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 …
Look, see, pay attention. What comes after this invitation is important. Something we are going to want to witness or regard. In its most significant place, it comes before introductions to Jesus Christ. From His Father, His cousin, Himself. Behold my Beloved Son. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the …
We throw the word ‘love’ around a lot. We love sports teams and food and spa days and luxury cars. We love places and memories and attributes in ourselves and others (all good things!). We love people. It is in those (healthy) relationships that we get a glimpse of what Christ’s love looks like. Selflessness …
