Our obedience to God’s commandments comes as a natural outgrowth of our endless love and gratitude for the goodness of God.

Patience is a godly attribute that can heal souls, unlock treasures of knowledge and understanding, and transform ordinary men and women into saints and angels. Patience is truly a fruit of the Spirit. Patience means staying with something until the end. It means delaying immediate gratification for future blessings.

Heaven is filled with those who have this in common: they are forgiven and they forgive.

Now is the best time to start becoming the person we eventually want to be—not only 20 years from now but also for all eternity.

As you take the normal opportunities of your daily life and create something of beauty and helpfulness, you improve not only the world around you but also the world within you.

This is our high and holy calling-to be agents of Jesus Christ, to love as He loved, to serve as He served.

Let us prepare for that blessed day when He will come again. Let us be as wise as those ancients who watched for His coming.