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.

It is said that any virtue when taken to an extreme can become a vice. Overscheduling our days would certainly qualify for this. There comes a point where milestones can become millstones and ambitions, albatrosses around our necks.

No matter our distress, no matter our sorrow, no matter our mistakes, our infinitely compassionate Heavenly Father desires that we draw near to Him so that He can draw near to us.

Without spiritual landmarks, mankind wanders . . . Without the word of God, we walk in circles.

It is my prayer that patience will be a defining characteristic of we who hold the priesthood of Almighty God; that we will courageously trust the Lord's promises and His timing; that we will act toward others with the patience and compassion we seek for ourselves; and that we will continue in patience until we are perfected.

HOPE sustains us through despair. Hope teaches that there is reason to rejoice...even when all seems dark around us.

There is an important difference between the sorrow for sin that leads to repentance and the sorrow that leads to despair.