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A daily log of the Lord’s blessings in my life!Scripture of the Day
Today I take my scripture from Doctirne and Covenants 82:24. I read this as if He was speaking right to me.
“For even yet the akingdom is yours, and shall be forever, if you fall not from your bsteadfastness. Even so. Amen.”
And previous to this scripture the Lard told them this in verse 10:
” I, the Lord, am abound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no bpromise.”
What a great train of scripture. The Lord just promised us the kingdom if we continue in steadfastness. Let me define that
Steadfastness: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
I found this on the internet somewhere. Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty. What a great definition. Let us all be steadfast in keeping the commandments of God so that we will inherit all that is promised.
Little Children
D&C 74:7 ” But little achildren are bholy, being csanctified through the datonement of Jesus Christ;”
This was my scripture for the day. I thought it fitting since I was on my way to watch Melissa’s kids in the morning. I am not a morning person. I hate going to bed late and getting up early especially to watch kids, cause I need lots of patience when watching kids. I read this and knew it was my scripture for the day. It helped me to refocus on my situation and take a different mindset.
I knew I was inspired this morning when I woke up and the first thing that came into my head was “check your blood sugar,” so I did and it was low. I have to say that I have listened to the Holy Ghost on that one so many times. I mean sometimes it will be in the middle of the night, I will just pop awake and that thought will be the first thing that will pop into my head, every time it is low. I have learned to listen to the still small voice. So when I woke up that way and then read this scripture, I knew I was inspired, because if I didn’t wake up early I probably wouldn’t have read my scriptures before going. I am grateful I listened.
3 Nephi 12:6
That is my scripture for today. Normally I take it from the Doctrine adn Covenants, but the section I was reading was all about bishops and I wanted something a little closer to home. Right now as I am trying to lose weight, I can appreciate this one more. To hunger and thirst–we all know what that feels like for food, so we can relate the urgency and the desire toward righteousness.
A solution
Wow, I finally figured it out. I decided that I am going to read my scriptures in the morning before I go get Ben. Normally, I hear Ben awake and sleep for another half hour or so. I decided to get up insteadto read some scriptures. I am reading to find a scriputre for the day to think about during the day. I am writing that down and then thinking of it throughout the day. Today is a scriputre about those who read the Book of Mormon and accept it will be given power. I really like that thought. If you read and accept the teachings in the Book of Mormon you shall have power from on high. Quite nice. And at teh end of the day I am going to write in my journal. In the past I would write and write a detailed event of everything that happened in the day, but now I am going to just change my mindset, cause I don’t have time for that and just write a few things down. That way I will have something instead of nothing.
I could come on here and write my scripture and why I chose it. Good idea. We’ll see how it plays out.
Spiritual Inventory
Well, I came up with some gumption to talk to John about our spiritual lives. It had seemed that things that were most important were falling by the wayside. Well, we made some spiritual goals. Together we want to pray day and night, read our scriptures once a day, have family home evening on Monday nights, and get to the temple. I made some personal goals. I want to read my scriptures near the first thing in the morning and say my prayers morning and night. These goals are so important. Because they bring other inspirations into our lives.
Last night we had our family home evening and I was inspired by President Hinckley’s First Presidency Message in the last Ensign. He spoke of Christ and His life. The quote that really hit me the most was,
“In sunshine and in shadow we look to Him, and He is there to assure and smile upon us.”
What a great truth. I have been struggling to find my path lately and this truth brought me back to what is most important, Jesus Christ. And I am grateful for this knowledge.
“…regardless of what the future holds, there stands the Redeemer of the world, the Son of God, certain and sure as the anchor of our immortal lives. He is the rock of our salvation, our strength, our comfort, the very focus of our faith.”
Jody Hensen
Today I am grateful for Coach Jody Hensen. She called me today and I missed it. I called her right back and we talked for a bit. 
I listened to her message later and it said, I am just calling to see what is going on!! Sweet. I love it. We also texted back and texted back and forth the other day.
Let me give some background. I went to Alaska to play basketball and she was my coach my senior year! I had a different coach each year I played and two of them I really respected and pretty much revered. She was one. She was hard. She worked us hard and expected the best out of us. While I played for her, I was an on court leader. I was not usually the high scorer and didn’t play the most minutes, but I was a difference maker. I had energy. I played so hard and I played for my coaches. I would get so upset when we lost, because I knew how much time and effort our coaches had put in.
So, after I finished playing, she coached for two more seasons. I was there for one. I played Volleyball and threw the shot put for the track team, so I was around. I sat on the bench for games and I practiced while I could. I loved doing anything I could to help out. I helped in recruiting. I would tell the recruits how great Coach Hensen is and how much I enjoyed playing for her.
