Exercising is a journey not One and Done, for all.
Good Morning All -
I know I have been delinquent the past couple of weeks, but I will try to make amends today. I really don't have any excuse other than being lazy. I know there were times that I could have put myself in front of this screen and shared my thoughts, but family was around, I was on the road, I was not feeling it, and the list goes on and on. But enough of my short comings, let's see what I can share today.
Pondering the same for the last couple of weeks, yep due to being lazy.
Ether 12:7-9
"For it was by faith that Christ showed himself unto our fathers, after he had risen from the dead; and he showed not himself unto them until after they had faith in him; wherefore, it must needs be that some had faith in him, for he showed himself not unto the world."
"But because of the faith of men he has shown himself unto the world, and glorified the name of the Father, and prepared a way that thereby others might be partakers of the heavenly gift, that they might hope for those things which they have not seen."
"Wherefore, ye may also have hope, and be partakers of the gift, if ye will but have faith."
Let's do a little context here. Some get confused that we are reading the book of Ether, which was written hundreds of years before even Moses. How can he be writing about the faith of men after Christ's death?
Remember that Mormon is abridging Ether's documents. He is so overwhelmed by the spirit that is testifying to him as he reads Ether's words, that he has to bear testimony of these truths.
Christ did not show himself to everybody, even among his apostles and disciples. Remember the story to Thomas? As I read this verse, my thoughts are taken to Thomas. He had served with Christ. He had walked with him. He had seen the miracles Christ performed. He had gone out among his own people to teach the words he had heard from Christ. He went about testifying of the miracles he had seen. He had been given the priesthood power to perform similar miracles as he preached the gospel of Jesus Christ, and yet, he had doubts. His faith wavered after Christ's crucifixion. Even after his fellow apostles testified that they had seen the risen Christ, he had questions. Christ did not show himself unto him until he had started sparking and re-kindling his faith. Thomas had to repent, not of evilness or sin, but repent of his lack of applying faith. Once he did, Christ was able to show himself unto Thomas.
Do we see Christ in our lives? Do we make Him a part of our lives that we may see Him? Are we applying our faith?
I know that His gospel in on the earth. He stands ready to show Himself unto us as we apply our faith, even in the smallest of ways. We just need to do something. This is the way that He and our Father have prepared that we might be partakers. The path is simple. The path is clear. Yet, as I have learned this week, easy to miss. It is easy to be lazy. It is easy to procrastinate. It is easy to make excuses, even when doing the simplest of tasks. But I promise that you will see Him in your lives when you exercise that small grain of faith each time you kneel in prayer, open a book of scripture, ponder upon a verse or two, make adjustments to better align ourselves with what we are learning and what the Holy Spirit whispers to us. When we exercise faith to believe, then hope, and then act; then we will know, see, and receive.
Our travel log or mine:
The past couple weeks have been crazy. Two weeks ago, I spent most of my time traveling to and from the Sunshine State. It felt like I spent just as much time getting there and back as I did in the state. And while I was there, we did everything to capitalize on each passing moment as best as we could. There were early mornings, late nights, and lots of in between.
Last week I was here and there and back again. I have a feeling that next week is going to be the same.
Even though I was not here to celebrate my Mother on her actual birth date, I did make it home in time to celebrate her jointly with the Queen. As usual, I made the celebration of her week "cheesy", but I hope that she knows how much I value her in my life. It was good to have all of our children in one place to celebrate.
This past week, the Queen has finished her last week of training and will start practicing what she has learned next week. I look forward to hearing of her new adventures.
In these two weeks, the Professor has tracked off. This week was spent planning, catching up on technical things she has missed, doing pay backs, and reading. We will see what the weeks to come will bring.
Tall Man and Ehl-Bo continue their adventures. Tall Man has been cast for another performance, he says the last before the new player joins the team. Ehl-Bo has found a even medium and is enjoying the ability to do more. We had fun bowling with them a couple weekends ago.
Puddin and Lady Hawkins jetted down to spend the weekend celebrating the Queen with us. Those small moments always seem to go by faster than we want. We are waiting to hear about any acceptances that should be coming soon.
SnackPack has had a couple weeks of instruction from various venues. He also jets in and out too quickly, but the time is well worth it. We are glad for his safety after tragedy hit close to his apartment this week. Lock downs have been lifted and his is a free bird again. We understand he took an adventure up north this weekend. We look forward to the reports.
