In which I look forward

I have a book of Elder Holland quotes which I love ever so dearly and read rather often. A change in church today and a thought I had the other day are pointing my eyes to the future, so I scoured that book for applicable words.

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"Faith is always pointed toward the future."

"God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities."

"We should honor the Savior's declaration to 'be of good cheer.' 

Indeed, it seems to me we may be more guilty of breaking that commandment than almost any other!"

"Your Father in Heaven knows your name and knows your circumstance. He hears your prayers. He knows your hopes and dreams, including your fears and frustrations. And He knows what you can become through faith in Him."

"If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived."

"What is the best that lies within us? Of how much are we capable? None of us yet knows. An old Arabic legend tells of a rider finding a spindly sparrow lying on its back in the middle of the road. He dismounted and asked the sparrow why his feet were in the air. Replied the sparrow, 'I heard the heavens were going to fall today.' 
"'And I suppose you think your puny bird legs can hold up the whole universe?' laughed the horseman.
"'Perhaps not,' said the sparrow with conviction, 'but one does whatever one can.'"

"Faith is for the future. Faith builds on the past but never longs to stay there. Faith trusts that god has great things in store for each of us and that Christ truly is the 'high priest of good things to come.'"

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Okay. Now I'm ready. Bring it on.

Quotes from Created for Greater Things, Jeffrey R. Holland.