(9/10/03)
"Perhaps this statement will cause us to remember how small we are in
comparison to our God, who is all-knowing and all-powerful. The Lord
taught Moses a great lesson in this regard. After he had shown Moses
by vision the workmanship of his hands, he withdrew from Moses, and
his glory was not upon him. Moses was left unto himself, and he fell
unto the earth exhausted. It was many hours before he again received
his natural strength, and when he did, he humbly said: 'Now for this
cause I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed.' (Moses
1:10.) This counsel should remind all of us to be meek and
contrite of spirit." — Delbert L. Stapley, "General Conference
Reports," 1 April 1967, p. 34
(9/11/03)
"Furthermore, God’s ways are much higher than our ways (see Isaiah
55:8–9). This reality is something which those of us in the
foothills of faith should ponder before, in our provinciality, we try
to force God’s doctrines through the filter of our lower ways. His is
an invitation designed to lift us up in style as well as in
substance." — Neal A. Maxwell, "Lord, Increase Our Faith," [Salt Lake
City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1994], p. 31
(9/12/03)
"Would it seem reasonable to an eye doctor to be told to heal a blind
man by spitting in the dirt, making clay, and applying it to the man's
eyes and then telling him to wash in a contaminated pool? Yet this is
precisely the course that Jesus took with one man, and he was healed
(see John 9:6-7).
Does it seem reasonable to cure leprosy by telling a man to wash seven
times in a particular river? Yet this is precisely what the prophet
Elisha told a leper to do, and he was healed (see 2
Kings 5). 'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than
your thoughts.' (Isaiah
55:8-9.)" — Ezra Taft Benson, "Fourteen Fundamentals in
Following the Prophet," "1980 Devotional Speeches of the Year" [Provo:
BYU Press, 1981], p. 28
(9/13/03)
"At various times in our lives, probably at repeated times in our
lives, we do have to acknowledge that God knows what we do not know
and sees what we do not see. If you have troubles at home with
children who stray, if you suffer financial reverses and emotional
strain that threaten your homes and your happiness, if you must face
the loss of life or health, may peace be unto your soul. We will not
be tempted beyond our ability to withstand. Our detours and
disappointments are the straight and narrow path to him..." — "The
Teachings of Howard W. Hunter," Edited by Clyde J. Williams [Salt Lake
City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1997], p. 85
(9/14/03)
"We may mark out paths for traveling, but the Lord directs our ways,
and we cannot walk safely without. We may have our ideas as to how
this work is going to be built up and established, but the Lord will
show us, as has been quoted... that 'As the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are God's ways higher than man's ways.' We would never
have reached these valleys had not the Lord guided us; and we can look
back and see how wonderfully His promises have been fulfilled in our
behalf. Scarcely a step could have been taken of our own choice if we
had not been upheld by God and had He not sustained us in all our
doings. So it will be to the end, and we will be obliged to confess
that his wisdom has done it all." — George Q. Cannon, "Collected
Discourses, Volume 2," 6 April 1891
12/6/16
The Lord knows what He
wants to accomplish with each one of us. He knows the kind of reform He
wants to achieve in our lives, and we do not have the right to counsel
Him. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. - Rafael
E. Pino, “The
Eternal Perspective of the Gospel,” Ensign (CR) May 2015
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