Thursday, September 29, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
The Blessing of Temples
As children of God it's important that we set our standards high. God only accepts the best and we too should only accept the same for ourselves. We've been given the blessing of temples because the Lord loves us and wants us to be with our families forever. Let us not take this blessing for granite
The Missionary Smile!
No other work in the world brings GREATER satisfaction than MISSIONARY WORK!
My companion and I were teaching a lesson the other night to a young lady. We were discussing the Book of Mormon and reading it together. Everything was going SO good and the Spirit was SUPER strong! Everything was going perfect and we could feel that this girl was ready for more. So my companion leaned forward on the couch and asked this girl if she would follow the example of our Savior Jesus Christ and be baptized. At moments like this I always feel myself have an outer body experience where I'm looking down and watching everything happen in slow motion. We looked at her, watched her body language, and as her head started to shake she said the one word that makes a missionary smile from ear to ear. She said YES!
Now this ear to ear smile isn't just any type of smile. You literally can not stop it from creeping on your face. We were filled with SO much joy and love. Just to think, another one of God's children is ready to come closer to Him. It doesn't get any better than that!
I LOVE being a missionary and I love that my Father in Heaven has allowed me to be a part of His work for this 18 months of my life
My companion and I were teaching a lesson the other night to a young lady. We were discussing the Book of Mormon and reading it together. Everything was going SO good and the Spirit was SUPER strong! Everything was going perfect and we could feel that this girl was ready for more. So my companion leaned forward on the couch and asked this girl if she would follow the example of our Savior Jesus Christ and be baptized. At moments like this I always feel myself have an outer body experience where I'm looking down and watching everything happen in slow motion. We looked at her, watched her body language, and as her head started to shake she said the one word that makes a missionary smile from ear to ear. She said YES!
Now this ear to ear smile isn't just any type of smile. You literally can not stop it from creeping on your face. We were filled with SO much joy and love. Just to think, another one of God's children is ready to come closer to Him. It doesn't get any better than that!
I LOVE being a missionary and I love that my Father in Heaven has allowed me to be a part of His work for this 18 months of my life
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Like Mother Like Daughter
I've always teased my mom for her lack of skills in the kitchen. Good thing she married a man who KNOWS how to cook! If any of you know me well enough, you'd know that my ultimate goal in life is to be a good mother. There's not a single thing that I want more than that. And I want to be the "Super Women" mother. I want to take all my kids to their sports events and dance recitals, help them with homework, play with them at the park, pack their lunches every day, bake cookies for their snack after school, and have dinner on the table EVERY night.
Well one day I decided I wanted to bake a homemade apple pie! YUM! I was SO excited for everyone to get a slice and think it was the BEST pie they'd ever tasted! I didn't realize however, that TSB(tablespoon) is much different than tsp(teaspoon), one being a lot more than the other especially when the ingredient your talking about is salt! Needless to say I put WAY too much salt in the crust and my pie tasted terrible. The only one who would eat it was my older brother, who thinks that dog biscuits are good! So what does that tell you!? You know they say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree...that was a LONG time ago though. Hopefully I'll get some more practice in before my time of being a mother comes.
No matter what it is that you like to do, or who you want to be, you can acheive it! If you believe in yourself and never give up you can do anything!
I love you MOM! Your the BEST!
Well one day I decided I wanted to bake a homemade apple pie! YUM! I was SO excited for everyone to get a slice and think it was the BEST pie they'd ever tasted! I didn't realize however, that TSB(tablespoon) is much different than tsp(teaspoon), one being a lot more than the other especially when the ingredient your talking about is salt! Needless to say I put WAY too much salt in the crust and my pie tasted terrible. The only one who would eat it was my older brother, who thinks that dog biscuits are good! So what does that tell you!? You know they say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree...that was a LONG time ago though. Hopefully I'll get some more practice in before my time of being a mother comes.
No matter what it is that you like to do, or who you want to be, you can acheive it! If you believe in yourself and never give up you can do anything!
I love you MOM! Your the BEST!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Life is Good so I Prayed
I'm horrible at praying! Infact over the past 14 months as I've been on my mission that is the one thing I've been trying to become better at. I want SO badly to have a real relationship with my Father in Heaven and I know that comes through prayer.
