by Elder Jose L. Alonso
Love is misunderstood. Probably a lot of times it is mistaken for something else. Here are two things it looks like: service and forgiveness. Continue reading
forgiveness
Burned Words
The Visit
The other night as I waited for sleep I started thinking. It’s usually not too productive to hop on a thought train while waiting for sleep to come. At least, if the end result desired is to actually fall asleep. Sleep tends to flee when I’m riding the thought train. But for whatever reason, the other night I started thinking. My thoughts eventually led to mom. Continue reading
Forgiveness
“Here, hold this,” they said and gave me a stone.
But I couldn’t hold the stone while I swam in the sea so I chained it to my ankle.
The weight kept pulling me under and I couldn’t keep my head above water. Continue reading
The Chain of Unintended Harm
Am I right or am I right?
I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a sweeping generalization. Here it goes and if I’m wrong you can stop reading. I give you permission. My bold claim is that nobody likes to be wrong. I will go one further and say as much as we don’t like to be wrong on the flip side we love to be right. With an opening statement like that who is going to argue? Because if you argue about this doesn’t it just prove my point? Continue reading
“Come, Follow Me” by Practicing Christian Love and Service
by Elder Robert D. Hales
I like it when things are made plain and simple for me. Break it down. Make it clear. Help me with the takeaway. Continue reading
One on One
Regret
A hero named Pahoran
Let me tell you about one of my heroes in the Book of Mormon. His name is Pahoran. We know relatively little about him. He was the third Chief Judge for the Nephites after he took his dad’s place. His father Nephihah was made Chief Judge by the prophet Alma after Alma devoted himself solely to the ministry. His sons teach us a lesson about following leadership. One of his sons is indirectly responsible for the birth of the Gadianton Robbers. The same robbers that become the civilization’s doom later on. So, basically relatively little.
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