Mormon Musings

"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God." C.S. Lewis Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)

"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. It is peace because we have found peace in the Savior’s teachings. It is the time we realize most deeply that the more love is expended, the more there is of it for others." —President Thomas S. Monson, "Christmas Is Love"

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.” C.S. Lewis

37  Therefore, care not for the body, neither the life of the body; but care for the  a soul , and for the life of the soul.   38  And  a seek  the face of the Lord always, that in  b patience  ye may possess your souls, and ye shall have eternal life. Doctrine and Covenants 101:37-38

Therefore, let your hearts be comforted concerning Zion; for all flesh is in mine  hands ; be still and  know  that I am God. Doctrine and Covenants 101:16

"And I give unto you a commandment, that ye forsake all evil and clean unto all good, that ye shall live by every word which proceedeth forth out of the mouth of God." Doctrine and Covenants 98:11

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and might things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3

Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there any thing too hard for me? Jeremiah 32:27

For my part, I am glad the book will be with us “as long as the earth shall stand.” I need and want additional time. For me, towers, courtyards, and wings await inspection. My tour of it has never been completed. Some rooms I have yet to enter, and there are more flaming fireplaces waiting to warm me. Even the rooms I have glimpsed contain further furnishings and rich detail yet to be savored. There are panels inlaid with incredible insights and design and decor dating from Eden. There are also sumptuous banquet tables painstakingly prepared by predecessors which await all of us. Yet, we as Church members sometimes behave like hurried tourists, scarcely venturing beyond the entry hall to the mansion. May we come to feel as a whole people beckoned beyond the entry hall. May we go inside far enough to hear clearly the whispered truths from those who have “slumbered,” which whisperings will awaken in us individually the life of discipleship as never before. The Book of Mormon: A Great Ans

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." — , " 2 Nephi 19:6 "