Think about it. What do you really control? You are one tiny individual in a world full of forces and circumstances that operate completely apart from your will. Think about the folly of trying to control everything. Life is essentially unpredictable. It happens; little of it is within our control. The measure of our success and happiness lies not in controlling what happens, but in how we handle and respond to what happens.

To me, the essence of the beauty of the Easter story is not only what happened on Calvary and in Gethsemane, but what happened in the “world of spirits, when Christ visited the dead and “liberated the captives,” as Isaiah promised. To me, this is one of the most exquisite beauties of the restored gospel.

A substantial majority of Americans – 64% – say they have a favorable opinion of the Israeli people, according to a new national survey by Pew Research Center. However, fewer than half (41%) have a favorable view of the Israeli government; a larger share (51%) views the government unfavorably.

President M, Russell Ballard has often declared how the millions of stars that can be visible on a cold dark winter’s night direct his attention to the Lord’s words to Moses: “And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten” (Moses 1:33). “In our day the Hubble deep-space telescope has confirmed the magnitude of what Moses saw."