Beware Anger

"There is another serious thing to which many young men become addicted. This is anger. With the least provocation they explode into tantrums of uncontrolled rage. It is pitiful to see someone so weak. But even worse, they are prone to lose all sense of reason and do things which bring later regret...

As the writer of Proverbs has said, “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city” (Prov. 16:32).

If you have a temper, now is the time to learn to control it. The more you do so while you are young, the more easily it will happen. Let no member of this Church ever lose control of himself in such an unnecessary and vicious manner. Let him bring to his marriage words of peace and composure." "Live Worthy of the Girl You Will Someday Marry" by Gordon B. Hinckley April 1998 General Conference   https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1998/04/living-worthy-of-the-girl-you-will-someday-marry?lang=eng

 

Forgiveness

I don't have a place yet for this quote but it reminds me of the need to forgive those I fear or those I resent.

"Many of you, as I have, have felt fear in approaching someone you have offended or who has hurt you. And yet I have seen the Lord melt hearts time after time, including my own. And so I challenge you to go for the Lord to someone, despite any fear you may have, to extend love and forgiveness. I promise you that as you do, you will feel the love of the Savior for that person and His love for you, and it will not seem to come from a great distance. For you, that challenge may be in a family, it may be in a community, or it may be across a nation.

But if you go for the Lord to bless others, He will see and reward it. If you do this often enough and long enough, you will feel a change in your very nature through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Not only will you feel closer to Him, but you will also feel more and more that you are becoming like Him. Then, when you do see Him, as we all will, it will be for you as it was for Moroni when he said: “And now I bid unto all, farewell. I soon go to rest in the paradise of God, until my spirit and body shall again reunite, and I am brought forth triumphant through the air, to meet you before the pleasing bar of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and dead. Amen.”Moroni 10:34.^"

“Where is the Pavilion?” October 2012 General Conference by President Henry B Eyring

 

Why?

I am beginning this blog as an assignment from my religion class. Starting with just ten topics, I will add inspirational quotes throughout the semester.

My First Ten Topics Include

Family, Atonement, Agency, Pornography, Kindness/Peace Making/Compassion/Charity, Education, Receiving Inspiration (Precept Upon Precept), Gratitude, Prayer, and Trial and Tribulation.

John's Topics Include

Family, Atonement, Agency, Pornography, Temple Blessings, Faith, Testimony, Prayer, Repentance, Trial and Tribulation