Whatever is truly alive must die. Look at the flowers; only plastic flowers never die.
I expect celibacy of any person that is not married.
Forgiving is divine. Plead for the guidance of the Spirit of the Lord to forgive wrongs, to overcome faults, and to strengthen relationships.
When we understand our relationship to God, we also understand our relationship to one another.
Our attitude toward abortion. . . is fixed by our knowledge that according to an eternal plan all of the spirit children of God must come to this earth for a glorious purpose, and that individual identity began long before conception and will continue for all the eternities to come. We rely on the prophets of God who have told us that while there may be 'rare' exceptions, 'the practice of elective abortion is fundamentally contrary to the Lord's injunction, 'Thou shalt not. . . kill, nor do anything like unto it'
Simple and more frequent dates allow both men and women to ‘shop around’ in a way that allows extensive evaluation of the prospects. The old-fashioned date was a wonderful way to get acquainted with a member of the opposite sex. It encouraged conversation. It allowed you to see how you treat others and how you are treated in a one-on-one situation. It gave opportunities to learn how to initiate and sustain a mature relationship. None of that happens in hanging out
I believe many of us are overnourished on entertainment junk food and undernourished on the bread of life.
I don't think I'll travel anymore. Travel is nothing but an inconvenience. There is always enough trouble where you are.
If a person claims to have met Jesus without being changed then they have not met the real Jesus.
Only kindness matters. We are God's hands.
Faith transcends reason because divine truth is not only higher, but also wider than the human mind, and the rationalist in his haste for premature simplification always tends to shut his eyes to one aspect of the truth and to seek a false harmony of thought by the sacrifice of an essential element of reality.