Tag: Tamara Runia
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Loving People: The Heart of Jesus’ Teachings
“Jesus Christ made people His highest priority. He taught us to love God first and then turn and really look at each other, because heaven isn’t sky and clouds; it is faces. I love this thought! And people aren’t interruptions to what we’re trying to do; they’re the reason we’re here.” -Tamara Runia Tamara Runia
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Covenant Travelers: A Journey to Our Heavenly Parents
“We are, all of us, travelers on a journey with a divine trajectory toward our heavenly home and heavenly parents. You and I are covenant travelers!” -Tamara Runia Tamara Runia served as first counselor in the General Young Women Presidency. This quote is from a talk given at the 2024 BYU Women’s Conference, “We Are
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Inseparable Bonds: Our Covenant with Christ
“You and I have made covenants that link, attach, and connect us to Christ. But saying they bind us connotes something more to me, that we are stronger because of our covenant relationship with Christ—inseparable, even unstoppable, if we choose to be.” -Tamara Runia Tamara Runia served as first counselor in the General Young Women Presidency. This
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Embracing the Spirit of Christmas: A Devotional Reflection
“If we remember anything or feel anything this Christmas season, it should we be that we are His.” -Tamara Runia From the 2024 First Presidency Christmas Devotional.
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Christ is for You
“He was born to lift each one of us personally. And if He’s anyone’s, He is most certainly yours. Christ the babe was born for you.” -Tamara Runia From the 2024 First Presidency Christmas Devotional.
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The Good Shepherd: Healing Our Injured Hearts
“I submit that we are all injured lambs in need of the Good Shepherd, who will cradle us in the arms of his love.” -Tamara Runia From the 2024 First Presidency Christmas Devotional.
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Healing in Christ
“I love this idea that there is a difference between healing and curing. Curing usually returns us to a previous state of wellness, which is what we long for, right? But healing is different. Healing incorporates that old wound, making us different on the other side.” -Tamara Runia From the First Presidency Christmas Devotional
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God’s Unconditional Love
“God knows you and loves you, especially when you’re feeling small and insignificant. You mean everything to Him. And just because you don’t remember your Heavenly Father doesn’t mean He’s forgotten you. He absolutely remembers you; He remembers every single wonderful thing about you.” -Tamara Runia The full source of this quote can be found
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Divine Self-Worth
“Obedience brings blessings, but it doesn’t bring worth. You already have that. When you interact with other people, everything changes when you know your worth and the worth of others.” -Tamara Runia The full source of this quote can be found here.
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Smiling as a Spiritual Medicine: Embracing Jesus’s Image
“Smiling is the universal language and the medicine we all need in our lives. Without a single word, it says to strangers and friends alike, ‘You are a child of God. I see you.’ … We talk about receiving Jesus’s image in our countenance (see Alma 5:14). By smiling, we do just that.” -Tamara Runia
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