Friday, August 28, 2015

I finished up a personal journal recently and before putting it away I decided to read through it.  This is a journal that I took to church to record things that I learned from speakers or during lessons, or impressions from the Spirit that came to me while listening. I'm glad that I recorded the things that I heard and felt.  Here are a few excerpts:
 

Henry Sorensen said:

We are not meant to suffer through life, but endure.  There is a difference.  Suffering denotes sitting.  Enduring is action while waiting.  Affliction is to make us wise, not despondent. Trials help us to know who has come to deliver us.  Afflictions come to the innocent.  Trials come to those who do the Lord’s work.  If we are not delivered the way we want to be delivered—can we still remain faithful and follow Him?


Charity can become a way of life.
Cindy Watkins


This is what I take from the Sunday School lesson today:  The Israelites wanted to be free from the Egyptians, but when the Lord began to deliver them, things did not go quickly or smoothly and their faith was weak and they said, “Forget it—we would rather live in Egypt.”  Moses 14:13,14 reads:  “Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you today.  The Lord shall fight for you and ye shall hold your peace.”  Have faith!  The Lord will come through for you.


Today in Sunday School, we talked about riches and prosperity.  I do not believe that riches are inherently evil, but the love of them and the setting of one’s heart upon them, and forgetting the Lord—those things are evil.  Certainly one can be prosperous and humble, though it is difficult.  One can also be poor and proud.  Set your heart toward the Lord, let your affections and focus be on Him and then you will be OK.


The questions posed in Relief Society was this:  “How has the gift of the Holy Ghost blessed your life?”  I could not answer because of emotion.  What a tremendous blessing the Holy Ghost is to me!  It is such a precious guide—holding me back in some ways and pushing me forward in other ways.  The Holy Ghost has softened and refined me and helped me grow spiritually.


The temple heals.  You can find balm for your souls.  Are we not all a little deaf, blind, lame, and sick?

Ogden Temple Dedication

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