Archive for February, 2000

Find a Wife and Future Mother

Upon reading the lesson for priesthood I realized that I am not only looking for a wife for myself, but also for a mother for my children. She must have that love of children and desire to have and raise children unto God. I grew in my appreciation for my mother, but also [...]

Elder Holland on Dating and Marriage

“It is better to lean into the stiff wind of opportunity than to hunker down and do nothing.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
The Lord has not struck me because he knows I need to learn to respond to nudges.
Christlike love in Friendship, Dating, Courtship and Marriage – Jeffrey R. Holland (Devotional Address)
Christlike love is a gift [...]

Notes 20000208

“The only way to get through life is to view it through an attitude of good humor.” Marjorie Hinckley
We learn to love in our small family units. We can learn to let that love grow to include our large world family eventually.
“Whoever takes the Son gets it all” {find the parable of the art [...]

Notes 20000206

Neal A. Maxwell – CES Fireside
“He that hath seen me hath seen the father.”(John 14:9) This refers not only to physical sameness, but exemplary sameness and perfection as well. We should follow the example of Christ as He followed the example of His Father.
We do not liken our scriptures to ourselves often enough.
Each of [...]

Saber and Conocer

“You exercise faith by causing, or by making, your mind accept or believe as truth that which you cannot, by reason alone, prove for certainty.” Boyd K. Packer
Elder Packer is a teacher, all of the apostles are teachers, but he is the teacher of the 12 Apostles.
Our approach to life should be, I am LDS [...]

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