FSA Illinois Chapter: December 2011

You Are Never Alone

"I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." ~John 14:18

"Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands..." ~Isaiah 49: 16

"...for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up." ~D&C 84:88

"Fear not, I am with thee; oh, be not dismayed, For I am thy God and will still give thee aid. I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, … Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand." - “How Firm a Foundation,” Hymns, no. 85

"God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs." ~Spencer W. Kimball

"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another." ~Lucianode Crescenzo

We Are Not Alone - Sherri Dew

Believe! - Elaine S. Dalton

None Were with Him - Elder Jeffery R. Holland

You Are Never Alone - Elaine S. Dalton Video

2011 Walk for Adoption Video Scrapbook

We have put together a video from the 2011 Walk for Adoption!

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"Patience is bitter, but it's fruit is sweet." ~Aristotle

"I will study and get ready and some day my chance will come." ~Abraham Lincoln

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above..." ~James 1:17

"The eternal truth that our Heavenly Father loves all his children is an immensely powerful idea. It is especially powerful when children can visualize it through the love and sacrifice of their earthly parents. Love is the most powerful force in the world." ~Dallin H. Oaks, "Powerful Ideas," Ensign, Nov. 1995, 25

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." ~Helen Keller

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." ~Marin Luther King, Jr.

"We witness a miracle each time a child enters life. But those who must make their journey home across time and miles, growing in the hearts of those waiting to love them, are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us by God's own hands." ~Kristi Larson

"The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end, may also be the beginning." ~Ivy Baker Priest

“May the love hidden deep inside your heart find the love waiting in your dreams. May the laughter that you find in your tomorrow wipe away the pain you find in your yesterdays.” ~Author Unknown

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible." ~Christopher Reeve

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? I thought I was the only one!'" ~Clive Staples Lewis

"Change your thoughts and change your world." ~Norman Vincent Peale

"Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction."

"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day, saying . . . 'I will try again tomorrow.' " ~Mary Anne Radmacher

"The process of adopting a child pushes your personal envelope as a woman, as a mother, and ultimately, as a human being. It takes more courage than you think you have, offers more self-knowledge than you think you want, and reassembles your characteristics into someone familiar but changed." ~Jana Wolff, Secret Thoughts of an Adopted Mother

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." ~Robert Brault

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." ~Will Rogers

"Joy is a light that fills you with hope, faith, and love."

"Today's test is tomorrow's testimony."

"Sometimes God calms the storm...Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child."

“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” ~Oprah Winfrey

"We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side." ~Jaime Lee Curtis, Adoptive Mother

"Faith in God includes faith in His timing." ~Neal A. Maxwell

"When the world says, 'Give up', hope whispers, 'Try it one more time'." ~Author Unknown

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life." ~Richard Bach

"If a child is born and raised in a home that is loving and nurturing, where there is complete truth about who we are, you can’t give a child any greater place from which to fly." ~Amanda Bearse

"If a mother and father can love more than one child, then certainly a child can love more than one mother or father." ~Author Unknown

“However motherhood comes to you it’s a miracle." ~Valerie Harper

"There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless." ~James E. Faust

“There are no unwanted children, just unfound families." ~The National Adoption Center

"Stop telling God how big your storm is - Instead tell your storm how big your GOD is." ~Author Unknown

"There are two ways to live your life. One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." ~Albert Einstein

"Childbirth is an act of nature, Adoption is an act of God."

"You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." ~Christopher Robin

"Faith is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see."

"In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." ~Gordon B. Hinckley

"We create our tomorrow by what we dream today."

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's learning to dance in the rain."

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." ~Wayne Gretzky

"When you are compelled to give up something or when things that are dear to you are withdrawn from you, know that this is your lesson to be learned right now. But know also that as you are learning this lesson, God wants to give you something better." ~Elder F. Enzio Busche

"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." ~Oscar Wilde

Ephesians 1:3-6

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." ~Maya Angelou

"No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure especially if we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called children of God." ~Orson F Whitney

"Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the fact that we want them a long time makes them all the more precious when they come." ~Joseph F. Smith

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