IN TIMES OF TROUBLE

Humility

“We are not life, but life-receivers.”

“Those who are caught up in love for the Lord love being led by the Lord more than anything else, and want the Lord alone to be in control.”

Gratitude

“Darkness allows us to appreciate what a wonderful thing light is, and coldness allows us to appreciate what a wonderful thing heat is. Likewise, as we all know, falsity allows us to appreciate how wonderful the truth is, and evil allows us to appreciate how wonderful goodness is.”

Compassion

“The Lord intends that one person should be just as wise and just as saved as another. He offers all of us the means. To the extent that we accept them and live by them, we are wise and we are saved, because the Lord is the same with one person as with another.”

Empathy

“Compassion is mercy springing out of love.”

Taking Action

“If a love for heaven is present in our love for the world and through that in our love for ourselves, with each type of love we accomplish useful things that are inspired by the God of Heaven.”

“We are not born for our own sake; we are born for the sake of others.”

“Goodwill is doing good to our neighbor daily and constantly.”

Forgiveness

“The Lord forgives everyone’s sins and never takes revenge or even assigns spiritual credit or blame, because he is love and goodness itself.”

“If a person were to believe as things really are, which is that everything good and true comes from the Lord and everything evil and false from hell, they could not have been found guilty of any offense or had evil ascribed to themselves.”