Recently, while helping my sister and her husband move, I was attempting to drive my Grandfathers old Ford truck from West Yellowstone to Rigby, Idaho, when the old truck stalled. In the past, this old truck has had several problems, including getting too hot and flooding the carburetor. When this happens the truck stalls and, like a flooded lawn mower, it takes many attempts to restart the engine. It’s a race against time as the constant cranking of the starter motor wears on the ignition switch and drains the battery.
This time was no different. I attempted, again and again, to start the engine by turning the key in the ignition and firmly holding down the gas pedal. But the starter motor only ground and growled, over and over again, as it was attempting to spark the engine. I became anxious as the lights on the truck dimmed and the battery drained. It didn’t appear that the truck would have enough fuel pressure or power to start the engine. At the last second, just as battery was failing and the sky outside was darkening, the engine revved its grumbling sounds and the truck was fired up and ready to go.
We often face many time-sensitive pressures in our lives. Time often runs out and deadlines are missed. But sometimes, at the last second, just when things appear to be hopeless or lost, doors open and issues are resolved and we get back on the road of life.
For me, courtship and marriage have been like the old Ford truck. Dating is like turning the key in the ignition, hoping that the engine of the relationship will start. Many times, however, the dates have gone nowhere while the fuel and battery power have been exhausted. Hope dims when things don’t take off and go as planned. But with faith and determination I know that the engine will start, even though it may appear that everything is about to come to an end.
Fog fills our minds in many ways and we are often blind to our true potential.
Ignorance prevails when intelligence fails. If darkness is a cause or caused by ignorance and the glory of God is intelligence, or in other words, light and truth, then light will eliminate darkness when we recognize our own ignorance and sincerely seek pure rays of intelligence. Expand your intelligence with new ideas and eliminate the ignorance of worn out notions.
We really get to know people and they get to know the real us, to the degree we love and trust people, and they love and trust us.
I woke up extra early this morning and received the most profound instruction from the Spirit I have received in a very long time. It is the answer I have been looking for and it affects the relationships of all mankind. It is so rich and delicate and subtle that I have yet to find the corresponding words for it but it is real and has eternal significance. It is a grand discovery.
There is opposition in all things. For every problem there is a solution, for every disease there is a cure, for every question there is an answer and God knows them all. In fact God would not be a God if he did not know them all. Trust in a God who knows the end from the beginning and knows all things.
Sometimes we learn the most truths from the hard lessons of life. What has been your hardest trial? What significant things have you learned from it? What about other trials? What significant things have you learned from them? The greatest problem requires the greatest solution. And we are blessed when we learn great solutions.
Here is the answer: At its core, the great Atonement of Jesus Christ was an act. It required action and reaction. It was a choice. It was a gift. This gift of service had a motivation. It was motivated by compassion, charity and love. Think about our own actions and choices. Think about how much more significant they would be if motivated by compassion, charity and love.
Like a loneliness that will not go away, making sense of mortality without an understanding of the eternities leaves life empty. Finding something to believe in that gives you hope. Joy and happiness aren’t just something for Sundays; they are absolutely necessary for life everlasting. Don’t settle for the catch phrases of the world that tell you that this is all there is so live it up now while you can. You invest in your eternal future by the decisions you make today. There is life after death. Do all that you can today to secure eternal happiness for you and your family. It will be the best investment you will ever make.
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