Sabbath again

  The Relief Society lesson was taken from Robert D Hales talk in Oct. 2011 conference:

   The purpose of our life on earth is to grow, develop, and be strengthened through our own experiences.How do we do this? This was the question that our Relief Society teacher presented to each of us today. Think about that question, its seems like that it should be pretty simple, but HA! Life is full of trials and really hard stuff. I sometimes get really tired of the hard stuff and look forward to when life is easier. So one of my favorite scriptures can be found in Ether 12:27 it goes along with the lesson. We are promised that our weakness should be made our strengths. So this goes along with our purpose in this life. We have experience things in order to grow. Better yet sometimes it is really hard stuff and it hurts so much but years down the road we can honestly say that we are better because of that trial. Does that mean we want to experience it again? I know the answer would be a very strong NO WAY!
  My favorite part of the talk is: I express gratitude that “in my Gethsemane”⁴³ and yours, we are not alone. He that watches over us “shall neither slumber nor sleep.”⁴⁴ His angels here and beyond the veil are “round about [us], to bear [us] up.”⁴⁵ I bear my special witness that our Savior’s promise is true, for He says, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”⁴⁶ May we wait upon Him by pressing forward in faith, that we may say in our prayers, “Thy will be done,”⁴⁷ and return to Him with honor. In the holy name of our Savior and Redeemer, even Jesus Christ, amen.

Just like Bro Hale, I know the Savior hears and answers my prayers. I know he watches over me and gives me strength. I am so grateful for a great teacher today that has touched my heart. Thank you for being intune with the spirit so that you knew what I needed to be strong.

Love to all  
Joyce

Enlighted today!! The sabbath

The sacrament talk was by our bishopric member Landon Dickson. He talked on priesthood and families. He pointed out that every home needs the priesthood, that is why we have hometeachers, bishoprics, husbands, etc.

Matthew 5:13  Ye are the ^asalt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

He went on to say the only way that salt can lose its flavor is by mixing it with something and it depends on how much you mix it with, how much it loses its flavor. He compared this to the priesthood how if you mix it with worldly things you can lose the flavor of the priesthood. Its still there but you can no longer taste or use it. Don't you love it.

He went on to quote DC 81:5 Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; ^asuccor the ^bweak, lift up the hands which hang down, and ^cstrengthen the ^dfeeble knees.

It is our responsibility as priesthood holders to do this but just as equally important it is our responsibility as members of the church to do this!!

We must set our houses in order: scripture study, prayters FHE regularly,   Husbands love your wives, wives love your husbands. Our partners should be our "Field Trip Buddies"

DC121:36,37 

That the ^arights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be ^bcontrolled nor handled only upon the ^cprinciples of righteousness.

 37 That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to ^acover our ^bsins, or to gratify our ^cpride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or ^ddominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens ^ewithdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man.

Only when there is righteousness is there the full power of the priesthood being used. I loved this!!

"NO ONE EVER ABUSED ANYONE IF THEY HAVE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD"

Think about this..if you have the spirit then it would be impossible to abuse anyone or anything. We would be filled with goodness and righteousness. I love this.

Then he ended with Ether 12:27

And if men come unto me I will show unto them their ^aweakness. I ^bgive unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my ^cgrace is sufficient for all men that ^dhumble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make ^eweak things become strong unto them.

I feel as if this is my life motto. I love this scripture and try to remember it when ever I am struggling with things and especially my past. I love the fact that Heavenly Father promises us if we allow him to make our weaknesses our strengths then he will.But we have to work hard to do that. We have to become humble and then we have to personally believe that his Grace is for each of us, including ourselves. The he tells us that we have to have faith that he knows each of us personally and he is capable of turning our weakness into our strength. 

 His talked ended soon after this but I want to share a couple more things about this set of scriptures that has helped thorough some really tough things in my life. If you continue to read the next scripture

 28 Behold, I will show unto the Gentiles their weakness, and I will show unto them that ^afaith, hope and charity bringeth unto me—the fountain of all ^brighteousness.

Heavenly Father makes another promise if we give all we have to him: then he will give us righteousness. Not just a little bit but a fountain of it. If you think about a fountain it flows continuously. The righteousness or desires will be there always.

  Any one who knows me know that I live the 12 steps of recovery. I believe that you can apply the 12 steps to anything in your life. So here is the scripture and how the 12 steps applies to it in Ether.

So after we have worked really hard on turning our weakness into a strength, or otherwise turning our weakness over to him (which is step 1: admitting we have a problem)  Then after we have a change of heart (step 3) we turn humble, and we recognized that we need grace (step 2), we are believing that it is possible.  We are ready to admit our weaknesses (step 4 and 5) and now we are ready to ask Heavenly Father to make them  a strength (step 6 and 7) then step 12 is we have to share our strength so that is shown to us in the following verse:   34 And now I know that this ^alove which thou hast had for the children of men is charity; wherefore, except men shall have charity they cannot inherit that place which thou hast prepared in the mansions of thy Father.

I love the gospel. I have seen both sides of living it and not living it. I know and can testify to you that living the Gospel is so much easier. I love that Heavenly Father loves me so much he knows me by name and that he take each of our weaknesses (no matter what it is) and make it a strength. I love the fact that I am made promises if I live up to the deal I will dwell in my Mansion beside by Elder Brother and my family and have eternal life. I love that 1938 a man who struggled with addiction sat and wrote the 12 steps, I know that if you apply these steps to your life it is possible to turn all weaknesses to strengths. I am so grateful for Bro. Dickson's talk today it made me think. I love Heavenly Father and I love knowing I am his child. I have earthly parents who love me. I have friends who I love and am blessed to have. I have a family here on earth that I love and adore.  Thanks for letting me share this talk and how much it touched me. I am grateful for a good bishopric who are called by God to be our leaders. I am grateful for Eagle creek Ward. Jesus name amen.

Love to all joyce

 

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In this house

tonight as I am sitting here I come across this sign:

In is house
We do second chances
We do grace
We do real
We do mistakes
We do I'm sorry's
We do loud really well
We do hugs
We do family
We do love

I love this.  I totally believe this. I feel as if this is my house I plan on making this sign for Kevin and mine house in lexington... I love anything that reminds us that we need second chances.

March 16

I have now been off work about 6 weeks and if I could get my stomach and chest to quit hurting that would be a great thing. I have spend a fortunate on doctors and bills. It has been really expensive.  Kevin had chest pains about 1 and half weeks ago. He scared me to death, but I would not let him know that. So we had a cath and I broke out in big hives at the hospital and they are now just healing. So its hard to breathe when I come into contact with alot of different smells. But the minute I walk into the hospital and doctor office I taste the substance first then I automatically start coughing. The coughing hurts and makes me extremely tired. So its hard and I empathized with people who are always sick.