March 2012
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Food Storage
As Latter-day Saints, we are counseled to store extra nonperishable food in case of hard times. The recommendation of having food storage is not advice which I immediately followed. When I first joined the church, I lived in a dorm. Due to personal circumstances, every single thing I own was crammed into my side of a tiny dorm room. I had no extra space that I could see. Then, for many months I...
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“Therefore may God grant unto you, my brethren, that ye may begin to exercise...”
– Alma 34:17-27 (via myjoyisfull)
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Whosoever receiveth my word receiveth me, and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth those, the First Presidency, whom I have sent, whom I have made counselors for my name’s sake unto you. (D&C 112:20)
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“There are places where it is easier to feel the Spirit. Testimony meetings and...”
– Vicki F. Matsumori (Helping Others Recognize the Whisperings of the Spirit, Ensign Nov 2009)
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Mormon 5:21-23 21 And also the Lord will remember the prayers of the righteous, which have been put up unto him for them.
22 And then, O ye Gentiles, how can ye stand before the power of God, except ye shall repent and turn from your evil ways?
23 Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God? Know ye not that he hath all power, and at his great command the earth shall be rolled together as a...
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God
He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only.
The Weight of Glory
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I KNOW I am not the only "adult"
demeter42:
Who is going to be using this General Conference coloring book.
The only question is, will it be with colored pencils, or markers?
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“There is no end to the good we can do, to the influence we can have with others....”
– From an April 2006 conference talk by Gordon B. Hinckley (via randomconferencetalk)
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I must be the most blessed person I know.
I could complain about things if I wanted to. And sometimes (often) I do. But I’ve been thinking a lot about the good things I’ve got tonight. And I’m so, so thankful, especially for the people in my life.
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Mormon Men Serve Missions and God at IU
I AM A HORRIBLE PROCRASTINATOR. I have been meaning to post this every single day for all of March. But March… March has been crazy with work and church stuff and roommate problems… Oy vey. I’m sorry.
But anyway, I’ve been wanting to share this video with everyone. My friend Jill did a project on two elders serving here in the YSA. I even got to go to one of the...
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Priesthood Blessings
If you’re thinking about getting a priesthood blessing, it’s probably a good idea.
I just received a blessing of comfort because of everything that’s been going on with my roommate. I haven’t felt the spirit so strongly in my apartment in what feels like an awfully long time. I am so grateful for the priesthood and for the righteous priesthood holders in my life....
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lifepaintedonthewalls replied to your post: Ouch
Ask her where they went. You have to approach her about it or it won’t get any better. Put them in your room. Maybe put inspiring words from general authorities on your fridge without who said them. Thwn you could see if you can memorize who saidthem
The issue with that is that she’s been avoiding me so that I can’t even confront her....
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Ouch
I can deal with a lot. And I can usually do it pretty gracefully I think. I’m not a confrontational person, so usually when someone is upset with me I apologize and try to fix things the best I can. When I’m in a situation with someone and I can’t do much about it, I’m mostly good at not letting them get to me.
But what I’m suddenly learning that what I can’t...
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Consider these verses together for a moment.
Habakkuk 2:1-3 1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait...
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I promise you, you are good enough.
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“I came, I saw, God conquered.”
– John III Sobieski
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Present Moment
Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment “as to the Lord.” It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.
The Weight of Glory
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“Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
– Marjorie Pay Hinckley (via kimyseul)
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Alma 38:12 Use boldness, but not overbearance; and also see that ye bridle all your passions, that ye may be filled with love; see that ye refrain from idleness.
This verse has really been helping me out at work lately, especially in my interactions with customers.
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Once She Decided To Fly...: I'd like to take a... →
tuvee:
Be they Catholic or Baptist or Evangelical or any other variety, I’ve got a massive spot in my heart for those individuals who don’t always agree with our doctrine or perspective, but who still respect and love us. So thank you, those of you who engage in meaningful scriptural discussion, ultimately agreeing to disagree. Thank you, those of you who don’t try to tell us that we’re...
