“Your growing faith in Him will move mountains – not the mountains of rock that beautify the earth – but the mountains of misery in your lives. Your flourishing faith will help you turn challenges into unparalleled growth and opportunity.”
“The Lord’s invitation to let our light so shine is not about randomly waving a beam of light and making the world generally brighter. It is about focusing our light so others may see the way to Christ.”
“There is not one great and grand thing we can do to arm ourselves spiritually. True spiritual power lies in numerous smaller acts woven together in a fabric of spiritual fortification that protects and shields from all evil.”
“None of us is perfect. Accept the reality that you’re going to stumble at times. You will fall. But you will rise again. Don’t give up on yourself. Your Father in Heaven certainly won’t.”
“Don’t feel bad if people remember you only when they need you. Feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind when there is darkness.”
“Those who understand others truly do not condemn them. On the contrary, a truthful understanding of another person is the same as the love of that other person. It is only a false understanding of another person that correlates with hatred, suspicion, contempt or indifference. There is a way to see the world without blame.”
“Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are.”
“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you are to have even more to express gratitude for.”
“At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
