Immersing Ourselves in the Water
Blessed Easter Sunday!
I hope and pray your week has been productive, enlightening, and filled with health, safety, and positive well being.
My week has been filled with 7 days of new adventures. I followed the lead from others and tried to focus on the good in the world and fill others with warm fuzzies. For the most part I was able to succeed, but I was amazed at how fast the warm fuzzies were sometimes destroyed and the effort I had to exert to bring them back. I encourage you to dwell on the good that is around you and the good you can do. It makes these days so much more bearable.
My verses of pondering this week seem to focus on baptism. I am sure you will notice a theme over the next several weeks, but my pondering has taken me to different levels and thoughts than those that are just expressed in word. Let's start:
2 Nephi 31:4-5
"Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spoken unto you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me, that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the sins of the world."
"And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!"
OK, I am stepping up on my soapbox. There is a word that seems to jump out to me every time I read it as of late. It is in this first verse: REMEMBER.
What does it mean to remember? What things do you remember? What is important to remember, good and bad? Why is it so important to remember?
Nephi wanted not only his people to remember, but us to as well. The only way we can remember his words are because he wrote them down.
In his time, he was asking his people to remember the things that he had spoken, but there is a lesson here. We cannot always rely on those things that were spoken when we are asked to remember. If I were to ask you what was spoken last weekend in conference, would you be able to say you remember it all? I am sure there were things that stood out and have continued to resonate in your mind throughout the week, but I don't think any of us can say we remember it all. Hence, we have the printed talks published for us, like the scriptures.
My soapbox? I think that we all have something worth sharing and remembering. Our lives, as mundane as we think they are, will be a source of strength and inspiration for those of future generations. Record them so others can benefit, now and in the future.
OK, off the soapbox.
As I have pondered the events of this Easter week, I have reflected a great deal on the Savior's willingness to take away the sins of the world, if we would give them too him to take away. When we are baptized in water, as he was, we are showing our willingness to be cleansed of our sins and have them taken away.
But it is not a one time event, as I mentioned last week. The baptism by immersion requires daily effort. Each week we have the opportunity to partake of the holy water emblems of the Sacrament. We should be committing to better immerse ourselves to this cleansing process throughout the week. We should remember the sacrifice He made in our behalf to help us be cleanses, and we ponder how we are doing with the conditions he set in doing so.
There are not many times in the scriptures that you will see an ! mark. This is one of them. As we partake of the water, are we acting on this ! mark?
Thoughts to ponder.
Our week -
The Queen started her first week of working nights. It has been a while since she has had to do so. It has been an adjustment for all of us here on the home front. She is doing her best to fill her mornings with productive things to do while we do the same at night while she is gone.
The Professor did her best to be productive during her Spring Break. It did not go as she originally planned to go. This quarantine thing is messing with her bucket list.
Tall Man stopped by a couple times this week. It was good to see him. We were grateful for the pictures and videos he shared of Ehl-Bo and Lego. We miss seeing them both. He has apply for a new position within his company. We are excited to here the outcome of it all.
Puddin and Lady Hawkins are making new adjustments as well with the shift in Puddin's days off. I am still trying to get used to when to call or text. We have been able to connect a couple times. I am glad they are being safe.
SnackPack continues to fight the cabin fever. He has exhausted several virtual gathering ideas the past few weeks, but couldn't take it anymore. He and a couple, not more than 10, escaped to the wilderness this weekend to breath in different air.
Oh and just so all are aware, our water has been tested and is as safe as it ever was, much to SnackPack's dismay. He hoping to gain some racoon night vision after drinking the radioactive water here in town.
I hope and pray your week has been productive, enlightening, and filled with health, safety, and positive well being.
My week has been filled with 7 days of new adventures. I followed the lead from others and tried to focus on the good in the world and fill others with warm fuzzies. For the most part I was able to succeed, but I was amazed at how fast the warm fuzzies were sometimes destroyed and the effort I had to exert to bring them back. I encourage you to dwell on the good that is around you and the good you can do. It makes these days so much more bearable.
My verses of pondering this week seem to focus on baptism. I am sure you will notice a theme over the next several weeks, but my pondering has taken me to different levels and thoughts than those that are just expressed in word. Let's start:
2 Nephi 31:4-5
"Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spoken unto you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me, that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the sins of the world."
"And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!"
OK, I am stepping up on my soapbox. There is a word that seems to jump out to me every time I read it as of late. It is in this first verse: REMEMBER.
What does it mean to remember? What things do you remember? What is important to remember, good and bad? Why is it so important to remember?
Nephi wanted not only his people to remember, but us to as well. The only way we can remember his words are because he wrote them down.
In his time, he was asking his people to remember the things that he had spoken, but there is a lesson here. We cannot always rely on those things that were spoken when we are asked to remember. If I were to ask you what was spoken last weekend in conference, would you be able to say you remember it all? I am sure there were things that stood out and have continued to resonate in your mind throughout the week, but I don't think any of us can say we remember it all. Hence, we have the printed talks published for us, like the scriptures.
My soapbox? I think that we all have something worth sharing and remembering. Our lives, as mundane as we think they are, will be a source of strength and inspiration for those of future generations. Record them so others can benefit, now and in the future.
OK, off the soapbox.
As I have pondered the events of this Easter week, I have reflected a great deal on the Savior's willingness to take away the sins of the world, if we would give them too him to take away. When we are baptized in water, as he was, we are showing our willingness to be cleansed of our sins and have them taken away.
But it is not a one time event, as I mentioned last week. The baptism by immersion requires daily effort. Each week we have the opportunity to partake of the holy water emblems of the Sacrament. We should be committing to better immerse ourselves to this cleansing process throughout the week. We should remember the sacrifice He made in our behalf to help us be cleanses, and we ponder how we are doing with the conditions he set in doing so.
There are not many times in the scriptures that you will see an ! mark. This is one of them. As we partake of the water, are we acting on this ! mark?
Thoughts to ponder.
Our week -
The Queen started her first week of working nights. It has been a while since she has had to do so. It has been an adjustment for all of us here on the home front. She is doing her best to fill her mornings with productive things to do while we do the same at night while she is gone.
The Professor did her best to be productive during her Spring Break. It did not go as she originally planned to go. This quarantine thing is messing with her bucket list.
Tall Man stopped by a couple times this week. It was good to see him. We were grateful for the pictures and videos he shared of Ehl-Bo and Lego. We miss seeing them both. He has apply for a new position within his company. We are excited to here the outcome of it all.
Puddin and Lady Hawkins are making new adjustments as well with the shift in Puddin's days off. I am still trying to get used to when to call or text. We have been able to connect a couple times. I am glad they are being safe.
SnackPack continues to fight the cabin fever. He has exhausted several virtual gathering ideas the past few weeks, but couldn't take it anymore. He and a couple, not more than 10, escaped to the wilderness this weekend to breath in different air.
Oh and just so all are aware, our water has been tested and is as safe as it ever was, much to SnackPack's dismay. He hoping to gain some racoon night vision after drinking the radioactive water here in town.
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