entitlement
entitlement “It is important not to lean upon other people because in time you will be unable to do things yourself.” ~Dolores Del Rio I can and should provide spontaneous acts of service, but I’ve known some who will leach everything and then move on to do it...spiritual balance
Elder Henry B. Eyring, now a member of The First Presidency of the Church once said; “We may know that the warning is from the Lord (when) the law of witnesses, authorized witnesses, has been invoked. When the words of prophets seems repetitive, that should...constancy of purpose
constancy of purpose “The secret of success is constancy of purpose.” ~Benjamin Disraeli General Conference (this coming weekend) will become the source of powerful insights to many from God through His chosen servants. The troubled world we live in can...anxiously engaged
“The way to be nothing is to do nothing.” ~Nathaniel Howe The Lord expects me to be useful in my sojourn here. Downtime, R&R, vacation, doing my own thing, socializing, and hobbies as important as they are, should not become my ‘sum total’ of life to...avoiding plain nonsence
avoiding plain nonsense “Orthodoxy (correctness) in thought and behavior brings safety and felicity (happiness) as the storms come, including “every wind of doctrine”. (see Ephesians 4:14) Happily amid such winds the Holy Ghost not only helps us to...a variety of options
‘The future is that time when you’ll wish you’d done what you aren’t doing now!~Author Unknown There are many ways for my future to happen or fail to happen… as I would want. It is the reason my present needs to be filled with discipline...open and perceptive eyes
“Life is always opening new and unexpected things for us. There is no monotony in living to him who walks… with open and perceptive eyes. The monotony of life, if life is monotonous to you, is in you, not in the world.”~Phillips Brooks It’s...‘topsy turvy’ continued, or sin results in
From the last post Hugh Nibley goes on with ‘delicious’ insights to say; “We have, of all people, Sigmund Freud to thank for showing us how our sins, even if we don’t think of them as sins and cover them up by protestations of noble and...turned topsy turvy
For weeks I have been trying to measure and define a lack of current motivation and purpose. That lack degenerated into greater distance from THE source of light and truth, Jesus Christ. It started when our domestic world turned topsy turvy and the short term goal...
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I am married and we have 3 children and many grandchildren. Our children have chosen wisely in their careers and in marriage and I attribute much of their success, as they do, to a close relationship with Jesus Christ… Click for more.