Dahlia flowers - If it die, it bringers forth much fruit. Seeds, bulbs, DNA from bees
25 He that loveth his alife shall lose it; and he that bhateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
C.S. Lewis: “I believe, to be sure, that any man who reaches Heaven will find that what he abandoned (even in plucking out his right eye) has not been lost: that the kernel of what he was really seeking even in his most depraved wishes will be there, beyond expectation, waiting for him in 'the High Countries'.”
27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
3 Nephi 11:7 "in whom I have glorified my name- hear ye him." Non Nobis
Not to us but to thy name be the glory forever. Humility
When Joseph Smith was introduced to the Father he announced this. Also the Nephites, in whom I have glorified thy name.
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Palm branches - royalty, victory "Save us!" Sing and we'll shout! Hosanna shout - victory! Battle won by Him who did no sin.
Snatched from the jaws of death. Sure destruction. That's it. How grateful we are for that and for covenants.
Wearing the wedding garment- giving up coffee story, wearing a tie when asked by someone at church. Are we willing to change to be able to be there?
"What lack I yet?" Plenty
Matthew 21: 28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
The Savior in the pre-earth life promised to be our Savior and reliably kept his promise, THE COVENANT.
Neal A. Maxwell: shield of faith in one hand and iron rod in other. It will take both hands.
Weak things of the earth, the Lord shall thrash the Nations by the power of His Spirit.
1 Kings 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Isaiah1: 16 aWash you, make you bclean; put away the cevil of your doings from before mine eyes; dcease to do evil;
17 aLearn to do bwell; seek cjudgment, drelieve the oppressed, ejudge the fatherless, plead for the fwidow.
18 Come now, and let us areason together, saith the Lord: though your bsins be as scarlet, they shall be as cwhite as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be awilling and bobedient, ye shall eat the cgood of the land:
He chose to act in faith, even in weakness. Trust in those who represent Savior, Jesus Christ, none of whom are perfect.
The light to the world is Jesus Christ. Be children of light. Let our light so shine. Be a beacon to the world.
Follow 13th Article of Faith.
You're in the arena. You're fighting that fight
It is not the critic who counts; nor the one who points out how the strong person stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better.
The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends oneself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he or she fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Have courage and be bold
