Quotes About Blessing

So Rhun had arrived at the last frontier of belief, and fallen, or emerged, or soared into the region where the soul realises that pain is of no account, that to be within the secret of God is more than well being, and past the power of the tongue to utter. To embrace the decree of pain is to translate it, to shed it like a rain of blessing on others who have not yet understood.

In either case, for the moment, luck was on their side.

May God Bless Khabbab bin Aratt. He embraced Islam of his own freewill and immigrated (from Makkah) cheerfully. He lived a contented life. He bowed happily before the Will of God and he led the life of a mujahid.

There has to be enough for us, so give it to me

God doesn't give a man anything more precious than a good woman.

Let us drink to fellowship. May the Light bless us all, friend and stranger, and make true our tongues, and truer our hearts, and truest of all our deeds.

May the Lord bless thee and keep thee. May the Lord be gracious unto thee. May the Lord lift up the light of His countenance upon thee and give thee peace.

So how could you ever eat another strawberry and not know that God loves you? I want you to think about that every time you eat a strawberry. Do you hear me?

We were two girls who got lucky, and luck's not a skill that anyone can learn

Elder McConkie added, "All men, and the servants of the Lord in particular, acquired, in [the] preexistence, by obedience to law, the specific talents and capacities with which they are endowed in this life."[7] This being the case, any time your patriarchal blessing mentions one of your talents or gifts, it is discussing who you were in the premortal world.

Finally, President Harold B. Lee (1899–1973), who was the eleventh President of the Church, explained, "What we have received here in this earth [life] was given to each of us according to the merits of our conduct before we came here."[8] In other words, many of the promises made to you in your patriarchal blessing have been made because you earned the right to those promises because of your faithfulness when you dwelt in your Father in Heaven's presence.

The fact that you are told in your patriarchal blessing that you will have certain gifts of the Spirit manifest in your life here in mortality is a direct result of your spirituality prior to your birth.

One stake patriarch suggested, your blessing will be "a catalyst, a lightning rod for new revelation. When you ponder on your patriarchal blessing, you show respect and interest in knowing God's will. This will tune you into God and open the channel to receive more revelations concerning your life, important decisions, and your future."[4

As a "personal revelation" from your Heavenly Father,[3] your patriarchal blessing is "your own 'personal scripture.' "[4] It "is like having your very own section of the Doctrine and Covenants—a revelation especially for you."[5]

President Thomas S. Monson (1927–2018), sixteenth President of the Church, explained that your blessing "literally contains chapters from your book of eternal possibilities.

Your blessing can serve as a shield and a protection for you against the powers of Satan.

Your patriarchal blessing will point out to you those strategies and where you have weaknesses so that—if you follow the counsel of your blessing—Satan will not be able to destroy you.

Our patriarchal blessing should be part of our battle plan to defeat the "enemy of all righteousness" (Acts 13:10).

Your patriarchal blessing will tell you exactly what you need to know in order to be exalted.

If regularly read and contemplated, your blessing will be one of the greatest helps you could ever have in overcoming temptation, figuring out your life's profession, finding your eternal companion, enduring your trials, and returning home to your Father and Mother in Heaven.

Your [patriarchal] blessing is a prophetic synopsis with excerpts of the blessing you received at Heavenly Father's hand as you prepared to come to earth.

The stake patriarch's responsibility is simply to reveal to you bits and pieces of the Father's blessing you received before you left your heavenly parents to come here to mortality.

Rather, your informal conversation with the patriarch prior to receiving your blessing is intended to accomplish a couple of things. It gives the patriarch a chance to get a feel for you and your spirit. It also provides him with an opportunity to instruct you regarding patriarchal blessings and to let you know what is about to happen. It can also serve to help you to get comfortable with him prior to receiving your blessing.

This truth is underscored in a principle the Lord expressed to Edward Partridge: "I will lay my hand upon you by the hand of my servant Sidney Rigdon … " (D&C 36:2). The Lord did not actually place his hands upon Edward Partridge's head. Instead, he commissioned Sidney Rigdon…. In the process, though, it was truly as though the Lord himself were laying his hands upon Brother Partridge's head….