I don't often make it clear what I am choosing instead when someone learns I don't do certain things. It's not really that I am choose not to do those things, I choose benefits that come. For example, I treasure the very sensitive to impressions that come to me all the time, and what I … Continue reading
If God defines himself as a Father, then perhaps one test of our coming to know Him is how we conduct ourselves in our own family. No Other Gods [The following are comments posted on Google+ about this post] Theodore A Hoppe - 2013-12-05 19:58:16-0500 God never defined himself a the "father." K Twitchell - … Continue reading
Meekness "Meekness is great power under complete control.” (Michael Wilcox, http://www.lds.org/ensign/1991/01/the-beatitudes-pathway-to-the-savior) I'm surprised how little the powerful and great miss the damage they do when they are not meek.
"Even God, the Perfect Parent, has problem children." A quote from Lantana Ward Sacrament meeting.
Hope. The authors of "Hope in the age of Anxiety" note that this simple, obscure verse incorporates all three major elements of hope as they define them: mastery, attachment, and survival. "And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast [mastery], and that thine … Continue reading
My daughter reminded me of this hymn we memorized together. What a powerful message. 1. Know this, that ev’ry soul is free To choose his life and what he’ll be; For this eternal truth is giv’n: That God will force no man to heav’n. 4. May we no more our pow’rs abuse, But ways of … Continue reading
Pres. Uchtdorf footnoted the following in his conference talk: "When your eyes are upon your symptoms and your mind is occupied with them more than with God's Word, you have in the ground the wrong kind of seed for the harvest that you desire. You have in the ground seeds of doubt. You are trying … Continue reading
The Gift of the Holy Ghost moderates our feeling, creating within us more evenness, more meekness, more peace. "And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of heart; and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth … Continue reading
One just needs to drive through most US communities on a Saturday when garages are open to see the fulfillment of this: There is no more room for any more blessings. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord … Continue reading
Gratitude is a great feeling. We "should" be grateful not because of what it does for others, but because of what it does for us. My niece helped remind me of that on her blog post, below. How Can I Be Happy? | Real Life Answers
Kip on Character 