"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you..."

"On the night of the greatest suffering the world has ever known or will ever know, he said 'Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you....Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid' (John 14:27). I submit to you that may be one of the Savior's commandments that is, even in the hearts of the otherwise faithful Latter-day Saints, almost universally disobeyed; and yet I wonder whether out resistance to this invitation could be any more grievous to the Lord's merciful heart. I can tell you this as a parent: As concerned as I would be if somewhere in their lives one of my children were seriously troubled or unhappy or disobedient, nevertheless I would infinitely more devastated if I felt that at such a time that child could not trust me to help, or should feel his or her interest were unimportant to me or unsafe in my care. In that same spirit, I am convinced that none of us can appreciate how deeply it wounds the loving heart of the Savior...when he finds that his people do not feel confident in his care or secure in his hands or trust in his commandments."

(Jeffery R. Holland)