David Journal

Tag: Elaine S Dalton

  • We Are Daughters of Our Heavenly Father

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    It sounds like Sister Dalton was raised largely by a single mother because her father died young.

  • Be Not Moved!

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    On the desk in my office, I have a bronze replica of a sculpture of a young woman whose name is Kristina. The original life-sized sculpture of Kristina stands on a pier in Copenhagen, Denmark, positioned so that she is looking out over the sea toward Zion… For me this sculpture of Kristina represents each…

  • Now Is the Time to Arise and Shine!

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    I love Moroni because, in a very degenerate society, he remained pure and true. He is my hero. He stood alone. I feel somehow he stands atop the temple today, beckoning us to have courage, to remember who we are, and to be worthy to enter the holy temple—to “arise and shine forth,” to stand…

  • Love Her Mother

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    How can a father raise a virtuous daughter in this world? The most important thing you can do is love their mother. Lead your family to the temple. be a guardian of virtue. Magnify your priesthood. Please join with us as mothers and young women in being guardians of virtue. If she does not come…

  • Remember Who You Are!

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    This is a magnificent time to be on the earth and to be a young woman. Our vision remains the same. It is to be worthy to make and keep sacred covenants and receive the ordinances of the temple. I need to remember that when raising my daughters because it is easy to feel that…

  • Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the Lord

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    The value of virtue has been given a symbolic color, like the other values. The color of virtue is gold because gold is pure. It shines. It is soft, not harsh or brash. It is precious. Gold must be refined. As you live a pure and virtuous life, you will be refined by your life’s…

  • A Return to Virtue

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    A Return to VirtueThe temple is the reason for everything we do in the church.Virtue is the accumulation of daily choices.The Latin root for virtue represents strength.Are we being poisoned by degrees to accept the lower standards of the world.“Ever texting, but never coming to a knowledge of the truth.”“The will to win means nothing…

  • All Times, in All Things, and in All Places

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    You are a part of that wondrous plan that was presented in the premortal realms. Your coming to the earth now has been anticipated since the plan was accepted. Your position in time and place is no accident. . . In order to accomplish your divine mission and live the plan of happiness, you too…