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Until We Have Faces (from The Exponent)
I love the way this article made me think about prayer and communication with my Heavenly Father. It puts some things in perspective. I’d recommend checking it out.
My thoughts: We are typically taught that our prayers should follow certain patterns (which sometimes feels contradictory to that warning against “vain repetitions”), addressing Heavenly...
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“May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the...”
– traditional Irish blessing
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Once She Decided To Fly...: Sometimes I unfollow... →
onceshedecidedtofly:
I don’t care if I look like a so-called “bad Mormon” because I don’t tell my friends to stop having sex / drinking / whatever, and I don’t expect them to think what they’re doing is wrong because my religion says so. Yes, people outside the church know right from wrong. No, their “right” and “wrong” isn’t always the same as ours. Teenage girls don’t just have sex because...
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Happy 170th Birthday, Relief Society!
As important as my ethnic (50% Irish) heritage is to me, I would be doing a great disservice to LDS Women across the world if I neglected my (albeit adopted, since I’m a convert) Mormon heritage today.
In addition to being St. Patrick’s Day, March 17 is the anniversary of the founding of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
To celebrate, and to...
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St. Patrick's Day: It Matters to Mormons
St. Patrick’s Day is definitely a day associated with Catholicism when connected with religion at all. (Some people just view it as a celebration of Ireland or a day to drink beer while wearing green.) And that makes perfect sense.
But, this is an LDS blog. (Sorry, catholic friends.)
So today I want to share with you an article about the great missionary efforts of St. Patrick. I think...
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In case I'm not the only one who needs this...
Matthew 5:43-45 (See also 3 Nephi 12) 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thyneighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them thatcurse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the...
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It has recently come to my attention that there wasn’t a link to my ask box on my blog. This has been corrected.
Have a question?
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HOLY HECK.
General Conference is just 17 days away!
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I went to the temple for the first time on Saturday. I wanted to do a temple trip for Ben’s birthday (which was last Saturday) so we went.
It was wonderful. I don’t really even have the words to talk about it. I just felt so happy and peaceful the whole time I was there and I know that the ordinances performed there are sacred and essential. While you’re in the temple your...
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Temple Work Question
With all of the media hubbub lately about LDS posthumous baptisms, the church has been making a point of reiterating the policies for submitting names for proxy temple ordinances. (There was a letter from the First Presidency about it read during all sacrament meetings worldwide last week, everyone who participates in genealogical indexing got an email about it, etc.)
I have’t submitted any...
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Patience
William Law remarks that people are merely “amusing themselves” by asking for the patience which a famine or persecution would call for if, in the meantime, the weather and every other inconvenience sets them grumbling. One must learn to walk before one can run.
Latters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
“We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of...”
– Articles of Faith 11 (via onceshedecidedtofly)
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Pain
When pain is to be borne, a little courage helps more than much knowledge a little human sympathy more than much courage and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.
Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself.
The Problem of Pain
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I’m going to the temple for the first time on Saturday.
I’ve had my recommend since July but I haven’t been able to go yet. I’m geeking out. I can’t even handle all the feels. (Tumblr dialect is starting to rub off on me…)
I really wanted to go with Ben for his birthday so it’s happening.
I feel… surprisingly ready, now that I think about it....
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“Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no...”
– 2 Nephi 4: 28-30 (via we-perished-each-alone)
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“I say, choose faith. Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose...”
– Dallin H. Oaks, “Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ”, General Conference April 1994 (via smallandsimplethings)
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LDS Hymn 223: Have I Done Any Good?
Have I done any good in the world today? Have I helped anyone in need? Have I cheered up the sad and made someone feel glad? If not, I have failed indeed. Has anyone’s burden been lighter today Because I was willing to share? Have the sick and the weary been helped on their way? When they needed my help was I there?
Then wake up and do something more Than dream of your mansion above. Doing good...
