"Nothing can bring a sense of contentment like the knowledge that God is in heaven, that we owe everything to Him, that regardless of life's challenges, we are loved by a God whose confidence in us never ceases. If God is our friend and we seek with heart and soul to do His will, we can face any challenge and conquer any fear."
Lloyd D. Newell "Let Him Ask Of God" pg. 191
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Within You
"Your health is so tightly connected to how you think and feel about yourself. The seeds of deity are within you. Your thoughts about yourself need to be in accordance to your being a child of God. You have a glorious destination. Don't ever forget who you are. As you ponder your heavenly origins and promised blessings your thought patterns are set in motion to enpower you with light, truth, peace and joy that affects your mental and physical health."
-Garth Allred "Unlocking the Powers of Faith" pg. 102
-Garth Allred "Unlocking the Powers of Faith" pg. 102
Friday, June 3, 2011
Reflected Light
The closer we get to God, the more we focus on His glory rather than our own progress. Any radiance from us is truly reflected light.
I've recently read, and am re-reading, a book I picked up in Utah while at Women's Conference called "The Healer's Art." It was one of my 'treasure finds'. We had already shopped Seagull Book a couple days before, but on Friday we decided to go in the Seagull Book in Spanish Fork while we had a little time before our dinner reservations. I was wandering up and down the isles just looking. Sometimes I feel like I am guided or prompted to do something and I had a sense that I was going to find something and as I looked down at a bottom shelf I saw the book, because it had a red tag $4.99 sticker on it. I was thrilled with the price, but the title was all I needed to know that I would love this book. It's co-authored by Lloyd D. Newell, who is the author of my 'treasure find' from last year, a book called "Let Him Ask of God" that I have treasured and read each day of all last year and have started over again...it has a page of thoughts for each day about Joseph Smith. I have treasured this authors words only to recently find out he is the voice of "Music and the Spoken Word!" I had no idea.
Today I read from his book on page 49-50 some tender mercies from the Lord to calm the battle raging in my soul:
"When we have courage to believe and the strength to endure, pain and grief can give way to wisdom, spiritual maturity, and a greater capacity to love. Heartache and suffering can bestow quiet confidence in divine purposes and a greater appreciation for life...The process of spiritual growth can be long and hard - yet it can also be joyful....we [can] have hope in the future and power in the present....No matter how tired we may be and how weary our efforts become, God is watching over us. He is our loving Father, our Master Caretaker....We must not lose hope. Hope is the anchor to [our souls]....President Ezra Taft Benson said, 'Satan would have us cast away that anchor. In this way he can bring discouragement and surrender. But we must not lose hope. The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him. Though we may see that we have far to go on the road to perfection, we must not give up hope." (A Mighty Change of Heart, Ensign Oct. 1989 pg 5)
Truly we bask in His reflected light.....
I've recently read, and am re-reading, a book I picked up in Utah while at Women's Conference called "The Healer's Art." It was one of my 'treasure finds'. We had already shopped Seagull Book a couple days before, but on Friday we decided to go in the Seagull Book in Spanish Fork while we had a little time before our dinner reservations. I was wandering up and down the isles just looking. Sometimes I feel like I am guided or prompted to do something and I had a sense that I was going to find something and as I looked down at a bottom shelf I saw the book, because it had a red tag $4.99 sticker on it. I was thrilled with the price, but the title was all I needed to know that I would love this book. It's co-authored by Lloyd D. Newell, who is the author of my 'treasure find' from last year, a book called "Let Him Ask of God" that I have treasured and read each day of all last year and have started over again...it has a page of thoughts for each day about Joseph Smith. I have treasured this authors words only to recently find out he is the voice of "Music and the Spoken Word!" I had no idea.
Today I read from his book on page 49-50 some tender mercies from the Lord to calm the battle raging in my soul:
"When we have courage to believe and the strength to endure, pain and grief can give way to wisdom, spiritual maturity, and a greater capacity to love. Heartache and suffering can bestow quiet confidence in divine purposes and a greater appreciation for life...The process of spiritual growth can be long and hard - yet it can also be joyful....we [can] have hope in the future and power in the present....No matter how tired we may be and how weary our efforts become, God is watching over us. He is our loving Father, our Master Caretaker....We must not lose hope. Hope is the anchor to [our souls]....President Ezra Taft Benson said, 'Satan would have us cast away that anchor. In this way he can bring discouragement and surrender. But we must not lose hope. The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him. Though we may see that we have far to go on the road to perfection, we must not give up hope." (A Mighty Change of Heart, Ensign Oct. 1989 pg 5)
Truly we bask in His reflected light.....
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