“As you and I develop additional love, patience, and
meekness, the more we have to give God and humanity. Moreover, no one else is
placed exactly as we are in our opportune human orbits. Granted, the
stepping-stones take us into new territory which we may be very reluctant to
explore. Hence, the successful users of the stepping-stones are powerful
motivators for the rest of us. We usually pay more attention to those we
quietly admire. The hungry prodigal son remembered the menus in his home, but
he was also drawn by other memories, declaring, ‘I will arise and go to my father.’
In striving for ultimate submission, our wills constitute all we really have to
give God anyway. The usual gifts and their derivatives we give to Him could be stamped
justifiably ‘Return to Sender’ with a capital S. Even when God receives this
one gift in return, the fully faithful will receive all that he hath. What an
exchange rate!” – Neal A. Maxwell
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