I listened to section 33 of D & C. My impressions were that I am so lucky to be able to serve the lord. This weekend I am preparing for the Activity Day girls to have their "Daddy/ Daughter" date. I loved those when I was a girl...to have a special time with my dad.
I am so grateful that my girls get to have that same experience with their dad. It makes me want it to be special for them.
I am grateful for my current calling and hope to serve the Lord better through it.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Sun
Every day it comes up to remind me that I have a brand new day and can fill it with anything of my choosing.
It reminds me that God loves me every time I see those bright rays come up over the mountains. I especially love it when all is quiet around me and I feel the sun on my face first thing in the morning.
I know God loves me every day when I see the Sun.
It reminds me that God loves me every time I see those bright rays come up over the mountains. I especially love it when all is quiet around me and I feel the sun on my face first thing in the morning.
I know God loves me every day when I see the Sun.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Children Are A Blessing
I woke up this morning with a headache and feeling what it must be like to have a hangover. I stayed up WAY TOO late last night and this morning I was paying for it.
The crazy thing is that I just didn't want to go to bed. I was being "rebellious" if you will and I stayed up looking at dumb stuff on the internet and watching TV. Nothing even important.
So the result was.........
.....everyone up late and hustling to get ready for school.
.....a grumpy mom asking everyone to please STOP singing. I think I asked at least 6 times.
.....me looking forward to every single person to be out of my house.
.....not having the energy I need to get done all that needs doing today.
It wasn't worth it.
I traded the way my children felt about themselves this morning, for 3 hours of completely unimportant, time wasting, frivel.
Sometimes I just get selfish and rebellious if you will. I don't want anyone to tell me what to do. It started last night.
Yet, that attitude always comes at a cost. My cost is how I feel today and how I made everyone else feel.
Then I read a blog about a women burned badly in a fire. She was talking about her children;
"I love my children. They make me laugh, smile, and cry and above all:
they make me think.
Your kids are doing this for you everyday, and if they are not, then its your fault.
Children come with these things to bless out lives with.
We need to listen so they can share them with us.
For me, to just think about what I'd be missing out on had I died in the airplane crash
is unthinkable. I would totally miss (out)"
This from a woman who is scarred from head to toe. She says she'd rather live looking like a monster and see and be with them everyday than to have died and left them.
Makes me think.
Because I know I would rather die than live like that. It makes me realize how very much I need to change.
Please forgive me Lord for being selfish.
Thank you for my children. Thank you for my beautiful life. Thank you for understanding when I am less than perfect.
D&C 18: 10
"Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God".
I will try and do a little more remembering.
The crazy thing is that I just didn't want to go to bed. I was being "rebellious" if you will and I stayed up looking at dumb stuff on the internet and watching TV. Nothing even important.
So the result was.........
.....everyone up late and hustling to get ready for school.
.....a grumpy mom asking everyone to please STOP singing. I think I asked at least 6 times.
.....me looking forward to every single person to be out of my house.
.....not having the energy I need to get done all that needs doing today.
It wasn't worth it.
I traded the way my children felt about themselves this morning, for 3 hours of completely unimportant, time wasting, frivel.
Sometimes I just get selfish and rebellious if you will. I don't want anyone to tell me what to do. It started last night.
Yet, that attitude always comes at a cost. My cost is how I feel today and how I made everyone else feel.
Then I read a blog about a women burned badly in a fire. She was talking about her children;
"I love my children. They make me laugh, smile, and cry and above all:
they make me think.
Your kids are doing this for you everyday, and if they are not, then its your fault.
Children come with these things to bless out lives with.
We need to listen so they can share them with us.
For me, to just think about what I'd be missing out on had I died in the airplane crash
is unthinkable. I would totally miss (out)"
This from a woman who is scarred from head to toe. She says she'd rather live looking like a monster and see and be with them everyday than to have died and left them.
Makes me think.
Because I know I would rather die than live like that. It makes me realize how very much I need to change.
Please forgive me Lord for being selfish.
Thank you for my children. Thank you for my beautiful life. Thank you for understanding when I am less than perfect.
D&C 18: 10
"Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God".
I will try and do a little more remembering.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Gratitude for a Spiritual Gift
Moroni 10: 14, 18
And again, to another, the beholding of angels and ministering spirits; ....all these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they come unto every man severally, according as he will.
I am so thankful for the gospel and it's principles. There are many gospel principles that I am gaining stronger testimony of. This year the Lord allowed me to realize a special gift he has given to me. I am able to feel the spirit of those close to me that have passed on.
Four specific times this year, I was privileged to feel my dad's spirit. Two of those he spoke to me and I felt his hands (once on my shoulder as I made his casket briar and once when he gave me a blessing from the other side of the veil). I felt him as he stood next to Russ and placed his hands on my head as Russ gave me a priesthood blessing.
Then, I was privileged to see my dad, in a dream, just a few minutes after he passed away. He was standing in a beautiful golden wheat field. He was dressed all in white. He had all his dark wavy hair....he was very handsome. He was smiling the biggest grin I have ever seen. He was so happy.
A few days after I saw him in my dream, I was down on my parents farm. I was gathering different things to put into his casket briar. When I drove the truck to the upper field, there was the exact field, exactly the way I'd seen it in my dream, the one that my dad had been standing in.
I knew it was my dad's way of letting me know he'd gone home....gone home to the God who had created him. And that he was happy. He was peaceful. He was whole.
What a great gift the Lord saw fit to bestow upon me.
I am so grateful to know that we live on after this life. So grateful for this spiritual gift in my life.
I bear witness that the principles found in this scripture are true:
Alma 40: 11-12
Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection—Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.
