Continue in Patience
I love this talk by President Uchtdorf. Although it was given in the Priesthood session, I really need it in my life right now, so I'm going to post some of my favorite excerpts from it. Dieter F. Uchtdorf , "Continue in Patience," Ensign, May 2010, 57 (found on lds.org... here is the link to the whole talk ) "Waiting can be hard. Children know it, and so do adults. We live in a world offering fast food, instant messaging, on-demand movies, and immediate answers to the most trivial or profound questions. We don’t like to wait. Some even feel their blood pressure rise when their line at the grocery store moves slower than those around them. Patience Is Active Enduring Patience—the ability to put our desires on hold for a time—is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it now. Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant and, at times, bitter. Nevertheless, without patience, we cannot please God; we...