Stand a Little Taller: Counsel and Inspiration for Each Day of the Year

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Summary: President Hinckley's Little Devotional Book!
Review: Memebers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints belive in modern prophets, with Gordon B. Hinckley being a modern, living prophet now in this time of war.

There is a scriture that the Church of Jesus Christ believe apllies to these prophets and to members of the that church:

"Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words and commandments which he shall give unto you as he receiveth them, walking in all holiness before me; For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith. For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name's glory." D&C 21:4-6

Like most people, I bought the book on the strength of the author, and because he has a singular calling in the Church.

The cover is a nice puffy one, similar to those used on President Boyd K. Packer's "Memorable Stories" series, and has similar relaxing images that you would fin in a "Deep Thoughts" book, or other inspirational literature. So the book comes off being very unimposing, and hopefully will catch the eyes of less active or non members who are searching. I like the color scheme of black, white and gold!

Each page corresponds to a day of the year, and has a scripture from one of the four standards works, and a quote from President Hinckley's corpulent corpus of counsel. So we really cannot go wrong with the format or the message.

This is an interesting attempt to put the Prophet's words in a daily devotional book. For whatever reasons, Latter-day Saints have not caught on to using "daily devotional" books, probably because the counsel has always been to read the scriptures. Or as Elder McConkie Said, Don't drink below the horses." There have been several other devotional books compiled; however, this is the first time in this dispensation that the words of the living President of the Church have been used as the text. We shal have to see how this catches on, and if a precedent for future presidents of the Church is being made.

I have two Protestant devotionals, C. S. Lewis's rather Anglican "The Business of Heaven," and Oswald Chamber's "My Utmost for His highest." I had trouble reading them and sticking to the daily schedule: C. S. Lewis doesn't work well as a "sound-bite," and Chambers was so interesting that I kept on skipping ahead to read more. I hope I can do better with President Hinckley's Little Devotional Book!

The only nit-pick I have is that the devotional misses Leap Day, which is unfortunately quite a common mistake with devotionals. I guess you can read your birthday message twice!

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Summary: TRUE counsel and inspiration
Review: Truly every word is an inspiration...
There are times for each of us, that good words of counsel come in handy and are much appreciated...this book does just that!
I love every word!
I hope this Writer writes and writes and writes...