"Inn" Crowd...Stand Up For Something

If you don't stand up for something, you will fall for everything.

Doubt your doubts, not your faith.

Choose Joy

Be happy today.  We have the power to control our attitudes and outlook on life.

In The Lords Time

"In The Lord's Time"

Liken the scriptures to ourselves -

Like Little Children :
An hour seems forever even though the adult knows the hour is not forever.  Little child continually asks when the hour is over.

---Exhibit Patience with Lord, the Lord has Patience with us.----

Gratitude

Communication with God

If you want to communicate with God, Pray;
If you want to have God communicate with you, read the scriptures.

Sometimes in our lives we feel really close to Heavenly Father and sometimes we feel a little farther away from him.  And it might be because we are not reading the scriptures with intent to learn more from Him and the spirit.  Reading your scriptures daily will bring peace, joy, happiness, organization, love, and comfort for your day.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO PRAY AND READ THE SCRIPTURES, YOU ARE BUSIER THAN GOD INTENDED YOU TO BE.

Heavenly Father is our Father in Heaven

Earthly Father, Heavenly Father

A good earthly father is an example of our Heavenly Father.  I really like the part when it says "...All while I work, I'm far, but close; always thinking of them.....I do it all for them.  I work, that they may grow.  They trust so deeply; how I yearn to do the same.  They see so little of how it all came to be, never questioning, only trusting...."

I'm awake. I remember Him. I gaze upon them before I part. They lie in their bed, unaware of me watching. I leave, they sleep. The small home I help provide is their world. They play, they explore, learning to move, to feel, to see, to know, not once thinking how it all came to be. Crayons, toys, books; it's all for them. The fridge opens, the pantry exposed, they expect food to be there. Not a thought, not a doubt, just hunger. Cereal, milk, yogurt, messy fingers, messy faces, all fed. Tummies are full. Now it's nap time. My wife likes nap time. Once again, they lay in the comfort we provide. All while I work, I'm far, but close; always thinking of them. My phone rings, I only hear breathing. I smile; my wife's phone is now missing. I do it all for them. I work, that they may grow. They trust so deeply; how I yearn to do the same. They see so little of how it all came to be, never questioning, only trusting. I come home; two-second hugs. Now I'm a horse. We eat dinner, brush teeth. Jammy time. Finally, it's bed time. Once again, they lay their heads on the pillows we provide. I will be their protector. I will be their gentle friend. I will be my wife's faithful husband. I am a father, I am also a son. And while I may not understand all that He does for me, I do know that all that I am, and all that I have is because He's a father to me. I now stand, very aware, of how it all came to be.

How Familiar Heavenly Father is to us:

“If any of us could now see the God we are striving to serve – if we could see our Father who dwells in the Heavens, we should learn that we are as well acquainted with him as we are with our earthly father, and he would be as familiar to us in the expression of his countenance and we should be ready to embrace him and fall upon his neck and kiss him, if we had the privilege.  And still we, unless the vision of the Spirit is opened to us, know nothing about God.  You know much about him, if you but realize it.  And there is no other one item that will so astound you, when your eyes are opened in eternity, as to think that you were so stupid in the body.”  (Brigham Young, JD 8:30)