Sometimes we are so busy being the hammer or the anvil, that we forget who really needs the shaping.
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Patience stoutly resists pulling up the daisies to see how the roots are doing.Neal A. Maxwell
We are in bondage to that which overcomes us. See also 2 Peter 219.
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In moments of truth, when meekness matters, other forces, including pride, flow into the chemistry of that moment. Take, for instance, the matter of receiving correct counsel, whether given by a spouse, a family member, a friend, or a Church leader. Often.
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Letting off steam always produces more heat than light.
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The mortal experience ... is not like a college course which we can passively audit. Instead, we are taking lifes course for credit and there are no summers off not even semester breaks.
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By seeing lifes experiences through to the end, on our small scale, we can finally say, as Jesus did on the cross, 'It is finished.' We, too, can then have 'finished our preparations,' having done the particular work God has given each of us to do. However, our tiny cup cannot be taken from us either. For this reason have we come unto the world.
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