Sunday, May 17, 2009

Quotes From David A. Bednar's CES May Talk

Elder Neal A. Maxwell said,
“The youth of this generation have a greater capacity for obedience than any previous generation.”


President George Q. Cannon said,
"God has reserved spirits for this dispensation who have the courage and determination to face the world, and all the powers of the evil one, visible and invisible, to proclaim the Gospel, and maintain the truth, and establish and build up the Zion of our God, fearless of all consequences. He has sent these spirits in this generation to lay the foundation of Zion never more to be overthrown, and to raise up a seed that will be righteous, and that will honor God, and honor him supremely, and be obedient to him under all circumstances"

1 comment:

Holly E. G. said...

Love the quotes, Jen! One good one that I heard recently (it's in the Simplicity book, by Sister Rasmussen I think) says that (and I'm paraphrasing loosely here!) as the wickedness in the world increases, our spiritual abilities to face such wickedness increase proportionately, and that we have no need to fear because of what we experience in our lives. That brings a lot of comfort!

Anyway, I hope you're doing well, I'd love to hang out some time soon, for a movie or just to chat. Maybe a Chapters trip could be in order??? Let me know when you're free girl! Miss you!

PS - i just updated my blog today too! Don't read until you have lots of time...it's a long entry with TWO whole rants in it! Forewarned is forearmed.

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