Quotes

QUOTE I really like:  “God will not favor us if we put him in second place in our lives and if we follow after worldly things regardless of what they may be."

For some reason, I think of our military when I read this.  I would be a lot less worried about my husband, when I send him off to battle, if I thought all the soldiers fighting next to him took this quote to heart.  Sadly, I see the things that are placed above the Lord.  Two years ago, before my husband deployed for a year, a friend of ours who happens to be an LDS chaplain expressed his concern after a very disappointing gathering of Officers in the Army.   "God is not with us." is what he said.  "How can we expect his hand watching over us, when we don't even TRY to show our love for him?"  He was asked to pray over a meeting where horribly inappropriate behavior took place, and was depressed over the mockery of it all. 
  I just think this quote needs to be available for all of us to reflect on regularly.  This doesn't mean that we'll be saved from pain, but it does mean that the Lord will not leave us comfortless.
  Those are my simple thoughts on the matter anyways. . .