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These Are The Days In Which A True Leader Wants To Live. These Are Days When Opportunities To Change Lives And Even Destinies Are Nearly Endless. You Are Running The Anchor Leg Of The Relay Because You Were Born To Lead. You Were Born For Glory.

Motherhood Is Not What Was Left Over After Our Father Blessed His Sons With Priesthood Ordination. It Was The Most Ennobling Endowment He Could Give His Daughters, A Sacred Trust That Gave Women An Unparalleled Role In Helping His Children Keep Their Second Estate. As President J. Reuben Clark Jr. Declared, Motherhood Is ‘as Divinely Called, As Eternally Important In Its Place As The Priesthood Itself.’

While Life Is Meant To Test, Challenge, And Strengthen Us, If We Are Attempting To Negotiate The Twists And Turns And Ups And Downs Of Mortality Alone, We're Doing It All Wrong. Mortality Is A Test, But It Is An Open Book Test. We Have Access Not Only To The Divine Text But To Him Who Authored It.

Life Is A Test. It Is Only A Test--meaning That's All It Is. Nothing More, But Nothing Less. It Is A Test Of Our Convictions And Priorities, Our Faith And Faithfulness, Our Patience And Resilience, And In The End, Our Ultimate Desires. It Is A Test To Determine If We Want To Be Part Of The Kingdom Of God More Than We Want Anything Else.

Noble And Great. Courageous And Determined. Faithful And Fearless. That Is Who You Are And Who You Have Always Been. And Understanding It Can Change Your Life, Because This Knowledge Carries A Confidence That Cannot Be Duplicated Any Other Way.