“A Perfect Brightness of Hope (excerpts),” New Era, May 2020, 18–19.
A Perfect Brightness of Hope (excerpts)
Because the Restoration reaffirmed the foundational truth that God does work in this world, we can hope, we should hope, even when facing the most insurmountable odds. … We all need to believe that what we desire in righteousness can someday, someway, somehow yet be ours. …
… If we finally lose hope, we lose our last sustaining possession. … Truly when hope is gone, what we have left is the flame of the inferno raging on every side. …
… May we press forward with love in our hearts, walking in the “brightness of hope” [2 Nephi 31:20] that lights the path of holy anticipation we have been on now for 200 years. I testify that the future is going to be as miracle-filled and bountifully blessed as the past has been. We have every reason to hope for blessings even greater than those we have already received because this is the work of Almighty God, this is the Church of continuing revelation, this is the gospel of Christ’s unlimited grace and benevolence.