Simi Valley Latter-day Saints Community Forum

“Press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men" (2 Nephi 31:20).

“A perfect brightness of hope," born of love for God and all men. That is what we want for you in the new year. Accompanying that bright hope will be the undeniable whisper that God loves you, that Christ is your Advocate, that the gospel is true. Its brightness will remind you that in the gospel there is always, every day a new chance, a new life, a new year. Because of Christ’s gift, the best things in life are ours if we steadfastly keep believing and keep trying and keep hoping.

Face global conditions and your personal challenges with hope. Refuse to accept the world for what it appears to be. Shine the brightness of your hope on it and make it what it ought to be. Be that light you were brought to earth to be, never to be extinguished.