Hear with your Heart

 

“We live through each part of our lives only once. We don’t go back. So, instead of wishing that any part of it were over, instead of living always for something that is never now... we should find some sweetness and accomplishment in every hour.” ... Like a rock tossed in a pool starts a ripple from the center which continues to enlarge until every part of the shore is touched… so your thoughtfulness, goodness, kind deeds, and encouraging words lift the lives of everyone around you.”

 

Hear with your Heart

 

The Lord allows us to be tried and tested, sometimes to our maximum capacity. We have seen the lives of loved ones and maybe our own figuratively burned to the ground and have wondered why a loving and caring Heavenly Father would allow such things to happen. But He does not leave us in the ashes; He stands with open arms, eagerly inviting us to come to Him.

 

He is building our lives into magnificent temples where His Spirit can dwell eternally.

He wants to build us up, not tear us down.

Linda S. Reeves

 

“For after much tribulation come the blessings.

Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory.”

I testify that the Lord has a plan for each of our lives. Nothing that happens is a shock or a surprise to Him. He is all-knowing and all-loving. He is eager to help us, to comfort us, and to ease our pain as we rely on the power of the Atonement and honor our covenants. The trials and tribulation that we experience may be the very things that guide us to come unto Him and cling to our covenants so that we might return to His presence and receive all that the Father hath.

Linda S. Reeves

 

Do not expect to become perfect at once. If you do, you will be disappointed. 

 

Be better today than you were yesterday, and be better tomorrow than you are today.

 

 

"When ALL is said and DONE, What will matter to our Heavenly Father will be how well we have Kept Our Covenants and how much we have tried to follow the example of our Savior, Jesus Christ."

 

Linda S. Reeves

 

We’re all at different places on the path. But we can work together to help each other “press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a Perfect Brightness of Hope, and a Love Of God and of all men.”

 

'Claim the blessings of your covenants'

 

Carole M. Stephens

 

Tell your Heavenly Father how you feel. Tell Him about your pain and your afflictions, and then give them to him. Search the scriptures daily. There you will also find great solace and help."  

 

Linda S. Reeves