Preparatory faith is formed by experiences in the past-by the known, which provides a basis for belief. But redemptive faith must often be exercised toward experiences in the future-the unknown, which provides an opportunity for the miraculous.
Jeffrey R. HollandAfter an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was before.
Jeffrey R. HollandIf you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do.
Jeffrey R. HollandThe past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead; we remember that faith is always pointed toward the future.
Jeffrey R. Holland