In the Old Testament, the Lord directed cities of refuge to be set apart for those who accidentally killed someone (see Numbers 35). They were to be places of safety for those running from avenging loved ones who wanted swift retribution without a judgment or a chance for atonement, until a fair hearing could be …
Stephen Robinson (scripture scholar and BYU professor) once taught: ‘Everything you’ll ever need to know about grace, can be learned in the following way: hold a baby in your arms. (Perhaps while the family is out. Perhaps in a chair. Perhaps your own son or daughter.) What do you feel? An absolute love. What has …
Heavenly Father wants us to be happy. “The intent of the Father’s great plan of happiness is your happiness, right here, right now, and in the eternities.” (Elder Patrick Kearon, ‘God’s Intent is to Bring You Home,’ Gen Conf, April 2024) We forget sometimes that His plan is ‘of happiness’ and therefore provides the way …
Some things are beyond words. Nothing we can articulate quite captures the feelings we want to convey. Maybe that’s why Alma describes the expression of our feelings as we recognize our deliverance, our salvation, our escape from eternal peril as a song. The wonder of redeeming love requires something in addition to words to proclaim. …
‘Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries, And daub their natural faces unaware.’ (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Lee) I have spent the last while traveling and gathering, and this thought from Elizabeth Barrett Browning …