After I moved, I kept in touch through emails. I even went up to AK for the last home games. I was so excited to just be back with her and the other coaches/players.
Over the years, we have become friends and I love it. I get so excited whenever I hear from her. I was so afraid of her at points in my life. And still some of that seeps through sometimes, but it is getting better. I am just so grateful for her and her inspiration and friendship!!
I have just moved into my new house and that is why there has not been any posts. I have been busy. But hopefully things will settle down and I can be grateful again. Wait. . .
Moving
Right now, I am in a hurry to write something. I am moving in two days and I need to get everything straightened up so that I can clean. My mom was supposed to come here to help, but with the weather being yucky it might not happen. So I want to be as ready as possible. So I am gearing up for a big packing frenzy.
I am grateful that I could read my scriptures throughout the day. I am glad that I was able to get many of the things on my list of things to do done. I am looking forward to moving into a house. I am grateful that I was able to serve in the Relief Society here before moving, because it gave me the opportunity to learn everyone’s names and to get to know everyone. Plus I hope I have learned to be more outgoing when I get to my new ward. I know it was hard to be in the ward at first, cause we didn’t know anyone. I have much more fun when I know the sisters I go to church with. So here’s hoping for an outgoing Me when I get to the new place.
Oh, gotta go . . . I see my dad is online and I would like to chat.
Temple Night
Well, today I am most grateful that everything worked out for me to go to the temple with the ladies from my ward. I love it when everything works out for that. I have also been blessed to receive some insight into the lesson that I am teaching in Relief Society on the first Sunday in March. My last lesson was on Optimism. I think I am going to take my inspiration this time from President Eyring’s talk about “Someday.” I just want to teach something that will be most helpful to the sisters in my ward.
I have also been reading the Book of Mormon for the Hinckley Challenge (to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days in memory and honor of President Hinckley) and I have been gaining great insights from the chapeters I have read thus far.
I also got a comment from someone about the Pope and that they usually are well known and that they are always well known within the cardinals. I am grateful for that comment.
We are moving in only four short days. I am grateful that Iam helping some friends out by watching their kids for them. I have realized that you can’t really just wait for service opportunities to come to you, you have to plan for them and go get them. I watched two little kids today for a friend and it really helped me get my house cleaned up in little less than an hour. I am grateful for that. I have been meaning to do that, and nothing gets cleaning done like little kids coming over to play!!
We were also blessed with an unexpected first paycheck. We thought John was only getting paid for a few days, but he was paid for the few days plus the first two weeks of February. So yeay!
That is all for tonight. God bless!
John was blessed today in several ways. He was frustrated with something he was working on and God granted him the patience to keep at it to get it fixed. He was also hooked up with a guy from Papervision to maybe write a book together. He was also blessed to get an article he was working on done in time for the deadline today. I just thought I would ask him and have him share some ways he saw the Lord work in his life today.
I was blessed to read about 11 pages from the Book of Mormon today. Ben and I had a great time today too. I pray that I can teach him the things that I know about life and Jesus Christ. I have been blessed with another day with my family. I love all of them very much. I am blessed to have a cell phone and have unlimited text messages so that me and my mom could text back and forth today! I love it, cause she is one of the only people who will text me in random situations. I love getting text messages from people I love.
That is all I am going to write about, but I have been blessed in countless ways that at this time will not be written.
My Great Blessings from the Lord
Yesterday, right as I was getting ready for bed I heard Ben crying. I had just gotten out of the shower, so I sent John. Ben had already been asleep for a while and he usually will go right beck to sleep. But this was not a usual night. He had been sick and he had just gotten some shots from the doctor. What followed was just the saddest thing. I went into his room when the crying didn’t subside after a few minutes. John handed him to me and said he has never seen him like this.
Well, I took my baby in my arms and he cried and cried and wiggled and wiggle. He wouldn’t let me hold him. He kept turning and twisting as though no position was comfortable. I am the kind of person who thinks that the worst is happening. I was sitting there watching him move trying to guess what it could be that was hurting him. As I rubbed and comforted, he cried and only stopped twice in an hour and only for a few seconds. If you know Ben, you know that he doesn’t cry like that. I was beginning to get worried.
So, I said a prayer. I had him laying in my lap in his diaper so I could have my hand rub right onto his back and belly. After my prayer, I took him into the bedroom. We sat on the bed and he started to cry a little less. He found some comfortable positions with his head in my lap and was asleep within a half hour. Oh what a blessing that was!! I was just so happy that he calmed down and nothing was wrong.
That was the way the Lord touched our life yesterday.
