Those of little faith mistake local cloud cover for general darkness. Keeping spiritually intact results in our keeping precious perspective by seeing "things as they really are."

Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial.

It is extremely important for you to believe in yourselves, not only for what you are now, but for what you have the power to become.

We tend to think of consecration only as yielding up, when divinely directed, our material possessions. But ultimate consecration is the yielding up of oneself to God. Heart, soul, and mind were the encompassing words of Christ in describing the first commandment, which is constantly, not periodically, operative (see Matt. 22:37). If kept, then our performances will, in turn, be fully consecrated for the lasting welfare of our souls (see 2 Ne. 32:9).

It is so easy to be confrontive without being informative; indignant without being intelligent; impulsive without being insightful.

Each day I see all about me the fruits of commandment-keeping.

The acceptance of the reality that we are in the Lord's loving hands is only a recognition that we have never really been anywhere else.