Mormon Musings

"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9

"I am the light of the world.  he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." John 8:12

Why pay tithing? The principle of tithing, or voluntarily giving one-tenth of our income to God’s work, has been known since Old Testament times. Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek (see Genesis 14:18–20). “Tithing is not so much a matter of dollars as it is a matter of faith,” said President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008). “It becomes a privilege and an opportunity, and not a burden.” 1  As we follow the word of God and pay our tithes and offerings, the Lord will open the windows of heaven and pour down blessings that there will not be room enough to receive them (see Malachi 3:8–10). - Ensign,  Jan. 2013, 60 1.  “Messages of Inspiration from President Hinckley,”  Church News,  Dec. 6, 1997, 2;

The battle line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man. Alexander Solzhenitsyn

“Be not afraid, only believe” ( Mark 5:36 )

Important principals may, and must be, inflexible.  Abraham Lincoln

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."  Warren Buffett

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. Roy H. Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bazILfQd1uQ “For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited” (Isaiah 45:18; see also Ephesians 3:9; Hebrews 1:2). “And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; . . . “. . . For behold, there are many worlds that have passed away by the word of my power. And there are many that now stand, and innumerable are they unto man; but all things are numbered unto me, for they are mine and I know them” (Moses 1:33, 35). http://www.ldsces.org/content/talks/general/2002-maxwell-our-creators-cosmos__eng.pdf