Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.

Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.

Do you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isn’t anything that you can’t repent from and that you can’t be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.

I bear witness of the power of the priesthood given to the Church to protect us and guide us. And because we have that, we have no fear of the future. Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.

Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and THEN to their children.

We are not free to break our covenants and escape the consequences.

The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan; it is the plan of happiness.