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I had a very interesting experience the other evening.  It really got my imagination going, and I found I was really excited about it!

I was contemplating what I want to put on my profile on  mormon.org.  Actually I’ve given it some thought for a while, wondering what I might put on there.  But this time thoughts started flowing, and flowing, and flowing!

I was coming up with some amazing things!  I couldn’t believe it.  I’m not all that creative, but suddenly I was getting all kinds of inspiration!

I didn’t want to miss anything important, so I got back up out of bed and started writing them down.  I was pleasantly surprised at the variety of topics and ideas that came to mind.  I’m going to have a hard time narrowing them down to a manageable few.

The first question on there is, “Who Am I?”  Thinking about that was like a dam bursting.

I:

• believe in Jesus Christ
• am an American
• love my family
• am a secretary
• was on the State PTA Board
• went on a mission to Germany
• am 3rd generation member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• enjoy cooking when I have the time
• love Taste of Home magazine
• have been married over 30 years
• am on a Patient & Family Advisory Council at the hospital
• performed the song “His Hands” by Kenneth Copeland in sign language
• am an Amiable
• learned to lead a choir at church
• have NEVER tried drinking, smoking, or taking drugs
• believe that everyone is a child of God
• play the piano in Primary
• would like to learn to play the organ
• love chocolate
• have never followed the latest fad
• am a member of the largest women’s organization in the world
• am a night owl
• have a passion for helping others
• have been completely faithful to my husband all of my life
• am alive thanks to modern medicine and the grace of God
• know that God is our Father in Heaven
• won 3rd place at the State Fair
• try to be graceful when I feel low and grateful when I feel high
• love Yellowstone National Park
• am excellent at maintaining my weight for several years
• need to lose several pounds

And that’s not even half of it!

So tell me…

I really want you to share…

and I think you will be amazed too…

Who are you?

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Letter from Missionary 1-3-12

Hey! so the biggest news this week was that I got transferred. My new companion was actually in my district at the MTC. He is a good elder, I look forward to the work I can do here. 

For a spiritual thought this week I just wanted to mention an experience I had after I got the transfer information. I was told that I was going to a new area with an elder I didn’t know. I was not necessarily happy or sad at that news, just anxious to do what the Lord wanted me to do, so I prayed and asked him what I was supposed to learn from the new experience. One answer I got was that I was supposed to learn all I can from him. That I was not to go into it showing him what I know but to learn all that I can from him, to humble myself and to truly learn all that I can. Then I learned a life lesson, that that is what life is about, learning all you can from everyone. Every situation you are in, there are many things you can learn, many ways you can grow, no matter what the situation or people around you are. I am so glad I can learn from so many people. I can’t wait to see what comes next.

Thank you all so much for your love and support, 

With Love-

 

My comments:

What I find most amazing about his email is not that he is to learn all he can from his new companion, but that he already got the answer he was looking for about what he is to learn from this new experience!  I’ve thought you have to go through the trial, or change, pray while you’re doing it and see if you can get an answer about what you are supposed to gain from it.

But here he is, asking the question and getting the answer before the change has even happened!  But, I’m not too surprised.  The way he has been learning, and growing closer to the Lord, of course he would get the answer so soon!

Now I have something I’ve learned, and something more I can work towards!  Part of the Desire Higher road for sure!

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When I heard this comment in church yesterday, my heart soared!  How amazing that would be!  To feel the love of God every day.

Sound impossible?

It isn’t.

Have some doubts?

Why?  God is our Father who lives in Heaven and we are His children.  That means He loves us very, very much.

So He is pouring out His love for us all the time.

How can He love us when we are so insignificant, so lost, so imperfect?  You may not even be sure if you believe in Him!

But, do you know what?  It doesn’t matter.  He is your Father, so He loves you anyway.

So how do you feel His love?

A great way to start is to connect with Him each morning.  Pray.  Kneel down and talk with Him just as you would talk to me, or better yet, to your best friend.  Tell Him of your troubles, your hopes and dreams, and give Him thanks for the blessings you enjoy in your life.

And write down the things He communicates to you every day.  Write down when you notice the hand of the Lord reaching out to touch you, or someone else.  The Holy Ghost will prompt you to notice these things and to write them down.  When you write things down, they are more than just a fleeting thought and feeling.  They become more a part of you.

They will help you feel the love of the Lord daily.

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Wow, it doesn’t happen very often.  The first day of the new year is on the first day of the week!

Awesome?  That was my favorite way to start a calendar when I was in school.  Everything else would just kind of fall into place.

And,this year is leap year, so we also will have Feb. 29th.  Cool, huh?

But, back to the first on the first.

There is something very special about the first day of the week.  It is God’s day!

What is God’s day?

What is its significance?

Does it matter?

Yes, it is God’s gift to us!

“Gift?” you ask?  ”What do you mean ‘gift’?  Isn’t it just another weekend day?”  A time to get more done around the house and to go shopping or out to eat?

No.  It is so much more!

The scriptures explain,  ”wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it” (Ex. 20:11).  From the days of the early apostles to the present, the Sabbath has been the first day of the week, the Lord’s Day, in commemoration of the fact that Christ came forth from the grave on Sunday (Acts 20:7).

It is a day to rest from our labors.  President Spencer W. Kimball said that the Sabbath “contemplates quiet tranquility, peace of mind and spirit. It is a day to get rid of selfish interests and absorbing activities” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball [1982], 215).

What happens if we keep the Sabbath day holy?

If we treat the Sabbath just like any other day, a day to get more accomplished, a day to catch up on what we couldn’t get to the other 6 days of the week, how do we feel when Monday rolls around?  Another day, and usually a work day to boot.

But, if we treat the Sabbath day as a different day, a holy day, what happens?  We feel energized and refreshed, ready for what the following week brings.  Our cup has been refilled, and probably runneth over!  Is that all?

Somehow, because God, our Father in Heaven, blesses those who treat His Sabbath with respect, we find that we also get more done in the other 6 days than when we try to work all 7!  Our strength and endurance are increased, our faculties and capacities are expanded, our minds think more clearly, and our spiritual inclinations are keener – helping us to feel closer to Heavenly Father and His spirit.  What a wonderful way to begin a new year.

Those are a lot of advantages for keeping this commandment.  Don’t believe it?

Try it, and see!