Today I am grateful for:
The pink, purple, and blue flowers by the entrance of the library
The Cox Cabin
My roommates
The fragrant lilies in my living room
Unlimited night minutes on my cell phone
The
The enthusiasm of my religion teacher
The calmness of my English 315 teacher
The William Baker Devotional last Tuesday
The Mary Lou Fulton research grant that paid for our
The good people I went to
My camera
My new clothes
Love
Friendly people
How Heavenly Father helped me with my waltz and tango tests today
Natural lighting
Air conditioning
Scripture study
The videos of my nephews Audra sent to Mom and Mom forwarded to me
The opportunity to learn new things every day
Inspirational quotes
My health and energy
People who are different from me
My mom
The knowledge of the Plan of Salvation
Forgiveness
Affirmations for today:
My worth does not come from how skinny or athletic or smart or beauitful I am. My worth comes from the fact that Jesus Christ gave His life for me.
God has given me His love, and I can share it with a world that so desperately needs it. I can choose to live unselfishly and give my heart to the people around me.
I cannot know the reasons behind others’ actions, but I can choose to give them the benefit of the doubt and love them for who they are. I can leave judgment to the Lord (D & C 82:23).
Although it’s easy for me to become impatient and want to know everything right now, it’s important for me to exercise faith. I need to trust in God—that He will lead me along and teach me line upon line, precept upon precept.
The Lord repeatedly says in the Doctrine and Covenants that if we turn our will over to Him, all things (even hard, painful things) will work together for our good. That applies to me, too.
While it is true that I can’t do everything, I can do something. And it is by small and simple things that great things are brought to pass (
And as a closing note, and a reminder of how much learning I have to go, here's a story President Kimball gave in his talk, “The False Gods We Worship” in the June 1976 Ensign:
“One man I know of was called to a position of service in the Church, but he felt that he couldn’t accept because his investments required more attention and more of his time than he could spare for the Lord’s work. He left the service of the Lord in search of Mammon, and he is a millionaire today.
“But I recently learned an interesting fact: If a man owns a million dollars worth of gold at today’s prices, he possesses approximately one 27-billionth of all the gold that is present in the earth’s thin crust alone. This is an amount so small in proportion as to be inconceivable to the mind of man. But there is more to this: The Lord who created and has power over all the earth created many other earths as well, even ‘worlds without number’ (Moses 1:33); and when this man received the oath and covenant of the priesthood (D&C 84:33–44), he received a promise from the Lord of “all that my Father hath” (D&C 84:38). To set aside all these great promises in favor of a chest of gold and a sense of carnal security is a mistake in perspective of colossal proportions. To think that he has settled for so little is a saddening and pitiful prospect indeed; the souls of men are far more precious than this.”
Truly, souls are the treasure of this earth, not money or things (see D & C 111:2).
4 comments:
Once again I am humbled by your wisdom and perspective. If only there were more people in the world like you!
When reading the bottom half of your blog, I kept thinking, "is this a quote or did she write this herself?" How do you do it? You're not suppose to be smarter than your older sister! Come on now!
And Iam grateful for you!
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