aug 6 - alma 9-10.
alma and amulek prophesy to the people.
alma 9:18-25 alma reminds the people of how many times the Lord has saved them and their fathers. he reminds them that even though they are hard hearted and wicked, that God has sent an angel and prophets to redeem them.
we have ancient and modern prophets that continually call us to repentance. the Lord holds out His arms continually. i know i sin every day but He still calls me to come back to Him and to rely on Him and He will help me even though i am weak. God always wants me to come back to Him. He just keeps picking us up, no matter how many times we fall on our backsides, He picks us up, dusts us off and helps us to keep going
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
alma 7-10 - heros
alma 7 - 10ish
david burton took this message from these chapters-
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1993/04/heroes?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1993/04/heroes?lang=eng
how can you liken these chapters to your own life?
alma 5 - modern day wolves
alma 5 : 60 And now I say unto you that the good shepherd doth call after you; and if you will hearken unto his voice he will bring you into his fold, and ye are his sheep; and he commandeth you that ye suffer no ravenous wolf to enter among you, that ye may not be destroyed.
this picture of Jesus calling to me, beckoning me to come to Him, to come into His little circle is really beautiful.
the next sentence invoked pictures not of people but of things like the wolf of pride, the wolf of time thieves, the wolf of laziness. they are ravenous and the hole you try to fill in life with them will never be satisfied. i can't carry these wolves with me into the circle that Christ is calling me to be a part of.
alma 8 - he returned speedily
alma 8
alma and ammonihah
he returned speedily
have you ever felt the need to say something or do something for someone? have you ever felt that a person was not interested or ready for the gospel but felt impressed to do or say something anyway?
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1984/10/he-returned-speedily?lang=eng
alma and ammonihah
he returned speedily
have you ever felt the need to say something or do something for someone? have you ever felt that a person was not interested or ready for the gospel but felt impressed to do or say something anyway?
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1984/10/he-returned-speedily?lang=eng
alma 4 - priorities
alma 4
alma leaves the judgement seat in order to give more attention to the gospel. it is important that we have priorities in our lives. i saw this while cruising the mormon channel and it came to mind when i thought about alma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkWc_EKLs4E&feature=youtu.be
alma leaves the judgement seat in order to give more attention to the gospel. it is important that we have priorities in our lives. i saw this while cruising the mormon channel and it came to mind when i thought about alma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkWc_EKLs4E&feature=youtu.be
alma 1 - priestcraft vs. charity
alma 1
nehor comes on the scene, kills gideon and is executed for his crimes. priestcrafts spread, as does the charity of the faithful.
nehor comes on the scene, kills gideon and is executed for his crimes. priestcrafts spread, as does the charity of the faithful.
i found a couple videos that fit with the reading in alma 1. this one spoke to things happening in our time. without pointing fingers or naming names, beware of false prophets.
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2012-08-1465-beware-of-false-prophets?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2012-08-1465-beware-of-false-prophets?lang=eng
compare the thought process of nehor to the people of the church. nehor set himself up to be popular. the people of the church were equal, they helped each other.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
the footstool story
when i was 18, i met my father for the first time. one of the first stories he told me was of the footstool. he made me a small footstool for a necklace and i wore it for a long time. although the necklace has been lost to moving and time, the story has stuck with me. i prefer the memory since it is the only one of the two i can take with me.
the story goes something like this - (it has been a few years since i heard the story so the details may be off but the gist is the same) -
every night my dad would need to get up in the middle of the night. you know how that goes. well, he tried to not wake the house full of kids and wife, so he didn't turn on the light. this would normally be great and not a problem. he knew where the furniture was. certainly a man can navigate his own home in the dark, right?
yes, unless you have kids. the kids were pretty good about the toys, but there was this little footstool that was just the perfect height. it was great for climbing up, sitting down, hopping over, driving cars under. everything! that meant that it got used a lot. that means it was never in the same place twice. so, as my dad would carefully and quietly make his way through the house . . .thump! found the footstool with his toe, banged into it with his ankle or just tripped over the darn thing. . . e v e r y night.
you would think that at some point he would turn on a light, get a flashlight, light a candle, something. no! this was becoming a matter of pride! this was war! he was bound and determined to get through the house without the stool beating him! it's just a footstool, right? right!
night after night, my dad stubbornly stubbed his toe. then, he finally decided that his toe was more important than his pride. toes tend to hurt more than pride after a while. he turned on a light. the funny thing is, by turning on the light, he won. his toes won!
it has always reminded me of how silly our pride, our competition, our stubbornness makes our lives harder, sometimes even painful. we work so hard at doing something the way we want to do it, that we miss the simple answer that will allow us to move forward.
look around, turn on the light and really look at what is causing you pain, what is it that is making your life harder than it really needs to be? what is it that just needs a little light?
the story goes something like this - (it has been a few years since i heard the story so the details may be off but the gist is the same) -
every night my dad would need to get up in the middle of the night. you know how that goes. well, he tried to not wake the house full of kids and wife, so he didn't turn on the light. this would normally be great and not a problem. he knew where the furniture was. certainly a man can navigate his own home in the dark, right?
yes, unless you have kids. the kids were pretty good about the toys, but there was this little footstool that was just the perfect height. it was great for climbing up, sitting down, hopping over, driving cars under. everything! that meant that it got used a lot. that means it was never in the same place twice. so, as my dad would carefully and quietly make his way through the house . . .thump! found the footstool with his toe, banged into it with his ankle or just tripped over the darn thing. . . e v e r y night.
you would think that at some point he would turn on a light, get a flashlight, light a candle, something. no! this was becoming a matter of pride! this was war! he was bound and determined to get through the house without the stool beating him! it's just a footstool, right? right!
night after night, my dad stubbornly stubbed his toe. then, he finally decided that his toe was more important than his pride. toes tend to hurt more than pride after a while. he turned on a light. the funny thing is, by turning on the light, he won. his toes won!
it has always reminded me of how silly our pride, our competition, our stubbornness makes our lives harder, sometimes even painful. we work so hard at doing something the way we want to do it, that we miss the simple answer that will allow us to move forward.
look around, turn on the light and really look at what is causing you pain, what is it that is making your life harder than it really needs to be? what is it that just needs a little light?
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