I know this now. Every man gives his life for what he believes.
Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes
people believe in little or nothing, yet they give their lives to
that little or nothing. One life is all we have and we live it as
we believe in living it. And then it is gone. But to sacrifice what
you are and live without belief, that's more terrible than dying.

Much of the world's counsel and solutions to the communication problems between people - and the strife in families, between husbands and wives and parents and children - are superficial. They are not based upon a fundamental understanding that transgression lies at the root of stife and the only way to work upon that root is through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, covenant making in the waters of baptism, at the sacrament table, and in the temple where there are several essential covenants - each one, in turn, giving power to obey the higher one. If one is obedient to a lower covenant, more light and power is given. Then comes a higher covenant, until eventually a person is taught how he can return to the presence of God and how he can commune with him here and now.

Not what, but Whom, I do believe,
     That, in my darkest hour of need,
     hath comfort that no mortal creed
     To mortal man give;--
   Not what, but Whom!
     For Christ is more than all the creeds,
     And His full life of gentle deeds
     Shall all the creeds outlive.
   Not what I do believe, but Whom!
     Who walks beside me in the gloom?
     Who shares the burden wearisome?
     Who all the dim way doth illume,
     And bids me look beyond the tomb
     The larger life to live? --
   Not what I do believe,
     But Whom!
     Not what,
     But Whom!      

Nothing before, nothing behind;
the steps of faith fall on the seeming void
and find the rock beneath.

When a man works by faith he works by mental exertion instead of physical force.