“God expects one to have sufficient faith and determination and sufficient trust in Him to help keep going, keep residing, keep rejoicing. In reality, He expects you not merely to handle the long run (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to definitely embrace and contour the future—to love it and rejoice inside it and take pleasure in your possibilities.”―Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Designed For Greater Things
“God desires us become stronger than our company is—more fixed inside our function, more specific of our commitments, fundamentally requiring less coddling from Him, showing more willingness to shoulder a few of the burden of their heavy load. Simply speaking, He desires us to become more like he’s and, when you haven’t noticed, many of us are maybe not like this yet.”―Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, designed for Greater Things
“what’s the best that lies within us? Of just how much are we capable? None of us yet understands. A vintage Arabic legend informs of a driver finding a spindly sparrow lying on its straight back in the exact middle of the trail. He dismounted and asked the sparrow why their foot had been floating around. Answered the sparrow, ‘we heard the heavens had been planning to fall today.’ ‘And I suppose you believe your puny bird feet holds within the universe that is whole’ laughed the horseman. ‘Maybe maybe not,’ stated the sparrow with conviction, ‘but one does whatever you can.'”―Elder Jeffrey R. Continue reading “Elder Holland addresses these messages that are powerfulto my buddies whom love god,” “to my buddies who wish to alter,” “to my buddies who face opposition,” and much more”