Very Fiber of the Kingdom
Yes, I know it is late. It is the first day of a new year, my routine has been messed with a little. But, I am getting up and out of bed to make sure I stick with what I know is important.
This week has been a wonderful week of learning and introspection. My thoughts have been on 2 Nephi 2:18-20, but I am not sure they have gone down a logical path that these verses would suggest. There are the normal thoughts that come to mind.
Misery loves company! Right? How many of us find comfort in being with others that are like us? How many of us would like others to make changes so that we can find and feel that comfort when we are with them? Isn't this the battle/war that has been going on for ever and ever?
Satan sees our potential, but knows that if we obtain it, we will not be comfortable doing the things he has done. He wants us to change.
The Lord sees our potential. He knows that if we obtain it, we will be comfortable in His presence, glory, and kingdom. He wants us to change.
The choice is ours.
Adam and Eve made a choice. At the time, they may have thought it was an easier choice, a logical choice, an answer to means that they wanted to achieve, or something like that. I am not sure. They were led to believe it would make them more like our Father in Heaven faster than the path they were currently on. Yes, because that is really what they wanted to be. But they were beguiled.
As a result, they were given path that would not be as easy to travel, but would get the where they wanted to be, if they were obedient. They wanted to be like our Father, but now they had to learn to be like Him.
How did that happen? Here we go, where my thoughts have been all week. Verse 20 - "..they brought forth children; yea, even the family of all the earth..."
Elder Cook said something in his talk during conference that has had me thinking about this all week. It is a quote from President Romney
This week has been a wonderful week of learning and introspection. My thoughts have been on 2 Nephi 2:18-20, but I am not sure they have gone down a logical path that these verses would suggest. There are the normal thoughts that come to mind.
Misery loves company! Right? How many of us find comfort in being with others that are like us? How many of us would like others to make changes so that we can find and feel that comfort when we are with them? Isn't this the battle/war that has been going on for ever and ever?
Satan sees our potential, but knows that if we obtain it, we will not be comfortable doing the things he has done. He wants us to change.
The Lord sees our potential. He knows that if we obtain it, we will be comfortable in His presence, glory, and kingdom. He wants us to change.
The choice is ours.
Adam and Eve made a choice. At the time, they may have thought it was an easier choice, a logical choice, an answer to means that they wanted to achieve, or something like that. I am not sure. They were led to believe it would make them more like our Father in Heaven faster than the path they were currently on. Yes, because that is really what they wanted to be. But they were beguiled.
As a result, they were given path that would not be as easy to travel, but would get the where they wanted to be, if they were obedient. They wanted to be like our Father, but now they had to learn to be like Him.
How did that happen? Here we go, where my thoughts have been all week. Verse 20 - "..they brought forth children; yea, even the family of all the earth..."
Elder Cook said something in his talk during conference that has had me thinking about this all week. It is a quote from President Romney
"Service
is not something we endure on this earth so we can earn the right to live in
the celestial kingdom. Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in
the celestial kingdom is made."
What greater place to learn to serve than with family.
There is my thought. I know that my family is my greatest accomplishment. It is through family that I learn to be more like my Father than any other method. I love His plan.
Now on with the week:
It has been a wonderful week. The Queen did lots of training, but that was just work. Out side of work, we attended a wedding together, spent a great deal of time with family, and picked up a family member who has been out and about for the last 2 years. We have spent the past few days getting re-acquainted.
The Professor has been doing her best to be productive. She has been a little under the weather. Knowing that she is going back to long days in the classroom soon has not helped much, but she will make it.
Tall Man and Ehl-Bo have been working hard that the theater. They joined us for belated Christmas and New Year's traditions. It has been good to catch up with them. Ehl-Bo has been under the weather as well. We hope she is finally kicking it.
Puddin came home. It has been a roller coaster of activities since he stepped off the plane. We have scrambled in preparation of catching up with family and done out best to take each day of re-acclamation one day at a time. There have been the Awkward Ostrich moments, but not many. We still a large mix of Spanglish, but we don't anticipate that to go away any time soon. We look forward to learning and sharing more as time move on.
That is about it for this week. It is late. I need to go to bed. Let's make it a great year!
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