Great post from Safely Gathered In:
“Without self-reliance one cannot exercise these innate
desires to serve. How can we give if there is nothing there?
Food for the hungry cannot come from empty shelves.
Money to assist the needy cannot come from
an empty purse. Support and understanding
cannot come from the emotionally starved.
Teaching cannot come from the unlearned.
And most important of all, spiritual guidance
cannot come from the spiritually weak.”
“Without self-reliance one cannot exercise these innate
desires to serve. How can we give if there is nothing there?
Food for the hungry cannot come from empty shelves.
Money to assist the needy cannot come from
an empty purse. Support and understanding
cannot come from the emotionally starved.
Teaching cannot come from the unlearned.
And most important of all, spiritual guidance
cannot come from the spiritually weak.”
~President Marion G. Romney (1897–1988)
2 comments:
I hadn't thought of it that way, so true.
Our 5th Sunday meeting was on self reliance and I keep preaching it at home. So important to remember all six aspects the church teaches us too! A big order, but an extremely necessary one! I think I'll print the quote and put it on my overcrowded frig!
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