If we look for human frailty in humans, we will always find it. When we focus on finding the frailties of those who hold priesthood keys, we run risks for ourselves. When we speak or write to others of such frailties, we put them at risk.
Interpretation
Focusing on human flaws can lead to negative consequences for both ourselves and others.
Henry B. Eyring's quote highlights the tendency of humans to seek out weaknesses in themselves and others, particularly those in positions of authority or responsibility. By emphasizing these frailties, we not only risk undermining their roles but also jeopardize our own well-being and the integrity of our relationships with them. It serves as a reminder to be mindful of our judgments and the potential harm they can cause.
In practice
In a seminar on leadership, this quote can be used to discuss the importance of supporting our leaders rather than pointing out their flaws.
My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God’s kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may not keep a journal. You may not share whatever record you keep with those you love and serve. But you and they will be blessed as you remember what the Lord has done.
Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give.
Whether or not you choose to keep your covenant to always remember Him, He always remembers you.
What all of us long for in our hearts, at Christmastime and always, is to feel bound together in love with the sweet assurance that it can last forever.
We cannot control what others choose to do, and so we cannot force our children to heaven, but we can determine what we will do. And we can decide that we will do all we can to bring down the powers of heaven into that family we want so much to have forever.
It is serving God and others persistently with full heart and soul that turns testimony of truth into unbreakable spiritual strength.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
What the Father gives is the capacity to be a self, freedom, and thus autonomy, but an autonomy which can be understood only as a surrender of self to the other.
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