Henry B. Eyring

The first chapter caught my attention so completely that we found an audio version of it, and we listened to it as a family.

This is a selection of talks by Henry B. Eyring. Some of them were familiar, and were a delight to reread. Many of them can be found on www.lds.org. This book brings together many meaningful discourses.

Contents (are in three sections):
TURNING OUR HEARTS
A Life Founded on Truth
Do Not Delay
Child of Promise
Making Covenants with God
Prayer
Always
Finding Safety in Counsel
That We May Be One
A Law of Increasing Returns
LEADING OTHERS TO CHRIST
The Power of Teaching Doctrine
"A Voice of Warning"
Witnesses for God
True Friends
"Write upon My Heart"
Leading Our Families to Christ
BLESSING OTHERS IN LOVE
"Watch With Me"
"Feed My Lambs"
"Because of you Steadiness"
"Watch Over and Strengthen"
Debt Management
Gifts of Love

As of this writing, we have two copies of this book. I'm sure that we will find somewhere to share the second one.… (more)

Sometimes a book comes into your life at just the right time. With all the stuff going on in my family right now, this book was just what I needed to read. I love President Eyring and his calm, sweet faith that just permeates everything he says and does. In this book, I found just what I needed to help me deal with some personal heartaches. It gave the strength and the understanding to keep going just a little longer, and with God's grace, that's when things began to look a little less grim. It wasn't so much the words themselves, as the spirit that filled me as I read them. It was a very personal experience, but I am sharing it here because I am so grateful that it happened. Much of my reading is just for fun, or for a little enlightenment, but sometimes I need to read something that feeds my soul. This was just what I needed.… (more)

This was a 'collection of discourses by Henry B. Eyring' of the First Presidency of the LDS church. I always enjoy hearing his talks, because he speaks so clearly and with such feeling. I actually remember him giving some of these talks, but it was great to read them all collected like this. I have two favorites in here, one called "Do Not Delay." This was a reminder that life is swift and uncertain, and if we want to make changes in our lives, the time to do it is now. I also really enjoyed the talk, "Always," where he talks about a young man he knew as a bishop who was killed in a climbing accident a few years later. It was a great story and I found myself tearing up.

The other talk in here that stuck with me was one called, "Because of Your Steadiness." It was about persistence, in everything worthwhile generally, but specifically as it applies to home teaching. I have a son who is 12, and I told my husband that I think it would be great to read and discuss this talk with him when he gets his first home teaching assignment. It would also apply for visiting teachers too.

Very inspirational and such great writing.… (more)