I receive "daily gems" in my e-mail from the church. This is one I received a few days ago. I thought it was worth sharing so I decided to post it. The accompanying article from which it was taken is also worth reading and won't take much time to read it. You can click on the title or the link below to read it.
"Nephi taught us a powerfully simple principle in recounting his father's dream of the tree of life. He described a strait and narrow path leading to a tree and a great and spacious building. . . . From all appearances, the people inside seemed to be having a great time. What an indelible image of temptation. In Elder Neal A. Maxwell's words, 'The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself' ("Cleanse Us from All Unrighteousness," Ensign, Feb. 1986, 19). . . ."President Boyd K. Packer has recently emphasized this guiding principle: 'However out of step we may seem, however much the standards are belittled, however much others yield, we will not yield, we cannot yield' ("The Standard of Truth Has Been Erected," Ensign, Nov. 2003, 26). . . . "The time has come when we must take an unyielding stand. We must shore up our spiritual underpinnings, listen to the prophets of God, and follow their counsel."
W. Craig Zwick, "We Will Not Yield, We Cannot Yield," Ensign, May 2008, 98
I love that quote by Elder Maxwell,"The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself." It's true.
ReplyDeletevery nice tam! those are always fun to get. i used to get the daily gems and now i don't. so i don't know what happened but thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYou have to sign up again, I guess they changed the format or something. If you go to LDS.org and follow the links you can sign up again. They are really cool to get every day.
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