There you have it. We are caught up. On to the next adventure.
I know I have been delinquent the past couple of weeks, but I will try to make amends today. I really don't have any excuse other than being lazy. I know there were times that I could have put myself in front of this screen and shared my thoughts, but family was around, I was on the road, I was not feeling it, and the list goes on and on. But enough of my short comings, let's see what I can share today.
Pondering the same for the last couple of weeks, yep due to being lazy.
Ether 12:7-9
"For it was by faith that Christ showed himself unto our fathers, after he had risen from the dead; and he showed not himself unto them until after they had faith in him; wherefore, it must needs be that some had faith in him, for he showed himself not unto the world."
"But because of the faith of men he has shown himself unto the world, and glorified the name of the Father, and prepared a way that thereby others might be partakers of the heavenly gift, that they might hope for those things which they have not seen."
"Wherefore, ye may also have hope, and be partakers of the gift, if ye will but have faith."
Let's do a little context here. Some get confused that we are reading the book of Ether, which was written hundreds of years before even Moses. How can he be writing about the faith of men after Christ's death?
Remember that Mormon is abridging Ether's documents. He is so overwhelmed by the spirit that is testifying to him as he reads Ether's words, that he has to bear testimony of these truths.
Christ did not show himself to everybody, even among his apostles and disciples. Remember the story to Thomas? As I read this verse, my thoughts are taken to Thomas. He had served with Christ. He had walked with him. He had seen the miracles Christ performed. He had gone out among his own people to teach the words he had heard from Christ. He went about testifying of the miracles he had seen. He had been given the priesthood power to perform similar miracles as he preached the gospel of Jesus Christ, and yet, he had doubts. His faith wavered after Christ's crucifixion. Even after his fellow apostles testified that they had seen the risen Christ, he had questions. Christ did not show himself unto him until he had started sparking and re-kindling his faith. Thomas had to repent, not of evilness or sin, but repent of his lack of applying faith. Once he did, Christ was able to show himself unto Thomas.
Do we see Christ in our lives? Do we make Him a part of our lives that we may see Him? Are we applying our faith?
I know that His gospel in on the earth. He stands ready to show Himself unto us as we apply our faith, even in the smallest of ways. We just need to do something. This is the way that He and our Father have prepared that we might be partakers. The path is simple. The path is clear. Yet, as I have learned this week, easy to miss. It is easy to be lazy. It is easy to procrastinate. It is easy to make excuses, even when doing the simplest of tasks. But I promise that you will see Him in your lives when you exercise that small grain of faith each time you kneel in prayer, open a book of scripture, ponder upon a verse or two, make adjustments to better align ourselves with what we are learning and what the Holy Spirit whispers to us. When we exercise faith to believe, then hope, and then act; then we will know, see, and receive.
Our travel log or mine:
The past couple weeks have been crazy. Two weeks ago, I spent most of my time traveling to and from the Sunshine State. It felt like I spent just as much time getting there and back as I did in the state. And while I was there, we did everything to capitalize on each passing moment as best as we could. There were early mornings, late nights, and lots of in between.
Last week I was here and there and back again. I have a feeling that next week is going to be the same.
Even though I was not here to celebrate my Mother on her actual birth date, I did make it home in time to celebrate her jointly with the Queen. As usual, I made the celebration of her week "cheesy", but I hope that she knows how much I value her in my life. It was good to have all of our children in one place to celebrate.
This past week, the Queen has finished her last week of training and will start practicing what she has learned next week. I look forward to hearing of her new adventures.
In these two weeks, the Professor has tracked off. This week was spent planning, catching up on technical things she has missed, doing pay backs, and reading. We will see what the weeks to come will bring.
Tall Man and Ehl-Bo continue their adventures. Tall Man has been cast for another performance, he says the last before the new player joins the team. Ehl-Bo has found a even medium and is enjoying the ability to do more. We had fun bowling with them a couple weekends ago.
Puddin and Lady Hawkins jetted down to spend the weekend celebrating the Queen with us. Those small moments always seem to go by faster than we want. We are waiting to hear about any acceptances that should be coming soon.
SnackPack has had a couple weeks of instruction from various venues. He also jets in and out too quickly, but the time is well worth it. We are glad for his safety after tragedy hit close to his apartment this week. Lock downs have been lifted and his is a free bird again. We understand he took an adventure up north this weekend. We look forward to the reports.
There you have it. We are caught up. On to the next adventure.
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