The following story is about laying up treasures on earth. If you could take worldly treasures with you to heaven they would only melt. Any earthly business could never be as profitable to us as our Father’s business; the Savior said that He because all that the Father hath shall be ours. David Whitmer prayed…
Tag: Savior
On Creeds of Religion and the Meaning of “Father”
Father connotes a loving, protecting figure, kind and caring and one who is easily recognized by His children. But both the Father and His son Jesus Christ have gotten a little irritated with us from time to time. In Luke 9:44, The Lord rebuked his disciples for not exercising faith sufficient to cast out an…
On The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley
The story below is of a young lady, praised for her brilliance, but who suffered and died in the midst of the uncaring. She, a teen prodigy, rose from American slavery. The teenage prodigy poet, Phillis Wheatley’s story is one of hope, faith, and perseverance, despite living as a slave in 18th-century America. Glenn T….
On Learning the Art of Ministering
“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:4. That scripture is not suggesting that we become ‘busy bodies’ and out of interest or curiosity try to find out what is going on behind closed doors, our neighbors doors. It is rather suggesting that…
On Work For The Dead
“It is for the benefit of God’s sons and daughters that, while on earth, we become acquainted with evil as well as good…. The contrasts, that we experience in this world, a world of mingled sorrow and joy are educational in nature, and they will be the means of raising all humanity to a full…
On Holy Curiosity
I remember many years ago as a young person I was doing what most other young persons do, I was coasting through life without too much direction, at least for a little period. What a person did or did not do seemed to matter very little. What difference did it make where we went or…
On Hear Him
Hearing has always been a problem for most people, we listen but we do not hear. Or, we hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest. One of the most important requests made to Joseph Smith by the Father during the first vision was, “This is my Beloved Son, Hear Him.” Nearly every…
On Being a Little Salty
I have always loved salt on my food, even when doctors began telling us that it was not good for us, I would use it anyway. Food, generally, is so bland without salt that I would rather give up eating than eat without salt. I have as much faith in salt as the Savior Himself….
On Being In The World
When I think about being in the world, it does not conjure up negative thoughts about how mean, cruel and diverse the world is. I rather feel that the diversity, for the most part, is good; it is how we learn to deal with all aspects of life that are going to confront us sooner…
On Racism
It is always more comfortable for a person to be around familiar things and people, especially if that person is a little shy or backward. I remember my first day in school. It was the first grade; I was six, as in those days there wasn’t a kindergarten program. I was shy and kept to…