In God's Hands

 Resting in the Lord When I was a little girl I remember thinking  God was somehow large like this picture.  Perhaps in heaven we are small as infants   I believe that though God is powerful,  His body is very much like ours.  Yet there are times that when I need  His rest I feel that He is holding me  in the palms of His hand.   I sometimes wonder if the reason  Christ has marks in the palms of His hands  is because there is a fond rememance of  Him comforting us with His hands.

Jacob taught in Jacob 4:14 that the Jews were blinded because the were looking "beyond the mark". I have been guilty of this lately.  I have been so focused on future outcomes of my book and games that I have forgotten to focus on "the Mark" The beautiful thing about this is just realizing and making a course correction. Satan would have us get down on ourselves for making mistakes. On the other hand our Savior and Heavenly Father simply want us to notice and make the correction in our course. Please know that Heavenly Father and Jesus love you beyond measure and trust that you can get back onto the path if you feel you need to make that course correction. In October 2023 General Conference, Elder David A Bednar said  " Each of us should evaluate our temporal and spiritual priorities sincerely and prayerfully to identify the things in our lives that may impede the bounteous blessings that Heavenly Father and the Savior are willing to bestow upon us. And surely

  This morning I was reflecting on an experience I had twelve weeks ago.  Because of the drugs I had been taking I truly believed that the time had come for the second coming of the Lord. At first I was afraid for my husband. I thought that I would be taken up and he would be not make it and we would be separated for Eternity.  But as I witnessed how much he loved me that fear subsided. Then my thoughts went to: "How ready are YOU?" The truthful answer surprised me. I started looking around at what my life was like and realized how much of my life was in disorder and how much I had strayed from where I knew I should be. I realized that slowly I had gotten off course and was amazed at how far I had gotten. If the Savior came tomorrow to have the angels call his elect, would you be among them? Is there anything in your life that would stop you from feeling worthy? I do feel that the Second Coming is a lot closer than some of us realize. Because of the experience I had I feel I

  John Parry  1789-1868 John Parry's Granddaughter was Elizabeth Williams. Her Granddaughter was Agatha Newton (My Grandmother). He was from Wales and the first Choir Conductor. He was also a master stonecutter that worked on the Salt Lake and Logan Temples All this I have know from my childhood. What I didn't know was about who he was before joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Today I learned about a deeper legacy. "Mr. Parry was one of the main founders and pillars of Campbellism in Wales, and many of the churches he planted accepted his advice as a father..." "No doubt it will cause great happiness that Mr. John Parry (formerly of Newmarket), his three sons, and his wife.... have become subjects of the kingdom of the living God" "... now Mr. Parry sees (as everyone sees who comes through the same door into the same divine kingdom) the difference between doing the best they can and believing they are right, and the certainty he re

This week's Come Follow Me invited us to take Psalms 119 which has 176 verses and focus on the verses with the words walk, path, way, feet and wander. As I did this I was reminded of an experience that I have had a couple of months ago. I am finding it more and more challenging to navigate in the dark. I had gotten lost in the dark and I believed that the car was having engine problems so I parked it next to the Auto part store on the corner of 36th West and 54th South and told myself I knew my way home from there. Instead of staying in the main roads I decided to go through the subdivision. It didn't take long for me to realized that I was lost again. The streets were dark and becoming scary but then I prayed and I felt that a light was before me. 15. I will meditate in thy precepts and have respect unto thy ways 27. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wonderous works. 30,  I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgements have I laid before me.

  As we talked today about the Joy of Daily Repentance today at Relief Society, it reminded me of Psalm 19:12-13 12 Who can understand his errors? Cleanse Thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous acts; let them not have dominion over me; then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgressions.  This Psalm of David talks about "secret faults" and "presumptuous acts".  I believe he was talking about the faults we are not seeing in ourselves and those acts that we fail to recognize as inappropriate. I remember in one of my child development classes from BYU stating that parents make about 12 statements a day that have a negative impact on their children without even being aware. Words can hurt and we don't even realize it. I love the idea of starting each day by asking our Heavenly Father. "Have I hurt any of your children unaware?" "How can I repent from that?" If we wait until the end o