“Even though [our] experiences may cause pain, suffering, and sorrow, we have this absolute assurance: ‘No pain suffered by man or woman upon the earth will be without its compensating effects if it be suffered in resignation and if it be met with patience’ (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 168).” L. Lionel Kendrick, Ensign, October 2001
April 17, 2012
“If you want to give a light to others, you have to glow yourself.”
Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 1999, 54
“We do not believe that the heavens are sealed over our heads, but that the same Father who loved and cherished the children of Israel loves and cherishes us. We believe that we are as much in need of the assistance of our Heavenly Father in the directing of our lives as they were. We know that in the day and age in which we live the seal has been broken, and God has again spoken from the heavens.”
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, 2010
“The gospel of the Savior is not simply about avoiding bad in our lives; it also is essentially about doing and becoming good. And the Atonement provides help for us to overcome and avoid bad and to do and become good. Help from the Savior is available for the entire journey of mortality—from bad to good to better and to change our very nature.”
David A. Bednar, Ensign, April 2012
“Satan is pleased to use the less-than-ideal circumstances of some mortal births to cause some of us to question our personal worth and potential. Regardless of the circumstances of our mortal birth, we are all spirit sons and daughters of heavenly parents. God is a righteous and loving father. Our spirits came into being out of love and a deliberate choice to give us life and opportunity.”
Quentin L. Cook, Ensign, Feb. 2012
“Our Heavenly Father loves us, and we ‘know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day.’ Someday when we get to the other side of the veil, we want more than for someone just to tell us, ‘Well, you’re done.’ Instead, we want the Lord to say, ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant.’”
Paul V. Johnson, Ensign, May 2011
“The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and is ordained of God… God’s plan provides a way for family relationships to extend beyond the grave. We can return to the presence of God, eternally united with our families.”
Quentin L. Cook, Ensign, Feb. 2012
“In certain situations, as in great suffering and illness, death comes as an angel of mercy. But for the most part, we think of it as the enemy of human happiness.
The darkness of death can ever be dispelled by the light of revealed truth. ‘I am the resurrection, and the life,’ spoke the Master. ‘He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.’ This reassurance—yes, even holy confirmation—of life beyond the grave could well provide the peace promised by the Savior when He assured His disciples: ‘Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.’”
Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, April 2012
“I can’t stress too strongly that decisions determine destiny. You can’t make eternal decisions without eternal consequences.”
Thomas S. Monson, CES Fireside for Young Adults, November 6, 2005
“I have met people who have lost all hope. Repentance, they feel, is beyond their reach and forgiveness outside their grasp. Such do not understand the cleansing power of the Atonement. Or, if they do understand, they have not internalized the meaning of Jesus Christ’s suffering in Gethsemane and on the cross. For any of us to give up hope for the purifying of our lives is to disavow the depth, power, and extent of His suffering in our behalf.”
Richard C. Edgley, Ensign, April 2012