MY EVERYTHING

 

Faithful and True by LDS Bookstore

I looked up to You

When in my beginning.

I saw Your strength,

Your care, Your undying love,

And I knew only You

Could make up for what

I alone could not do.

 

You are my Shepherd,

You are my King,

You are my Holy Grail,

You are my everything.

 

-      CATHRYNE ALLEN 

WITH WINGS AS EAGLES

"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

COME UNTO ME

 

".....the Savior's Atonement lifts from us not only the burden of sin but also the burden of our disappointments and sorrows, our heartaches and our despair.......the soul that comes unto Christ, who knows His voice and strives to do as He did, finds a strength.....'beyond [his] own'. The Savior reminds us that He has 'graven [us] upon the palms of [His] hands' ( 1 Nephi 21:16). Considering the incomprehensible cost of the Crucifixion and Atonement, I promise you He is not going to turn His back on us now. When He says to the poor in spirit, 'Come unto me', He means He knows the way out and He knows the way up. He knows it because He has walked it. He knows the way because He IS the way."

- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
"Broken Things to Mend", Ensign May 2006

BELIEVE

Believe in yourself, in the power you have
To control your own life day by day....

Believe in the strength that you feel deep inside
And your faith will show you the way....

Believe in tomorrow and what it will bring,
Let a hopeful heart carry you through -

For things will work out if you trust and believe
There is no limit to what you can do!

- Author unknown