Challenges that tax our faith are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help us.

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

The last days are not for the faint of heart or the spiritually out of shape.

Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family. You were born to lead as priesthood and auxiliary leaders, as heads of communities, companies, and even nations. You were born to lead as men and women willing 'to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places' because that's what a true leader does.

Because again, if Lucifer can make an aberration seem normal- or better yet, evil seem normal, he has made striking inroads.

It is possible to be clean in a dirty world.