Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorfis a German aviator, airline executive and religious leader. He currently serves as the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsand is the eighth most senior apostle in the ranks of the church...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 November 1940
CountryGermany
circumstances resolve
Let us resolve to be happy regardless of our circumstance.
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If life and its rushed pace and many stresses have made it difficult for you to feel like rejoicing, then perhaps now is a good time to refocus on what matters most.
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The Savior can wipe away our tears of regret.
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Keeping the commandments is not a burden, but a joyous rehearsal for the eternity.
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God loves us deeply, perfectly, and everlastlingly.
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Life is not only meant to be appreciated in retrospect ... There is something each day to embrace and cherish.
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The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. Creation brings satisfaction and fulfillment. We develop ourselves and others when we take organized matter into our hands and mold it into something of beauty.
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God offers to His children the promise of a glorious and infinite existence and has provided a way for us to progress in knowledge and glory until we receive a fulness of joy. He has promised us all that He has.
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Latter-day Saints are not asked to blindly accept everything they hear. We are encouraged to think and discover truth for ourselves. We are expected to ponder, to search, to evaluate, and thereby to come to a personal knowledge of the truth.
have-faith matter pioneers
From the pioneers we can learn to have faith and trust God; we can learn to be compassionate to others; we can learn that work and industry not only bless us temporally but spiritually; and that happiness is available to us no matter our circumstances.
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The deepest regret of yesterday can be made right by following the Savior today.
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Let us prepare for that blessed day when He will come again. Let us be as wise as those ancients who watched for His coming.
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Often small acts of service are all that is required to lift and bless another.
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The first step to walking in righteousness is simply to try. We must try to believe. Try to learn of God: read the scriptures; study the words of His latter-day prophets; choose to listen to the Father, and do the things He asks of us. Try and keep on trying until that which seems difficult becomes possible-and that which seems only possible becomes habit and a real part of you.