MHA's Let Freedom Ring Devotional

"Let Freedom Ring: A Daily LDS Devotional for the month of July is now available. This LDS daily devotional is designed to celebrate freedom and Independence Day all July long with your family. The devotional was created to be used by families use the whole devotional or customize each year to the growing needs of family. Devotional includes for each day--Scriptures from the four standard works, quotes from church leaders, pictures, poetry, songs, documents, stories, excerpts from talks by church leaders, and more to select from.

Quote of the Day June 17th

"Gracias, danke, merci whatever language is spoken, 'thank you' frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and lift your lives to a higher pathway as you journey toward perfection. There is a simplicity even a sincerity when 'thank you' is spoken." - Thomas S. Monson

Quote of the Day- June 16th

"Today, there are three kinds of people:  the have's, the have-not's, and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-have's." - Earl Wilson

Quote of the Day June 15th

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former United States president George Bush, spoke wisely when in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1990 she addressed the Wellesley College graduating class and said, 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' " - Gordon B. Hinckley

Quote of the Day June 14th

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people." -Mahatma Gandhi

Quote of the Day- June 13th

"Service to others deepens and sweetens this life while we are preparing to live in a better world. It is by serving that we learn to serve. When we are engaged in the service of our fellowmen, not only do our deeds assist them, but we put our own problems in a fresher perspective. When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves! In the midst of the miracle of serving, there is the promise of Jesus that by losing ourselves, we find ourselves!" - Spencer W. Kimball

Personal Progress-- Becoming a Mother Who Knows

I love my 13 year old. She has been setting her own goals and working on them. Reading her book of Mormon again and working on her own personal progress. My sweet daughter and I discussed requirement #2 for Faith, in her personal Progress book-- "With a mother, grandmother, or leader discuss the qualities a woman needs in order to teach her children faith and to base their decisions on gospel truths. How can these principles help you in your life today, and help you prepare to be a faithful woman, wife, and mother?"

Quote of the Day- June 11th

“God not only loves the obedient - He enlightens them.” -  Henry B. Eyring

Quote of the Day- June 10th

"A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's." - Diana, Princess of Wales

Quote of the Day- June 9th

“How I admire men, women, and children who know how to work! How the Lord loves the laborer! He said, ‘In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,’ and ‘The laborer is worthy of his hire.’ He also gave a promise: ‘Thrust in your sickle with all your soul, and your sins are forgiven you.’ Those who are unafraid to roll up their sleeves and lose themselves in the pursuit of worthwhile goals are a blessing to their families, communities, nations, and to the Church.” - Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Quote of the Day- June 8th

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." - Robert Lee Frost

Quote of the Day- June 7th

“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.”  - John F. Kennedy

Quote of the Day- June 6th

"I say that we need to teach our people to find their answers in the scriptures...But the unfortunate thing is that so many of us are not reading the scriptures. We do not know what is in them, and therefore we speculate about things that we ought to have found in the scriptures themselves. I think that therein is one of our biggest dangers of today." - Harold B. Lee

Quote of the Day- June 5th

"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." - Mother Teresa

Harvard Classics in Fifteen Minutes a Day? Continued!

I finished The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, and am now reading The Journal of John Woolman in Vol. I of the Harvard Classics.  These are fascinating to read.  When I think of President Hinckley's father having bought the Harvard Classics and placing them in his own library, of President Hinckley reading them in college and re-reading them throughout his life, I begin to see how he was, in many ways shaped by what he read. 

Quote of the Day- June 4th

“The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person. Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless. Should temporary setbacks afflict us, a very significant part of our struggle for self-discipline is the determination and the courage to try again....Eternal life in the kingdom of our Father is your goal, and self-discipline will surely be required if you are to achieve it.”  - Thomas S. Monson

Quote of the Day- June 4th

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” - Emily Dickinson

Quote of the Day- June 2nd

"Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept of your effort." - Gordon B. Hinckley

Sons of Adam: A LDS Daily Devotional for the Month of June

Begin a new tradition and celebrate the fathers, sons, and men in your lives with our Sons of Adam: A LDS Daily Devotional for the Month of June.

Enjoy!