There Is One Thing The Power Of

Life Is A Test. It Is Only A Test--meaning That's All It Is. Nothing More, But Nothing Less. It Is A Test Of Our Convictions And Priorities, Our Faith And Faithfulness, Our Patience And Resilience, And In The End, Our Ultimate Desires. It Is A Test To Determine If We Want To Be Part Of The Kingdom Of God More Than We Want Anything Else.

Think About What There Is To Learn From Your Heritage, Good And Bad, And About What You Want To Cultivate And Not Cultivate.

Motherhood Is Not What Was Left Over After Our Father Blessed His Sons With Priesthood Ordination. It Was The Most Ennobling Endowment He Could Give His Daughters, A Sacred Trust That Gave Women An Unparalleled Role In Helping His Children Keep Their Second Estate. As President J. Reuben Clark Jr. Declared, Motherhood Is ‘as Divinely Called, As Eternally Important In Its Place As The Priesthood Itself.’

You Were Born To Lead As Mothers And Fathers Because Nowhere Is Righteous Leadership More Crucial Than In The Family. You Were Born To Lead As Priesthood And Auxiliary Leaders, As Heads Of Communities, Companies, And Even Nations. You Were Born To Lead As Men And Women Willing 'to Stand As Witnesses Of God At All Times And In All Things, And In All Places' Because That's What A True Leader Does.

I Can't Imagine Pain Greater Than Stepping Across The Veil And Realizing I Had Not Done What I Came Here To Do - Or Realizing That I Had Given Up My Life To Little Or Nothing, Only Then To Find That It Was Gone. P 3