Showing posts with label enduring to the end. Show all posts
Showing posts with label enduring to the end. Show all posts

Monday, June 6, 2016

"Healing" can mean different things

It is important to understand that His healing can mean being cured, or having your burdens eased, or even coming to realize that it is worth it to endure to the end patiently, for God needs brave sons and daughters who are willing to be polished when in His wisdom that is His will.”

- Elder Richard G. Scott, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “To Be Healed,” April 1994 General Conference

Monday, May 6, 2013

"Some of the greatest sermons are preached by the singing of hymns. Hymns move us to repentance and good works, build testimony and faith, comfort the weary, console the mourning, and inspire us to endure to the end. ...

"Music has boundless powers for moving families toward greater spirituality and devotion to the gospel. Latter-day Saints should fill their homes with the sound of worthy music."

- First Presidency Preface to Hymns
http://www.lds.org/music/guidelines/first-presidency-preface-to-the-hymns?lang=eng

God needs brave sons and daughters

"It is important to understand that His healing can mean being cured, or having your burdens eased, or even coming to realize that it is worth it to endure to the end patiently, for God needs brave sons and daughters who are willing to be polished when in His wisdom that is His will."

- Elder Richard G. Scott, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, "To Be Healed," General Conference, Apr 1994
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1994/04/to-be-healed?lang=eng

Friday, April 26, 2013

Patience is more than waiting


“[P]atience [is]far more than simply waiting for something to happen—patience require[s] actively working toward worthwhile goals and not getting discouraged when results [don’t] appear instantly or without effort.

“There is an important concept here: patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can—working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!

“Impatience, on the other hand, is a symptom of selfishness. It is a trait of the self-absorbed.”

- Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, “Continue in Patience,” Ensign, May 2010, p. 57