plugged in…

I’ve had a lot of time to do some reflection since Sunday. I’ll have much more time over the next couple of days as diagnosis completes and treatment begins. I’m in a hospital out of my home state plugged into multiple things to stabilize my...

another way the Lord teaches

Recently it came to me again that the Lord’s plan in every way is perfect.  I struggled for years as a youth and young adult, not understanding mental illness (happened within the family I grew up in). I didn’t want to understand. My approach was...

Blessings of Spiritual Renewal

I was in a men’s combined class Sunday in a discussion, the theme of which I had heard many times before… and agreed with. Then I realized that the idea discussed, developing * line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little’...

come what may!

“I am bold to declare before Heaven that I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination [as for a Mormon]; for the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the Latter-day Saints...

moral strength

‘Without consistency, there is no moral strength.’~John J. Owen And so it goes with any moral or worthwhile strength I may choose to pursue.  ‘Moral strength’ has a broader application than relating to a single area alone (… important as...

more powerfully applied

My last post on Thursday of this week ended with this thought:’There are many things I can counsel with him, since he is willing to be that close and engaged friend. Why would He want to be so personally involved in my daily decisions that I feel are trivial to...

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