A father suffered unimaginable pain when he accidentally backed up the car and hit his 9 year old son, ending his life. The horror of anyone’s life being ended in such a way is unspeakable, but it is multiplied by the relationship of parent to child. A parent is to protect and teach. To nurture …
In some ancient wedding ceremonies, the husband and wife had their hands tied together, symbolizing their union, an unbreakable bond, an intent for the two to become one (hence our idiom, ‘tying the knot’). A visible symbol of the binding covenant they made to one another. Often the Lord uses wedding imagery to help us …
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:13-14) That heavenly host may simply have been expressing their hopes for the world that beautiful night when Christ was born. Because neither …
As human beings we seem to be made to want happiness. Joseph Smith taught that ‘happiness is the object and design of our existence’ so it must be divinely intended as a pursuit of our lives. Mostly, however, we tend to seek for it badly, or at least in ways that fail to satisfy our …
The Lord tells us in scripture that His ways are not our ways (see Isaiah 55:8) and yet we consistently assume He will do things according to our own expectations. We expect Him to answer prayers in the way we want, to handle situations and run His kingdom in ways that make sense to our …
