Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression.
D. Todd ChristoffersonRead
We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more [Christlike], that we do not become discouraged and lose hope. Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.
Interpretation
Becoming Christlike is a gradual process that requires patience and hope.
This quote emphasizes the importance of perseverance and hope in the pursuit of becoming more Christlike. It recognizes that this journey is not always easy, and progress may be slow and subtle, yet it is vital to maintain faith during this transformative process throughout our lives.
In practice
In a speech about personal growth, one could quote this to inspire others to remain hopeful in their spiritual journeys.
Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression.
Repentance is a divine gift, and there should be a smile on our faces when we speak of it. It points us to freedom, confidence, and peace. Rather than interrupting the celebration, the gift of repentance is the cause for true celebration.
As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul.
Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God. A consecrated life is filled with work, sometimes repetitive, sometimes menial, sometimes unappreciated but always work that improves, orders, sustains, lifts, ministers, aspires.
Integrity is fundamental to being men. Integrity means being truthful, but it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants.
By "moral discipline," I mean self-discipline based on moral standards. Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard. It rejects the self-absorbed life in favor of developing character worthy of respect and true greatness through Christlike service.
Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be.
The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Cities have always offered anonymity, variety, and conjunction, qualities best basked in by walking: one does not have to go into the bakery or the fortune-teller's, only to know that one might. A city always contains more than any inhabitant can know, and a great city always makes the unknown and the possible spurs to the imagination.
Any system which says, This is a rotten world, wait for the next, give up, do nothing, succumb--that may be the basic Lie and if we participate in believing it and acting (or rather not acting) on it we involve ourselves in the Lie and suffer dreadfully... which only reinforces that particular Lie.
I wasn't scared; I was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, the life of a ghost.
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