Daily Thought

"We all long for heaven where God is but we have it in our power to be in heaven with Him right now.  To be happy with Him at this very moment.  But being happy with Him now means:  loving as He loves; helping as He helps; giving as He gives; serving as He serves."  
 Mother Teresa

Daily Scripture

"... If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us." 
     1 John 4: 12

Daily Thought

"When, in situations of stress, we wonder if there is any more in us to give.  We can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacities perfectly, placed us here to succeed.  No one was foreordained to be wicked." 
Neal A. Maxwell

Daily Scripture

"Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you;..."    D&C 68:6

Daily Thought

"The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner”
-President Hinckley 

Daily Scripture

"Therefore we did pour out our souls in prayer to God, that he would strengthen us...."
 Alma 58:10

Daily Thought

"When, in situations of stress, we wonder if there is any more in us to give.  We can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacities perfectly, placed us here to succeed.  No one was foreordained to be wicked." 
Neal A. Maxwell

Daily Scripture

"...go ye unto your homes, and ponder upon the things which I have said, and ask of the Father, in my name, that ye may understand...." 
3 Nephi 17:3

Women's Conference Salt Lake Olympus Stake February 26, 2011

 "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of  hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life."

2 Nephi 31:20

Musical selections performed:
- Heaven's Embrace
- A Believer's Prayer


Music by Sally Deford can be found at www.defordmusic.com


Women's Conference - Salt Lake Olympus Stake - February 26, 2011

Mosiah 25-29 Nancy Baird - March 8, 2011

QUOTES FOR MOSIAH 25-29

"...We are all...a single age. In some secret part of their souls, our parents are still children requiring the love of parents long deceased, as we in adulthood are still the children of our parents..."
Joyce Carol Oats, January 2001

"We can pardon those who injure us, be we can never pardon those whom we injure."
(probably) John Dryden, poet, 1631-1700

When men misbehave, nature will misbehave.
Idea from the Talmud

"Wo, wo is me, the mother of men. When shall I rest, and be cleansed from the filthiness which is gone forth out of me?...And when Enoch heard the earth mourn, he wept..."
Moses 9:48-49

"An exalted spirit puts the greatness into life; it doesn't seek the greatness there."
Die Huldigung der Kunste, Friedrich Schiller, German poet, 1759-1805

"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown."
Shakespeare, Henry IV, act 111, scene 1


"...the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, they shall he sling out...:
Abigail to King David, 1 Samuel 25:29 (King James Bible)

"If any man sets out to pursue you and take your life, the Lord your God will wrap your life up and put it with his own treasure, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away like stones from a sling."
1 Samuel 25:29 (New English Bible)



Mosiah 25-29 - Nancy Baird - March 8, 2011 (Audio)

Daily Thought

“No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.”
  Heber J. Grant

Daily Scripture

"And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive." 
Alma 7:23

Daily Thought

As children of God we are somebody.  He will build us, mold us, and magnify us if we will but hold our heads up, our arms out, and walk with Him."    
Marvin J. Ashton

Daily Scripture

..."For I will go before your face, I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts and mine angels round about you, to bear you up."  
D&C 84:88

Mosiah 18-24 Diane Adair - March 1, 2011

"...Only one who has fought against those ominous waves is justified in telling us as well as the sea--Be still.  Only one who has taken the full brunt of such adversity could ever be justified in telling us in such times to be of good cheer.  Such counsel is not a jaunty PEP talk.  Christ knows better than all others that the trials of life can be very deep and we are not shallow people if we struggle with them..."
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland; Ensign, November, 1999


"Our Savior waits for us to come to Him through our scripture study, pondering, and prayer to our Heavenly Father. Great blessings and lessons come from overcoming adversity. As we are strengthened and healed, we can then lift and strengthen others..."
  Elder Robert D. Hales; Ensign, November, 1998; Healing Soul and Body


"For many years I thought of the Saviors experience in the garden and the cross where a large mass of sin was heaped upon Him.  Through Book of Mormon prophets my view has changed.  The Atonement was an intimate personal experience in which Jesus came to know how to help each of us...He learned about our weaknesses, pains and sufferings...He knows how to help us if we come to Him in faith."
Elder Merrill G. Bateman


Mosiah 18-24 - Diane Adair - March 1, 2011 (Audio)