love begets love

 

 

“You can’t repent too soon because you don’t know how soon it will be too late.”

 

ElRay L. Christiansen

 

 

 

“Do we frequently reject the Lord’s love that He pours out upon us in much more abundance than we are willing to receive? Do we think we have to be perfect in order to deserve His love? When we allow ourselves to feel ‘encircled about eternally in the arms of his love’ we feel safe, and we realize that we don’t need to be immediately perfect. We must acknowledge that perfection is a process. This is a gospel of eternal progress, and we must remember to appreciate the journey.”

 

Bonnie D. Parkin

 

Eternally Encircled in His Love

 

 

“Although you may not have been blessed with so miraculous a harvest, you have been given words by the Holy Ghost when you surrendered your heart to the Lord’s service. At certain periods of your mission, such an experience came often. If you will think back on those times and ponder, you will also remember that the increase in your desire to obey the commandments came over you gradually. You felt less and less the tug of temptation. You felt more and more the desire to be obedient and to serve others. You felt a greater love for the people. One of the effects of receiving a manifestation of the Holy Ghost repeatedly was that your nature changed. And so, from that faithful service to the Master, you had not only the witness of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ but you saw evidence in your own life that the Atonement is real.”

 

Henry B. Eyring

 

 

“A fascinating thing about joy and love, with which you are surely familiar, is that when we enlarge our capacity to love, other people become real individuals, not merely functions. Gospel duties cease to be mere routine and become, instead, doors to delight. Every doctrine of the gospel is a door to delight that, when opened, exposes us to a vista of things we have not yet fully comprehended.”

 

Neal A. Maxwell

 

 

“They do not love that do not show their love.”

 

William Shakespeare

 

 

“Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save.”

 

Thomas S. Monson

 

 

“Christ has told us a major way of glorifying and magnifying him: “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15). Implicitly, if we love Him but falter in keeping His commandments, we are to love Him enough to repent! Hence, repenting and improving are actually ways in which we truly glorify Christ!”

 

Neal A. Maxwell

 

 

“No, God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how we need to love God!

For what we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do.

What we think and do determines who we are and who we will become.”

 

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

 

 

“Love each other dearly always.

There is scarcely anything else in the world but that: to love one another.”

 

 

“Above all the attributes of godliness and perfection, charity is the one most devoutly to be desired. Charity is more than love, far more; it is everlasting love, perfect love, the pure love of Christ which endureth forever. It is love so centered in righteousness that the possessor has no aim or desire except for the eternal welfare of his own soul and for the souls of those around them.”

 

Bruce R. McConkie

 

 

“It is a time-honored adage that love begets love. Let us pour forth love show forth our kindness unto all mankind, and the Lord will reward us with everlasting increase; cast our bread upon the waters and we shall receive it after many days, increased to a hundredfold.”

 

Joseph Smith