“The righteous woman’s strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times.”
All eternal truth must be understood in the context of a firm testimony of the Savior. Otherwise we miss the power of the example of the greatest teacher the world has ever known.
Likewise, many of us have attained a level of obedience in which we consistently keep the letter of the law; we commit no grievous sins. As we look about us, we see that we do no worse than our neighbors, and we feel satisfied, comfortable. We are compatible with others on our plateau partway up the mountain. We like this scenic ledge where we have all the “dos and don’ts” under control.
President Harold B. Lee admonished us, “Walk to the edge of the light, and perhaps a few steps into the darkness, and you will find that the light will appear and move ahead of you” .