And again, to another, the beholding of angels and ministering spirits; ....all these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they come unto every man severally, according as he will.
...And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that every good gift cometh of Christ.
I am so thankful for the gospel and it's principles. There are many gospel principles that I am gaining stronger testimony of. This year the Lord allowed me to realize a special gift he has given to me. I am able to feel the spirit of those close to me that have passed on.
Four specific times this year, I was privileged to feel my dad's spirit. Two of those he spoke to me and I felt his hands (once on my shoulder as I made his casket briar and once when he gave me a blessing from the other side of the veil). I felt him as he stood next to Russ and placed his hands on my head as Russ gave me a priesthood blessing.
Then, I was privileged to see my dad, in a dream, just a few minutes after he passed away. He was standing in a beautiful golden wheat field. He was dressed all in white. He had all his dark wavy hair....he was very handsome. He was smiling the biggest grin I have ever seen. He was so happy.
A few days after I saw him in my dream, I was down on my parents farm. I was gathering different things to put into his casket briar. When I drove the truck to the upper field, there was the exact field, exactly the way I'd seen it in my dream, the one that my dad had been standing in.
I knew it was my dad's way of letting me know he'd gone home....gone home to the God who had created him. And that he was happy. He was peaceful. He was whole.
What a great gift the Lord saw fit to bestow upon me.
I am so grateful to know that we live on after this life. So grateful for this spiritual gift in my life.
I bear witness that the principles found in this scripture are true:
Alma 40: 11-12
Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection—Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.
And then shall it come to pass, that the spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow.
Monday, October 25, 2010
A Grateful Heart
"When you look for the (good)..., hoping to find it, you surely will." Abraham Lincoln made this statement many years ago. I have been thinking about that statement a lot lately. Then when I went to church on Sunday, heard an amazing talk. My stake president reiterate the importance of this same principle this last Sunday as he spoke to our ward.
He talked about the 10 lepers who asked Jesus to be healed. He healed all 10, but only 1 returned to thank him. Pres. Welch said in trouble, we often petition the Lord for his blessings. When he gives us those blessings we should petition him in thanksgiving at the same level when our prayers are answered.
Cultivating a grateful heart is what he challenged us to do. Gratitude offers three important principles to our lives that if incorporated can change our lives.
1. It offers us PROTECTION
D&C 46:7
"doing all things with prayer and dthanksgiving, that ye may not be eseduced by evil fspirits, or doctrines of devils, or the gcommandments of men; for some are of men, and others of devils."
2. It Gives us POWER
He gave the example of Moroni from the Book of Mormon
"And Moroni was a astrong and a mighty man; he was a man of a perfect bunderstanding...Yea, a man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God, for the many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon his people; a man who did labor exceedingly for the awelfare and safety of his people. Yea, and he was a man who was firm in the faith of Christ...
I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto aMoroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the bdevil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men."
Moroni's heart was set upon the Lord. His heart SWELLED with thanks to God. It gave him power.
3. Brings JOY to our lives.
In 3 Nephi, after all the earthquakes, storms and tempests, those who had survived came out to see that everything they had was destroyed. However, they were not fixed on what they lost. Instead, the focused on the Savior. Their mourning turned to joy:
"And the earth did cleave together again, that it stood; and the mourning, and the weeping, and the wailing of the people who were spared alive did cease; and their mourning was turned into joy, and their lamentations into the praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord Jesus Christ, their Redeemer." 3 Nephi 10:10
Our stake president then promised us, if we would apply this principle into our lives that these blessing would be bestowed upon us. That we would have protection from evil, power to do what needs to be done and joy in our lives.
Well, I sure want all of that !!
In an effort to improve in this area. I want to write two or three post a week to share my gratitude to the Lord. And share any of the blessings that I see come from this quest.
He talked about the 10 lepers who asked Jesus to be healed. He healed all 10, but only 1 returned to thank him. Pres. Welch said in trouble, we often petition the Lord for his blessings. When he gives us those blessings we should petition him in thanksgiving at the same level when our prayers are answered.
Cultivating a grateful heart is what he challenged us to do. Gratitude offers three important principles to our lives that if incorporated can change our lives.
1. It offers us PROTECTION
D&C 46:7
"doing all things with prayer and dthanksgiving, that ye may not be eseduced by evil fspirits, or doctrines of devils, or the gcommandments of men; for some are of men, and others of devils."
2. It Gives us POWER
He gave the example of Moroni from the Book of Mormon
"And Moroni was a astrong and a mighty man; he was a man of a perfect bunderstanding...Yea, a man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God, for the many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon his people; a man who did labor exceedingly for the awelfare and safety of his people. Yea, and he was a man who was firm in the faith of Christ...
I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto aMoroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the bdevil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men."
Moroni's heart was set upon the Lord. His heart SWELLED with thanks to God. It gave him power.
3. Brings JOY to our lives.
In 3 Nephi, after all the earthquakes, storms and tempests, those who had survived came out to see that everything they had was destroyed. However, they were not fixed on what they lost. Instead, the focused on the Savior. Their mourning turned to joy:
"And the earth did cleave together again, that it stood; and the mourning, and the weeping, and the wailing of the people who were spared alive did cease; and their mourning was turned into joy, and their lamentations into the praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord Jesus Christ, their Redeemer." 3 Nephi 10:10
Our stake president then promised us, if we would apply this principle into our lives that these blessing would be bestowed upon us. That we would have protection from evil, power to do what needs to be done and joy in our lives.
Well, I sure want all of that !!
In an effort to improve in this area. I want to write two or three post a week to share my gratitude to the Lord. And share any of the blessings that I see come from this quest.
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