LESSON FROM LIBERTY JAIL #3

 

LESSON FROM LIBERTY JAIL #3:

Remain Calm, Patient, Charitable, and Forgiving-

“It has always been a wonderful testimony to me of the Prophet Joseph’s greatness and the greatness of all of our prophets, including and especially the Saviour of the world in His magnificence, that in the midst of such distress and difficulty they could remain calm and patient, charitable, and forgiving – that they could even talk that way, let alone live that way. But they could and they did.

“The Spirit has a near-impossible task to get through to a heart that is filled with hate or anger or vengeance or self-pity. Those are all antithetical to the Spirit of the Lord. On the other hand, the Spirit finds instant access to a heart striving to be charitable and forgiving, long-suffering and kind – principles of true discipleship.”

-          Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “Lessons From Liberty Jail”, BYU Speeches, 7 Sept 208

 

You stood in the vista of my heart

Granting me the wider view.

My eyes were opened

And I understood the meaning of You.

You came to this plane of sorrow

Your footsteps to pave the trail

To make all things anew;

I follow, I follow

To one day become like You.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: The Peace of God by Yongsung Kim)