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Last summer my wife and I were driving home from a wonderful vacation. We had just spent 10 days on the beautiful island of Guam. We were tired from the flying and were excited to get home. We just needed to make the four-hour drive from Salt Lake City to St George Utah. My wife calls our two boys at home to warn them that they have four hours to get the house clean! Our youngest tell his mom “The house is really warm – I’m not sure the Air Conditioner is working
Nephi and his family had been traveling in the wilderness for eight years. They finally get to a nice place with water, trees, ocean, and food! There was so much bounty there they called it Bountiful! Nephi rests up for a while, then is called to the mountains for a talk with the Lord, wherein the Lord commands him to build a ship!
He continued, “As a bishop I am always wanting those confessing transgressions in my office to feel the love of the Savior in relation to his infinite Atonement, but I also want them to feel the weight, or godly sorry, for what they have done.”
Over the past few months I’ve had multiple conversations on the differences between a Sin and a Transgression. After some studying, the following is what I’ve found. Elder Oaks Explains Elder Dallin H. Oaks explained the difference between sin and… Continue Reading →
When you are married you combine all aspects of your lives together. One of the most important aspects of being married to doing a budget (also knows as a family financial plan). Money is one of those things that we don’t like to talk about because it makes us uncomfortable.
Imagine the following. A young man going to see his Bishop. the Young man confesses to his Bishop about how he has viewed pornography a few times over the past few months. This young man promises to stop. The first thing the Bishop does is to have him stop taking the sacrament (and helping prepare/bless/pass )for a few weeks.
Picture in your mind having a five-dollar bill. Now, what could you do with that $5 bill? In and by itself, there isn’t a whole lot that $5 will get you. A cup of coffee at Starbucks? Maybe some fast food for lunch? Buy some gas to get you to work?
During this Christmas season, we have had many opportunities to reach out to help others #LightTheWorld. I have enjoyed reaching out. I had the opportunity to feed some random LDS Missionaries that I met in the LAX Airport one morning. I’ve visited with people and focused on others.
My goal is to continue to #LightTheWorld throughout the year. I hope you make the same goal!
On this Sabbath day we are reminded that we must watch and pray always.
Things that are precious to us we watch over. Children that are entrusted to us we watch and care for because they are precious to us. This same principal told to for our relationship with God.
Our relationship with God is the most precious thing that we have. When we spent time strengthening our relationship with God we are investing in ourselves to make our lives better and we become happier and more content.
Just as this prison stopped these people from having the freedoms that we enjoy, addiction is another (often times silent) prison. The loss of hope for the future is at times overwhelming. When you can’t see how anything could or would ever change, having anyone stop by for a visit is a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day.
If Christ were on the earth today, I believe he would be found helping people in the prison systems and addiction recovery systems.