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Posted in Adversity, Experience, Faith, Sanctification, Zion on Aug 23rd, 2012
The journey through the Lord’s Wilderness is like what Elder Maxwell called “the trek of treks.”[i] The scriptures are filled with accounts of spiritual journeys. If we were to outline them, we would see that they follow the sequence of the Beatitudes, which are the principles of blessedness.[ii] Before we discuss this outline, however, let [...]
Posted in Adversity, Experience, Joy, Opposition in All Things, Plan of Happiness, Redemption, Rescuing Wayward Children on Apr 28th, 2010
The greatest force in all the world [is] to develop character, to bring righteousness into the lives of men and women.—Elder Matthew Cowley[i] When we struggle over long periods of time to reawaken and rescue a wayward child, we might occasionally lapse and wonder, What’s in this for me? It is not necessarily a selfish [...]