Monday 21 April 2014

Favourite quotes from President Monson

"He who gives money gives some, he who gives time gives more, and he who gives of himself gives all.” 
“To you who are parents, I say, show love to your children. You know you love them, but make certain they know it as well. They are so precious. Let them know. Call upon our Heavenly Father for help as you care for their needs each day and as you deal with the challenges which inevitably come with parenthood. You need more than your own wisdom in rearing them.” 
― Thomas S. Monson
“Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.” 
― Thomas S. MonsonPathways To Perfection: Discourses Of Thomas S. Monson

“Work will work when wishy washy wishing won't.” 
― Thomas S. Monson
“Youth need less critics and more models.” 
― Thomas S. Monson
“Don't forget: one of the saddest things in life is wasted talent.” 
― Thomas S. Monson
“Find joy in the journey.” 
― Thomas S. Monson
“Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.” 
― Thomas S. Monson

Sunday 20 April 2014

The Atonement And The Value Of One Soul

"Sadly, in today’s world, a person’s importance is often judged by the size of the audience before which he or she performs. That is how media and sports programs are rated, how corporate prominence is sometimes determined, and often how governmental rank is obtained. That may be why roles such as father, mother, and missionary seldom receive standing ovations. Fathers, mothers, and missionaries “play” before very small audiences. Yet, in the eyes of the Lord, there may be only one size of audience that is of lasting importance—and that is just one, each one, you and me, and each one of the children of God. The irony of the Atonement is that it is infinite and eternal, yet it is applied individually, one person at a time.

There is a level at which the child’s hymn “I Am a Child of God” (Hymns, no. 301) harmonizes with the music of eternity. We are children of God. Each one of us is precious to the point of bringing the Lord God Almighty to a fulness of joy if we are faithful, or to tears if we are not.

As the resurrected Savior said to the Nephites, so He might say to us today:

“Blessed are ye because of your faith. And now behold, my joy is full.

“And when he had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them” (3 Ne. 17:20–21; emphasis added).

Brothers and sisters, never, never underestimate how precious is the one.Remember always the simple admonition of the Lord: “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15). Always strive to live worthy of the sacred full blessings of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ."


-M. RUSSELL BALLARD

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles



https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2004/04/the-atonement-and-the-value-of-one-soul?lang=eng