Sunday, January 10, 2010

Faith Points to the Future

On Sunday mornings I always read an article from the Ensign as I eat my breakfast. Today, as I read "The Best is Yet to Be" by Elder Jeffrey Holland a particular paragraph stood out to me and I thought I would share it:

As a new year begins and we try to benefit from a proper view of what has gone before, I plead with you not to dwell on days now gone nor to yearn vainly for yesterdays, however good those yesterdays may have been. The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead and remember that faith is always pointed toward the future. Faith always has to do with blessings and truths and events that will yet be efficacious in our lives.

3 comments:

Holly said...

Great advice for a New Year!

Becki Madsen said...

That was a wonderful talk, thanks for sharing! You are such a wonderful sister in law!

Sheila Madsen said...

Yes, the BEST IS YET TO COME!!