Fear or Faith

Last week I had a conversation with my friend about making our decisions in life in faith instead of out of fear.  Today I found this verse as I was reading and it reallly summed up our conversation so beautifully.
2 Timothy 1:7

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

I love how it clearly distinguishes that our fears are not from God.  Satan tempts us and tries so hard to get us to doubt the good, the possibilities, and the hope in life.  But the gifts from God are power, love, and a sound mind.  Not power like Satan tempts us to seek after--power over others or at the expense of others--but power to do works of righteousness.

It's all worth it!

This quote was especially meaningful tonight. I pray that it offers hope to others facing trials.

Sometimes to be tested and proved requires that we be temporarily deprived—but righteous women and men will one day receive all—think of it, sisters—all that our Father has! It is not only worth waiting for; it is worth living for!

~Spencer W Kimball

Let Us Think Straight

Repentance and Forgiveness

About a year ago I happened upon this talk on BYU Speeches.  The teachings in this talk are profound and memorable and when I saw it again on the website, I knew I needed to listen to it again.  It is one of the best talks on Repentance and Forgiveness.


Here is one of the great quotes from this talk:

"At this point, let me pause and add a lesson that applies both in your own life and also in the lives of others. There is something in us, at least in too many of us, that particularly fails to forgive and forget earlier mistakes in life—either mistakes we ourselves have made or the mistakes of others. That is not good. It is not Christian. It stands in terrible opposition to the grandeur and majesty of the Atonement of Christ. To be tied to earlier mistakes—our own or other people’s—is the worst kind of wallowing in the past from which we are called to cease and desist."