Monday 1 January 2024

Nine Bright Hopes

 

“You may struggle to see God as a loving Father. You may look heavenward and see not the face of love and mercy but a thicket of rules through which you must wend your way. Perhaps you believe God rules in His heavens, speaks through His prophets, and loves your sister, but you secretly wonder whether He loves you. Perhaps you have felt the iron rod in your hand but not yet felt your Savior’s love to which it leads. I thought my life was about following rules and measuring up to abstract standards. I knew God loved you perfectly but didn’t feel it myself. I’m afraid I thought more about getting into heaven than being with my Heavenly Father. If you, like me, can sometimes only lip-synch but not ‘sing the song of redeeming love,’ what can we do? The answer, as President Russell M. Nelson reminds us, is always Jesus. And that is very good news.” – Elder Robert M. Daines

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