Restaurants and more

  I understand that restaurants are and can be a interesting place to work. I always feel as if I lose the spirit when I enter Applebees. I always listen to Hilary Weeks as I am driving to work and in my mind I am singing church songs. But I understand why its so hard, I feel my spirit fighting not to fall into negative thinking or negative acting. It is hard. I have decided to read my scriptures and to pray because I believe Satan knows my weaknesses. So I am praying and praying and praying........

Moses 6:63

 And behold, all things have their ^alikeness, and all things are created and made to ^bbear record of me, both things which are temporal, and things which are spiritual; things which are in the heavens above, and things which are on the earth, and things which are in the earth, and things which are under the earth, both above and beneath: all things bear record of me.


make a list of things “in the heavens,” “on the earth,” and “in the earth” that bear record of Jesus Christ. Help them use the Topical Guide to find scriptures in which Jesus Christ is compared to some of these things

What I am learning

Abraham is commanded to sacrifice Isaac. Isaac and Abraham both yield to the will of God.  I thought it was really interesting that it said the Lord tempted Abraham, what does Abraham say sure I am here.
 tempted means tried, tested, prove. So in reality God is saying  to Abraham prove to me that you love me and are you willing to do anything???? He did not ask any questions as to why god wanted him to do this. He just did it with faith.
I think its a amazing that Abraham just went and followed the directions that he thought he was suppose to do. Three days later on the donkey, makes me wonder how many miles from home was he. From Beer-sheba to Moriah is about 50-60 miles in 3 days. That is over 18 miles a day.

Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

a. God tested Abraham: This was not so much a test to produce faith, as it was a test to reveal faith. God built Abraham slowly, piece by piece, year by year, into a man of faith.

b. Take now your son, your only son Isaac: Significantly, God calls Isaac your only son Isaac, when in fact Abraham had another son, Ishmael. But since Ishmael was put away from Abraham’s family, then as far as God was concerned, Abraham had only one son.

c. Offer him there as a burnt offering: God tells Abraham to offer him as a burnt offering. This was not an offering that was burned alive, but one first sacrificed and then completely burnt before the Lord.

d. Offer him there as a burnt offering: This test was especially hard because it seemed to contradict the previous promise of God. Hadn’t God promised in Isaac your seed shall be called (Genesis 21:12)? If Isaac hadn’t had children to pass the promise on to yet, how could Abraham kill him? Wouldn’t he be killing the very promise God made to him?

i. Abraham had to learn the difference between trusting the promise and trusting the Promiser. We can put God’s promise before God Himself and feel it is our responsibility to bring the promise to pass, even if we have to disobey God to do it.

ii. Trust the Promiser no matter what, and the promise will be taken care of!

 

e. On one of the mountains of which I shall tell you: There was a specific place God commanded Abraham to go, a particular spot where this would happen. God is carefully directing each detail.

f. Your only son Isaac, whom you love: This is the first mention of love in the Bible, and it is the love between father and son, and connected with the idea of the sacrificial offering of the son.

In the scriptures we have lots of first love. When Abraham talks of love for Isaac. Then when Abraham talks of worshipping God. 

I have learned so much about Abraham and his deep love for God tonight. I am so excited to be on this journey to understand the Atonement better and how we can apply it to our lives. 

 

 

Genesis 22:1-14.

Sunday

  I love sundays and everything they represent to me. Just recently I was issued a new calling as Sunday School teacher for 12-13 years old. I have an interesting class I have 5 boys and 3 girls. The children are wonderful and I love being with them.
  Today I was issued a challenge the bishop asked me to be careful about self disclosure. He also informed me about his plans for me in the near future. I am scared but I so trust him.
  I am going to study each night what my sunday school theme is for the month and become closer to Heavenly Father. I am scared. I want to share what I learned during the week from my studying. So we will see. Right???