Anxiously engaged

 

“Our Heavenly Father is a powerful, moving, directing being. While we may, at times, bear burdens of sorrow, pain, and grief; while we may struggle to understand trials of faith we are called to pass through; while life may seem dark and dreary through faith, we have absolute confidence that a loving Heavenly Father is at our side.”

Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Spiritual healing…comes from bearing and hearing humble testimonies. A witness given in a spirit of contrition, thankfulness for divine providence, and submission

to divine guidance is a powerful remedy to help relieve the anguish and concerns of our hearts.”

James E. Faust

“…Those who look forward to a next and better world are usually

 ‘anxiously engaged’ in improving this one, for they ‘always abound in good works’.

Neal A. Maxwell

“Emerson said that every great institution is but the lengthened shadow of a great person.. The power is in us, in each of us  the power to do significant acts of service on our own initiative if we will become anxiously engaged.”

Gordon B Hinckley

“While there may be thorns and disappointments, while there may be heartache, even heartbreak, there can be peace and comfort and strength from the Lord for those who follow Him.”

Gordon B. Hinckley

“While waiting for promised blessings, one should not mark time, for to fail to move forward is to some degree a retrogression. Be anxiously engaged in good causes, including your own development.”

Howard W. Hunter

“Hope keeps us ‘anxiously engaged’ in good causes even when these appear to be losing causes.”

Neal A. Maxwell

“The battle for self-mastery may leave a person a bit bruised and battered, but always a better man or woman. Self-mastery is a rigorous process at best too many of us want it to be effortless and painless. Some spurn effort and substitute an alibi. We hear the plea, í was denied the advantages others had in their youth.’ And then we remember the caption that Webster, the cartoonist, placed under a sketch of Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin: íll-housed, ill-fed, ill-clothed.’ ”

Thomas S. Monson

“When we are filled with kindness, we are not judgmental. The Savior taught, ‘Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.’ He also taught that ‘with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.’ But, you ask, ‘what if people are rude?’ Love them. íf they are obnoxious?’ Love them. ‘But what if they offend? Surely I must do something then?’ Love them. ‘Wayward?’ The answer is the same. Be kind. Love them. Why? In the scriptures Jude taught, ánd of some have compassion, making a difference.’ Who can tell what far-reaching impact we can have if we are only kind?”

Joseph B. Wirthlin

“It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future.”

Gordon B. Hinckley

“Faith exists when absolute confidence in that which we cannot see combines with action that is in absolute conformity to the will of our Heavenly Father. Without all three-first, absolute confidence; second, action; and third, absolute conformity-without these three all we have is a counterfeit, a weak and watered-down faith.”

 

Joseph B. Wirthlin

 

 

“I cannot escape the interpretation that meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond one-self, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments. This is the beginning of wisdom. Walk with gratitude before him who is the giver of life and every good gift.”

 

Gordon B Hinckley