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Come What May
My dad is known for a couple sayings, one is, "Life is a circus, then you marry one." Another more common one he says is, "Life is Good!" He's an example to me of the kind of father I want to be. He's taken hits, but he keeps a positive outlook. I hope we can all look...
The Giants in Our Lives (David and Goliath): Applying the Scriptures to Our Lives
My 4 year asked me one day if he could plan Family Night. I was so excited. I’m always trying to get the kids to take turns, but it seems that they find other things to do with their time!? 😉 Carson is home with me still, so this gave us a fun project to work on. We...
Crumbs off their masters’ table
Matthew 15:27-28 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very...
Preach my Gospel 1:1, God Is Our Loving Heavenly Father
https://www.lds.org/study/manual/preach-my-gospel-a-guide-to-missionary-service/lesson-1-the-message-of-the-restoration-of-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng God is our Heavenly Father. We are His children. He has a body of flesh and bone that is glorified and...
Truly Loving Others
Our Heavenly Father loves us, regardless of any trial or decision or outcome. He just loves us. We must learn to love as God loves. No judgement. No expectations. Just love. "Truly loving others requires the ongoing practice of accepting the best efforts of people...
Latter-Day Saints
A good reminder of things we should and should not be or do. We should keep trying, we should persevere, and we should allow others to try, which includes accepting them as they are, and not judging another efforts. "If we don't keep trying, we're latter-day...
Handbook for Raising Teens: For the Strength of Youth
The hardest part about parenting is that these kids all come different with their sweet spirits....but no handbook. We have to figure it out through trial and error and what works for one child doesn’t work for another....even though they are from the same two...
Quotes from Gather Together In One All Things In Christ by David A. Bednar
The gospel of Jesus Christ is a magnificent tapestry of truth “fitly framed” and woven together. As we learn and link together revealed gospel truths, we are blessed to receive precious perspective and increased spiritual capacity through eyes that can see the Lord’s...
11 Quotes about Becoming Shepherds by Bonnie H. Cordon (October 2018)
Bonnie H. Cordon invites us all to “Become Shepherds.” “It is about making certain each person feels the love of the Savior through someone who serves for Him. In that way. All can recognize that they are known by a loving Father in Heaven.” “I hope those to whom you...
Greatness thru Adversity
I have a friend who received some disappointing news in regard to her health. Without going into too much details, there was so much hope involved. My friend is not dying, but there was hope for an increased quality of life. But, she is a fighter and while...
The Best Experiment Ever
It doesn’t matter where you are in life....or whether you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or not....the Book of Mormon will bring you closer to Christ. It was preserved by the Lord for our day...for the whole world! The lessons that are...
Alexa: Mighty in the faith of the Lord
Jarom 1:7 “And it came to pass that they came many times against us, the Nephites, to battle. But our kings and our leaders were mighty men in the faith of the Lord; and they taught the people the ways of the Lord; wherefore, we withstood the Lamanites and swept them...
The Living Christ par 2 (fist half)
He was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Messiah of the New. Under the direction of His Father, He was the creator of the earth. “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:3). Though sinless, He was baptized...
Thanksgiving Challenge!
Every year around Thanksgiving time I do this challenge. It is a life changing challenge. You don’t realize how much you ask for in prayer until you try hard not to ask for anything. Then your eyes are really opened. You might ask, “what about asking for a blessing...
Crisis of Faith
Loved the lesson that Henry B. Eyring was taught when he was younger. Hopefully it’s a lesson we can all take to heart when dealing with others. Pres. Eyring even went so far as to suggest the number is far greater than 'more than half the time'. "When you meet...
The Savior is our rock
“The Savior is the rock upon which we can stand safely and without fear in every storm with face.” Henry B Eyring (Facebook post 11/12/2018) This quote really struck me today. How true it is. In this world of craziness, we need to be able to stand safely and without...
Easiest yet Essential part of Missionary work…Gathering Israel
Last week a family friend, non member, who is in college decided to check out the local branch. He attended and not one person said anything to him. Luckily he's a strong kid...so he looked up another local branch...and attended this last week! This time it was...
Moving Forward With What You Know
Everything can be broken down into some basic decisions. Take what you know, and make decisions based off that knowledge. If you do not know, then work to find out. Sincere Prayer and Study will help in gaining a testimony of these things. Once you have a testimony,...
Believe you are a champion
"To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are." Muhammad Ali
12 quotes from the Worldwide Devotional for Youth by President Russell M. Nelson, 2018.
You are the hope of Israel, “children of the promised day”! Now, we would like to talk with you about the greatest challenge, the greatest cause, and the greatest work on earth. And we want to invite you to be part of it! Take your questions directly to your Heavenly...
