My dear family and friends, I cannot express how I feel. I know that our Savior, Jesus Christ, Loves you all so very much. You are all great in His sight. It does not matter what what trials you have already faced, or what you might be facing right now, our Savior is there for you. He is waiting to lift you up, bring you comfort, heal your broken heart, wipe away every falling tear, and wrap his arms around you. When ever you may need Him, He's the one you're looking for. So let Him in, and He will take away your pain. When you feel His love you'll never be the same. Come unto Christ. Come unto Him, and by His grace be made holy again. He's calling your name. He's waiting for you with arms open wide. Come unto Christ.
"The words “come unto Christ” are an invitation. It is the most important invitation you could ever offer to another person. It is the most important invitation anyone could accept." -By President Henry B. Eyring
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." -Matthew 11:28-30
"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life...Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I came, and whither I go...He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God." -John 8:12, 18 & 47
The Lord said:
"Verily I say unto you, notwithstanding their sins, my bowls are filled with compassion towards them. I will not utterly cast them off; and in the day of wrath I will remember mercy. -Doctrine and Covenants 101:9
"Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me. -Mosiah 26:30
"For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance; Nevertheless, he that repents and does the commandments of the Lord shall be forgiven;" -Doctrine and Covenants 1:31-32
"For all flesh is corrupted before me; and the powers of darkness prevail upon the earth, among the children of men, in the presence of all the hosts of heaven....But now i tell it unto you, and ye are blessed, not because of your iniquity, neither your hearts of unbelief; for verily some of you are guilty before me, but i will be merciful unto your weakness" -Doctrine and Covenants 38:11 & 14
President Thomas S. Monson counseled:
"We need to bear in mind that people can change. They can put behind them bad habits. They can repent from transgressions....we can help them to overcome their shortcomings. We must develop the capacity to see man not as they are at present but as they may become."
TO EVER MOTHER: HaPpY MoThErS DaY!
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God upon ever remembrance of you." -Philippians 1:2-3
"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." -Abraham Lincoln
"Mothers are endowed with a love that is unlike any other love on the face of the earth." -Marjorie Pay Hinckley
"There is no limit to what a mother can accomplish. Righteous women have changed the course of history and will continue to do so." -Julie B. Beck
Helaman recounts what he was told by the 2000 stripling warriors:
"Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them. And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt that our mothers knew it. -Alma 56:47-48
"Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them; and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their mothers had taught them.
-Alma 57:21
