The Apostle Paul taught:
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. (Romans 15:1)
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
(1 Thessalonians 5:11)
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When one woman visited California’s Sequoia National Park, she was astonished to learn that the giant sequoia trees have no major taproots to hold them deep in the ground. She asked the guide how those top-heavy trees keep from falling when severe winds come. The guide responded that the trees grow close together. Their roots, although near the surface, intertwine with those of other trees nearby. If a tree were standing alone in a strong wind, it might fall. But the interconnected trees in a grove support each other well.
Ensign, Growing Strong Together, December 1991.
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God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore it is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom…. So often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving mundane help with mundane tasks, but what glorious consequences can flow from mundane acts and small but deliberate deeds! – President Spencer W. Kimball
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– Tom Irvine