Now Is the Time
"Now, my brethren and sisters, the time has come for us to stand a little taller, to lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater comprehension and understanding of the grand millennial mission of this The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is a season to be strong. It is a time to move forward without hesitation, knowing well the meaning, the breadth, and the importance of our mission. It is a time to do what is right regardless of the consequences that might follow. It is a time to be found keeping the commandments. It is a season to reach out with kindness and love to those in distress and to those who are wandering in darkness and pain. It is a time to be considerate and good, decent and courteous toward one another in all of our relationships. In other words, to become more Christlike."
Gordon B. Hinckley, "This Is the Work of the Master," Ensign, May 1995, 71
My dear brothers and sisters, now is the time for us to choose. Will we follow our Savior Jesus Christ, keep his commandments, and qualify ourselves to receive His mercy and blessings that He so desires to shower upon us? Or will we choose some other way? There is only one way to happiness and fulfillment. He is the Way. Every other way, any other way, whatever other way is madness.
May we follow Him and keep His commandments. It is the only intelligent thing to do.
May the Lord bless us with the courage to continue, the wisdom to see with our eyes and hear with our ears. May he bless us with the capacity to love and lift those around us as well as ourselves. For he who will lose his life will find it, and he who will seek his own way of life will lose everything. May we choose wisely and well, for that will make all the difference
Bishop Murray
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