A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.

Throughout the world, the family is increasingly under attack. If families fail, many of our political, economic, and social systems will also fail.

How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God's providence and love and express that gratitude to him. Ammon taught, 'Let us give thanks to (God), for he doth work righteousness forever.' Our degree of gratitude is a measure of our love for him.

Men are that they might have joy . . . not guilt trips.

Unfinished business is our worst business. Perpetual procrastination must yield to perceptive preparation. Today we have a little more time to bless others-time to be kinder, more compassionate, quicker to thank and slower to scold, more generous in sharing, more gracious in caring.

Feelings of worth come when a woman follows the example of the Master. Her sense of infinite worth comes from her own Christlike yearning to reach out with love, as He does.

If the restoration did anything it shattered the age-old myth that God has stopped talking to his children.