Fourth, Come Home From Work And Take

The Words Of The Lord Are Found In The Scriptures And The Teachings Of The Apostles And Prophets. They Provide Us Counsel And Direction That, When Followed, Will Act Like A Spiritual Life Jacket And Will Help Us Know How To Hold On With Both Hands.

The Answer Is, Of Course, To Simplify, To Prioritize, And In Some Cases, To Use A Well-known Phrase, "just Say No!" But Actually Doing It May Prove To Be One Of The Real Challenges In Our Complicated, Overheated Lives.

The One-cylinder Ward Is One In Which The Bishop Handles All The Problems, Makes All The Decisions, Follows Through On All The Assignments, And Faces Every Challenge. Then, Like Any Other Overworked Cylinder, He Starts To Sputter And Behave Erratically. Eventually, He Burns Out Altogether.

The Lord Is In Control. He Knows The End From The Beginning. He Has Given Us Adequate Instruction That, If Followed, Will See Us Safely Through Any Crisis. His Purposes Will Be Fulfilled, And Someday We Will Understand The Eternal Reasons For All Of These Events. Therefore, Today We Must Be Careful To Not Overreact, Nor Should We Be Caught Up In Extreme Preparations, But What We Must Do Is Keep The Commandments Of God And Never Loose Hope!

I Surely Know That There Is No Role In Life More Essential And More Eternal Than That Of Motherhood.