When tragedy strikes, or even when it looms, our families will have the opportunity to look into our hearts to see whether we know what we said we knew. Our children will watch, feel the Spirit confirm that we lived as we preached, remember that confirmation, and pass the story across the generations.

The problem of using your time well is not a problem of the mind but of the heart.

We need strength beyond ourselves to keep the commandments in whatever circumstance life brings to us. The combination of trials and their duration are as varied as are the children of our Heavenly Father. No two are alike. But what is being tested is the same, at all times in our lives and for every person: will we do whatsoever the Lord our God will command us?

Carrying a grudge is a heavy burden. As you forgive, you will feel the joy of being forgiven.

It is by avoiding future sin that we retain a remission of the sins of the past.

If you ponder the scriptures and begin to do what you covenanted with God to do, I can promise you that you will feel more love for God and more of His love for you.

The message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is that we can and must expect to become better as long as we live.