Are my decisions firmly planted in the
rich soil of the gospel of Jesus Christ?
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Showing posts with label choices. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
The Lord Has a Plan for Us!
“If we continue to live as we are living,
will the promised blessings be fulfilled?”
will the promised blessings be fulfilled?”
How then can we ensure that we are making the best decision?
1. We need to consider our options with the end in mind.
2. We need to be prepared for the challenges that will come.
3. We need to share this vision with the people we love.
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Choose Wisely
Decisions determine destiny.
"When we rationalize wrong choices...
we lose the blessings and protections we need"
Video highlight
Complete talk
More information: http://www.mormon.org
“Will this make you a better person?”
Monday, June 16, 2014
Stay On The Right Track
Many years ago I
worked for a railroad in the central offices in Denver. I was in charge of what
is called head-end traffic. That was in the days when nearly everyone rode
passenger trains. One morning I received a call from my counterpart in Newark,
New Jersey. He said, “Train number such-and-such has arrived, but it has no
baggage car. Somewhere, 300 passengers have lost their baggage, and they are
mad.”
I went
immediately to work to find out where it may have gone. I found it had been
properly loaded and properly trained in Oakland, California. It had been moved
to our railroad in Salt Lake City, been carried to Denver, down to Pueblo, put
on another line, and moved to St. Louis. There it was to be handled by another
railroad which would take it to Newark, New Jersey. But some thoughtless
switchman in the St. Louis yards moved a small piece of steel just three
inches, a switch point, then pulled the lever to uncouple the car. We
discovered that a baggage car that belonged in Newark, New Jersey, was in fact
in New Orleans, Louisiana—1,500 miles from its destination. Just the three-inch
movement of the switch in the St. Louis yard by a careless employee had started
it on the wrong track, and the distance from its true destination increased
dramatically. That is the way it is with our lives. Instead of following a
steady course, we are pulled by some mistaken idea in another direction. The
movement away from our original destination may be ever so small, but, if
continued, that very small movement becomes a great gap and we find ourselves
far from where we intended to go. –
Gordon B. Hinkley.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Only upon the Principles of Righteousness
"In raising our family, we decided that our
most important goal would be to help our children establish their own
connection to heaven. We knew that ultimately they would need to depend on the
Lord, not on us. Brigham Young said, “Were I to draw a distinction in all the
duties that are required of the children of men, … I would place first and
foremost the duty of seeking unto the Lord our God until we open the path of
communication from heaven to earth—from God to our own souls."
I wish I had had the wisdom of this man in my household as my children were growing-up!
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