"Part of our mortal training is to walk by faith, repent of our sins, and call upon the Lord in daily prayer. We rejoice in the moments when promptings by the Holy Ghost are kindly given, and we are urged along the proper path of life. But each of us faces many difficult times here in mortality. All sorts of voices are screaming at us from the stadiums of public opinion. Our course will never be the popular way of the world. There are obstacles strewn in our path upon which we may sprain an ankle or stub a toe. But we must keep going. We move on in the strength of the Lord, each accountable for our own performance at the end of our mortal race. We must be able to declare with Paul:
"'I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
"'Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing (2 Tim. 4:7-8).'" - Gary J. Coleman, "Jesus Christ Is at the Center of the Restoration of the Gospel," Ensign (CR), November 1992, p.43
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Hi James,
I always like reading your posts. I was just given "A Roar for Powerful Words" award for my blog. I am encouraged to give it out to five other bloggers, and they are supposed to give three writing tips on their blog if they'd like.
You can see the award at my blog, and you can right click on it and save a copy if you'd like.
Keep up the great work.
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