There is a pattern
that comes into view
when I look back
at what I’ve been through. Continue reading
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General Conference thoughts: He That Shall Endure unto the End, the Same Shall Be Saved
by Elder Claudio D. Zivic
This is a word we are taught in primary. And in primary it seems like a fairly simple idea. Why wouldn’t you hold on to the gospel forever? Why would you ever let go? Continue reading
General Conference thoughts: Even as Christ Forgives You, So Also Do Ye and Until Seventy Times Seven
by Elder Larry J. Echo Hawk
and Elder Lynn G. Robbins
Due to space and time, I am combining two talks in this post.
When I watched conference last April I thought one of the major themes was forgiveness. I was surprised when I received my Ensign and looked at the topic guide in the front of the issue and discovered it wasn’t as big of theme as I thought it was. In fact, only three talks were linked to the topic. Obviously, it was a personal message I needed to hear. Continue reading
BACKSTORY: Come Home
As promised, this week has had a theme. It’s been about our wayward or lost angels that we want to come home or at least find happiness. I have been thinking of this theme for some time but here are the tidbits of inspiration I thought of as I tried to pull it together and do it some justice. Continue reading
General Conference thoughts: Repentance Is Always Positive
by Stephen W. Owen
I’m the type of person that has always hated getting into trouble. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind making trouble every now and then I just don’t want to be called out on it. To this day, I still have trouble with being lectured or scolded for wrong doing. I just don’t like to be in trouble. Continue reading
General Conference thoughts: Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our Lives
by Russell M. Nelson
With each trial we go through and every sin we overcome we access the Atonement of Jesus Christ on some level. Every time we need to access it we gain a new level of understanding of its depth and power. Continue reading
Repentance: A Joyful Choice
by Elder Dale G. Renlund
Below is the link to the General Conference talk by Elder Renlund. Between the link and here I share a few of my personal thoughts on the subject. Continue reading
The Doctrine of Christ
by Brian K. Ashton
Below is the link to the General Conference talk by Brother Ashton. Between the link and here I share a few of my personal thoughts on the subject. Continue reading
The Great Plan of Redemption
by Linda S. Reeves
Below is the link to the General Conference talk by Sister Reeves. Between the link and here I share a few of my personal thoughts on the subject.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the gospel of repentance. It is the good news that all of us – ALL OF US – need. We all need Jesus Christ. We all need repentance. It’s that simple. Continue reading
December 23rd: Scrooge’s Unknown Prayer
“’At this time of the rolling year,’ the spectre said, `I suffer most. Why did I walk through crowds of fellow-beings with my eyes turned down, and never raise them to that blessed Star which led the Wise Men to a poor abode? Were there no poor homes to which its light would have conducted me!‘
Scrooge was very much dismayed to hear the spectre going on at this rate, and began to quake exceedingly.
`Hear me!’ cried the Ghost. `My time is nearly gone.’
`I will,’ said Scrooge. `But don’t be hard upon me! Don’t be flowery, Jacob! Pray!’
`How it is that I appear before you in a shape that you can see, I may not tell. I have sat invisible beside you many and many a day.’
It was not an agreeable idea. Scrooge shivered, and wiped the perspiration from his brow.
`That is no light part of my penance,’ pursued the Ghost. `I am here to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. A chance and hope of my procuring, Ebenezer.’” (A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, emphasis added).
Why was Marley permitted to visit Scrooge that fateful Christmas Eve night? Why was he allowed to warn his old partner of his impending fate? Maybe there was a silent prayer offered from the heart of Scrooge himself. It was so silent he wasn’t even aware he said it. From some hidden corner of his heart a plea was sent up. Maybe, just maybe this is what that hidden corner of his heart asked for on December 23rd. Continue reading
