Weakness

• Alma 26:12…Weak without God, strong with
• Ether 12:27…Humble self- weak things become strong
• 1 Nephi 19:6…Nephi recognizes his w.’s
• Jacob 4:7…God gives weakness so that we remember that he gave us power
• 2 Nephi 3:13…Out of Joseph Smith’s weakness shall he be made strong to commence work.
• See Clinton Brown’s Journal bt/w March 9, 1996- March 10
• “While presiding over the Ukraine Kiev Mission, I once asked one of my most faithful sisters why she was always so hard on herself, why she was always beating herself up over the smallest things. Her answer was a classic example of someone listening to the wrong voice as she replied, “So no one can beat me to it.”Brothers and sisters, my counsel to this sister missionary is my counsel to you: acknowledge and face your weaknesses, but don’t be immobilized by them, because some of them will be your companions until you depart this earth life. No matter what your current status, the very moment you voluntarily choose honest, joyful, daily repentance by striving to simply do and be your very best, the Savior’s Atonement envelops and follows you, as it were, wherever you go. Living in this manner, you can truly “always retain a remission of your sins” ( Mosiah 4:12 ) every hour of every day, every second of every minute, and thus be fully clean and acceptable before God all the time.” Jörg Klebingat, October 2014 General Conference
• “The trendy shops along Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills sell the rarest and most expensive baubles imaginable.  South Beach plastic surgeons can turn a toad into a prince (or at least a shiny-faced likeness of one). But boutiques don’t sell character, and plastic surgery can’t remove our hidden insecurities with the touch of a scalpel. We are, each of us, the product of a lifetime of experience that no amount of cash falling on our heads from heaven can alter. The sudden receipt of ‘money without meaning’ only magnifies the personal weaknesses with which each of us live, no matter our station in life.” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 49
• “If we have a failing, if we have a weakness, there is where we should concentrate, with a desire to overcome, until we master and conquer.” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, (2013), 228–39
• “He closed by telling us the real battle is won in the mind. It’s won by guys who understand their areas of weakness, who sit and think about it, plotting and planning to improve. Attending to the detail. Work on their weaknesses and overcome them. Because they can.”  Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (Luttrell, Marcus) page 123
• “In many cases, simply being aware of your areas of lesser talent can help you avoid major roadblocks.”  StrengthsFinder 2.0 (Tom Rath)  Kindle Location 295
• 2 Nephi, Chapter 33:1… And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men.
• 2 Nephi, Chapter 33:11… And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye—for Christ will show unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to face before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.
• “Like those who have preceded him, President Russell M. Nelson is no ordinary man.  His professional accomplishments as one of the earliest pioneers of open-heart surgery are well documented.  His contributions to the Church as a General Authority and General Officer now span four decades.  His personal attributes are exemplary.  He is exceptional in so many ways.  And yet he, like King Benjamin and every other prophet who has ever lived, has felt pain, made mistakes, fallen short at times, and been called upon to do things that at the time looked impossible.  These experiences have led to one of President Nelson’s favorite phrases – that the Lord uses the unlikely to accomplish the impossible, and he has often used himself as a perfect example of that truth.”  INSIGHTS From a Prophets Life – Russell M. Nelson by Sheri Dew, Page IX
• “Joy comes from keeping Christ’s commandments, from overcoming sorrow and weakness through Him, and from serving as He served.” General Conference, October 2019
• “There are two influences in the world today and have been from the beginning. One is an influence that is constructive, that radiates happiness and that builds character. The other influence is one that destroys, turns men into demons, tears down and discourages. We are all susceptible to both. The one comes from our Heavenly Father and the other comes from the source of evil that has been in the world from the beginning seeking to bring about the destruction of the human family. We will all be tempted; no man is free from temptation. The adversary will use every means possible to deceive us; he tried to do that with the Savior of the world without success. He has tried it on many other men who have possessed divine authority, and sometimes he finds a weak spot and the individual loses what might have been a great blessing if he had been faithful.” Manual, Teachings, Chapter 18, George Albert Smith 
• Clinton Brown Journal Entry