My Spiritual thoughts

Obedience and Patience  In studying this week, I was thinking about Noah and his commitment to obedience patience, and trust in the Lord’s timing. His ministry of preaching and building the arc as commanded began at least 100 years before the flood came. When the arc was finished, he was commanded to enter the arc with his family and was sealed up inside... a full 7 days before any rain started to fall. A full week of sitting in the stuffy, sealed up arc with all those animals... just waiting and wondering. Can you imagine the obedience and faith of such a situation? How would our faith hold out? Would we begin to question or doubt whether we had actually received direction from the Lord, or if perhaps we had just imagined it all? But the rains did come, and the flood did happen. How tragic if he would have lost faith on day 6 and just came out of the arc. We might ask oursleves... how quick is my obedience? How sure is my faith and confidence? And when I act on promptings and noth...

GREATER LOVE  HATH NO MAN (John 15:13) Let’s say you’re in Gethsemane. The Atonement is up to you. How would you have felt that night Knowing such a debt is due? Would you have felt lonely? Would you have been afraid? Could you have persevered As the price for sin was paid? With courage and with bravery, With brotherly love so great, The Only Begotten Son of God Accepted His tragic fate. He probably was lonely. He probably wanted to flee. But He stayed and did it all Because of love for you and me. We were His true motivation. We were His purpose there, As the Savior of the World Proved to people everywhere  They were worthy of a sacrifice  We can barely comprehend; Jesus showed us true compassion Laying His life down for His friends. — by Bonnie Lake Bloomfield,

"The minute we think that pride is no longer a problem is the minute it is a problem.  Pride is your greatest enemy.  Humility is your greatest friend." - Elder Neil L. Andersen. Hugh Nibley once stated: "Who is righteous?  Anyone who is repenting.  No matter how bad he has been, if he is repenting he is a righteous man.  There is hope for him.  And no matter how good he has been all his life, if he is not repenting, he is a wicked man.  The difference is which way you are facing.  The man on top of the stairs facing down is much worse off than the man on the bottom step who is facing up.  The direction we are facing, that is repentance." These teachings are consistent with the Lord's parable as found in Luke 18:9-14 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood a...

A little reminder of how the lord has blessed me and it's the little things we tend to forget and goes uncounted for when times get tough.  3 years ago May 2018:  Tender Mercies that seems to pop up when you least expect it. I was in Lowe's today having to do some exchanges and purchasing some more stuff to get our house ready for sale. I had placed my credit card in my pocket, knowing I was going to be making another purchase. After running through the store several times looking for things that I knew we were going to need, I headed to the checkout stand. As I went to pay for all the merchandise, I reached into my back pocket and my credit card was no longer there. I searched my purse just to make sure I hadn't actually put it back in there. To no avail I could not find my credit card. My heart started racing and I started to panic trying to figure out where it could have possibly falling out at. As I spoke to the employee, I asked her if she would hold on to my stuff so ...

In the scriptures light is described as life. John 1:4 “In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” Genesis 1:3 that on the first day of creation “God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” Spiritually, light is sometimes a symbol of life that comes from a loving Creator who cares for creation. Just as all living things on Earth need sunlight to grow physically, people need the light of a loving relationship with God our divine creator to grow spiritually. When we fail to increase our light and divine understanding through drawing closer and developing a loving relationship with God, we linger in spiritual darkness also known as spiritual death. Across many cultures Light is a symbol for understanding of divine intellectual thought. Light is said to conquer darkness and bring order to chaos. Spiritual light gives nourishment to our souls. This light is known as the Light of Christ. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in dark...

      I was just reading Section 27 with Peyton and couldn't help but think of how to apply this to my own life.       Just to set the stage, Joseph Smith Jr. and a small group saints where getting together to take the sacrament and finally confirm and give the gift of the Holy Ghost to Emma, and I think there was one or two others too, and Joseph headed off to go get the wine. A short time later he returns with none. I can picture it in my head...     Emma: Joseph where is the wine? That was the one thing on the list.      Joseph: Uumm, well you see I was going to get the wine but there was.... umm... this heavenly messenger, yea that's it, you know the kind I see all the time? Well he told me that we didn't need any wine. In fact he told me it was a commandment to not go get wine. So no to answer you question I did not in fact forget it, I was told not to go buy it... by God. so there! Oh and now we need t...

My friend gave a wonderful talk today in church and I absolutely loved this parable.  I found it to be very profound and wanted to share.  A wealthy father knew that if he were to bestow his wealth upon a child who had not yet developed the needed wisdom and stature, the inheritance would probably be wasted.  The father said to his child: “All that I have I desire to give you—not only my wealth, but also my position and standing among men. That which I have I can easily give you, but that which I am you must obtain for yourself. You will qualify for your inheritance by learning what I have learned and by living as I have lived. I will give you the laws and principles by which I have acquired my wisdom and stature. Follow my example, mastering as I have mastered, and you will become as I am, and all that I have will be yours.” This parable parallels the pattern of heaven. The gospel of Jesus Christ promises the incomparable inheritance of eternal life, the fulness of the F...