is the laboratory of our lives, and what we learn there largely determines what we do when we leave there.
Thomas S. MonsonAnxiously you ask, 'Is there a way to safety? Can someone guide me? Is there an escape from threatened destruction?' The answer is a resounding yes! I counsel you: Look to the lighthouse of the Lord. There is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what its beacon light can rescue. It beckons through the storms of life. It calls, 'This way to safety; this way to home.
Thomas S. MonsonStichwörter: inspirational light religious comfort trials lighthouse rescue
Whenever temptation comes, remember the wise counsel of the Apostle Paul, who declared, 'There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it' (1 Corinthians 10:13).
Thomas S. MonsonHaving gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a gift and not deliver it.
Thomas S. MonsonStichwörter: inspirational-attitude
Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with family and friends.
Thomas S. MonsonI return to the Prophet Joseph’s words: ‘Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.’ Let us walk these clearly defined paths. To help us do so we can follow the shortest sermon in the world. It is found on a common traffic sign. It says, ‘Keep right.
Thomas S. MonsonThere is no resting place along the path called faithfulness. The trek is constant, and no lingering is allowed. It must not be expected that the road of life spreads itself in an unobstructed view before the person starting his journey. He must anticipate coming upon forks and turnings in the road. But he cannot hope to reach his desired journey’s end if he thinks aimlessly about whether to go east or west. He must make decisions purposefully.
Thomas S. MonsonHe measures the abundant life by the capacity "to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility.
Thomas S. MonsonI once sacrificed something I love for the God I love even more, and He has never forgotten me for it.
Thomas S. MonsonIn this world in which we live, there is a tendency for us to describe needed
change, required help, and desired relief with the familiar phrase, ‘They ought to do
something about this.’ We fail to define the word they. I love the message, ‘Let
there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.
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