Righteousness Has Never Precluded Adversity.

Trust Your Father. He Is Not Perfect, But He Loves You And Would Never Do Anything He Didn't Think Was In Your Best Interest. So Talk To Him. Share Your Thoughts And Feelings, Your Dreams And Your Fears. The More He Knows About Your Life, The Better Chance He Has To Understand Your Concerns And To Give You Good Counsel.

Let Us Remember That The Savior Is The Way, The Truth, And The Life, And There Can Be No Greater Promise Than To Know That If We Are Faithful And True, We Will One Day Be Safely Encircled In The Arms Of His Love (see D&c 6:20). He Is Always There To Give Encouragement, To Forgive, And To Rescue. Therefore, As We Exercise Faith And Are Diligent In Keeping The Commandments, We Have Nothing To Fear From The Journey.

Because We Love The Lord, We Should Be Spiritually Sensitive To Moments When The Powerful And Important Truths Of The Gospel Can Be Shared With Others. Perhaps More Importantly, However, We Should Seek At All Times To Purify Ourselves And To Lead Such Worthy Lives That The Light Of Christ Emanates From Us In All That We Say And Do. Our Day-to-day Lives Should Stand As Immutable Witness Of Our Faith In Christ.

There Is No Problem In The Family, Ward, Or Stake That Cannot Be Solved If We Look For Solutions In The Lord's Way By Counseling - Really Counseling - With One Another.

We Need To Commit To Serve The Lord And Our Communities With The Same Diligence And Faith That The Pioneers Had. We Must Ever Be On Our Guard That We Do Not Become Casual In Keeping God's Commandments, In Abiding By His Laws, And In Being Honest And Trustworthy In All That We Do.