I know my prayers are answered, I've experienced many many times when I've been given council through prayer. I know that the Lord will listen to me when I'm struggling, I've also felt the healing power of prayer when things have gone wrong in my life. The thing I haven't mastered is having a good prayer when my life is going well. I feel like right when things start going our way is when we forget to include the Lord in our life. So that has been my ongoing goal, to allow the Lord to be a part of my life ALWAYS! I have SO much to be grateful for. I have SO much good in my life. I know that God loves me and I want Him to be in every second of my life.
I read this scripture this morning: "In the day of their peace they esteemed lightly my counsel; but, in the day of their trouble, of necessity they feel after me."
That was definitely for me...I need to not just pray in times of trouble but also in times of peace.
Don't let the good times bring you away for our loving Heavenly Father. Take the time to give a prayer of gratitude.
I know my prayers are answered, I've experienced many many times when I've been given council through prayer. I know that the Lord will listen to me when I'm struggling, I've also felt the healing power of prayer when things have gone wrong in my life. The thing I haven't mastered is having a good prayer when my life is going well. I feel like right when things start going our way is when we forget to include the Lord in our life. So that has been my ongoing goal, to allow the Lord to be a part of my life ALWAYS! I have SO much to be grateful for. I have SO much good in my life. I know that God loves me and I want Him to be in every second of my life.
I read this scripture this morning: "In the day of their peace they esteemed lightly my counsel; but, in the day of their trouble, of necessity they feel after me."
That was definitely for me...I need to not just pray in times of trouble but also in times of peace.
Don't let the good times bring you away for our loving Heavenly Father. Take the time to give a prayer of gratitude.
Monday, September 5, 2011
The Mosquito Bite!
I got the WORST mosiquito bite I've ever had the other night. I was standing by a fire and all of a sudden felt a pinching on my ankle. I looked down to swat the bug away but it was too late. I could see a bump starting to form already. It wasn't bad, and if I didn't scratch it I thought it'd be ok. But it wasn't, I woke up the next morning and tried to look for my ankle but it was gone!!!! It had swollen so bad that it was now considered a CANKLE!(which is when your calf and ankle mesh together so that you don't have a defined ankle) It was bad!
Well I went about my day hoping that it would get better but it didn't. Infact it got worse. It started to hurt and it some how managed to get even bigger! So I thought to myself, "ok if I have enough faith then this will go away." I was thinking about the Israelites and how when they got bit by serpents all they had to do was look at Moses' serpent staff and they would be healed. But they had to have the faith to look.
We too must have enough faith to look to our Savior Jesus Christ and know that He can heal us. If we put our trust in Him ALL things are possible.
I woke up this morning with the bite still there, it's still a bit red but I have my ankle back! :) FAITH works!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Being Healed
Just when you think you have control over your life you are humbled by the Lord and He reminds you that ALL things are in His hands.
My cousin was in a serious car wreck this past week and the passenger in her car didn't survive. When I heard the news I was brought back to a time when someone I love so dearly was taken home to our Father in Heaven. I thought about my cousin and how she must feel given the circumstances of her surviving and her friend not. I realized at that moment that this is why we HAVE to experience pain, so we can then overcome it and help someone else when it's their turn.
Death is never an easy thing to accept but I know that God really does have a plan,an individual plan for each and everyone of His children. The Lord can't take anything from me, because I freely give it. I trust in Him and I know that this life is just a temporary state in which we can grow and learn and prepare for whats to come. My friend and my cousins friend are right where they need to be, as are we all. And if you find yourself struggling or suffering remember that our Savior Jesus Christ has already gone through it. So get on your knees and plead with the Lord to be healed. I know it works because that is what I've found myself doing when I can't make it on my own.
My cousin was in a serious car wreck this past week and the passenger in her car didn't survive. When I heard the news I was brought back to a time when someone I love so dearly was taken home to our Father in Heaven. I thought about my cousin and how she must feel given the circumstances of her surviving and her friend not. I realized at that moment that this is why we HAVE to experience pain, so we can then overcome it and help someone else when it's their turn.
Death is never an easy thing to accept but I know that God really does have a plan,an individual plan for each and everyone of His children. The Lord can't take anything from me, because I freely give it. I trust in Him and I know that this life is just a temporary state in which we can grow and learn and prepare for whats to come. My friend and my cousins friend are right where they need to be, as are we all. And if you find yourself struggling or suffering remember that our Savior Jesus Christ has already gone through it. So get on your knees and plead with the Lord to be healed. I know it works because that is what I've found myself doing when I can't make it on my own.
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