This document discusses how to become a best friend by being a tool in God's hands and bringing about His eternal purposes. It emphasizes that friendship is a fundamental principle according to Joseph Smith and that we interact with immortal souls each day, not mere mortals, as C.S. Lewis said. The document encourages us to be faithful in our callings by succoring the weak, lifting up those with low spirits, and strengthening those with doubts, as instructed in Doctrine and Covenants 81:5.
2. If we truly want to be
tools in the hands of our
Heavenly Father in
bringing to pass His
eternal purposes, we
need only to be a friend.
- Elder Marlin K. Jensen
4. Friendship is one of
the grand
fundamental
principles of
-Joseph Smith Jr.
6. There are no ordinary people.
You have never talked to a
mere mortal. Nations, cultures,
arts, civilisations—these are
mortal, and their life is to ours
as the life of a gnat. But it is
immortals whom we joke with,
work with, marry, snub, and
- C. S. Lewis
(The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses [1980], 19)
11. Wherefore, be faithful; stand in
the office which I have
appointed unto you; succor the
weak, lift up the hands which
hang down, and strengthen the
feeble knees.
D&C 81:5
12. Wherefore, be faithful; stand in
the office which I have
appointed unto you; succor the
weak, lift up the hands which
hang down, and strengthen the
feeble knees.
D&C 81:5