SUCCINCT, COMPRESSED TRUTHS

1. "Adam fell that man might be,

And men are, that they might have joy.'  --2 Nephi 2:25

2. "As man is, God once was;

As God is, man may become."

3. "Wickedness never was happiness." --Alma 41:10
4. "Nothing is going to startle us more when we pass through the veil to the other side than to realize how well we know our Father and how familiar His face is to us." --Ezra Taft Benson
5. "He paid a debt He did not owe to free us from a debt we can never repay." --Joseph B. Wirthlin
6. "If not now, when?

If not me, who?"

7. "The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this time of challenges and who overcome will one day be praised for their stamina by those who pulled handcarts." --Neal A. Maxwell
8. "I have come to know ... that a couple can live together without one cross word ever passing between them." --Boyd K. Packer
9. Miser's epitaph: "Here lies a miser who lived for himself,

And cared for nothing but gathering pelf;

Now where he is, or how he fares,

Nobody knows, and nobody cares."

10. The Priesthood: "How easily are bishops made

By man or woman's whim:

Wesley his hands on Coke hath laid,

But who laid hands on him?"  --Charles Wesley

Genealogy is about descent.  I can trace my descendancy from noble men and women who lived, served, and suffered hundreds of years ago.  Just 14 traceable steps take me back to my eleventh great grandfather, William Brewster, the presiding elder aboard the Mayflower.

My Priesthood is the same.  It is about descent.  Just 10 steps in a traceable line takes my authority back to the Savior, Jesus Christ.

 

When you repent with real intent,

And then partake the sacrament,

It's through the Atonement

You're once again made innocent.