"Each of us will taste the bitter ashes of life, from sin and neglect to sorrow and disappointment. But the Atonement of Christ can lift us up in beauty, not only from our own ashes but also from the ashes of him who fathers the rebirth of our spirits. We then soar toward the sun on the wings of a sure promise of immortality and eternal life. Thus may we be lifted up, not only at the end of life but in each day of our lives.
Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard,
that the everlasting God , the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the earth...
giveth power to the faint,
and to them that have no might
he increaseth strength.
But they that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
(Isaiah 40:28-29, 31)"
- Bruce C. Hafen, "The Broken Heart", p. 23