Resilience

Resilience- what is that?
The energy to rebound:
To recover and move past
Pain, as the atonement is found
Psychological resilience - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Psychological resilience is defined as an individual's ability to properly adapt to stress and adversity. Stress and adversity can come in the shape of family or ...

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Rebound - Merriam-Webster Online
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebound



Merriam‑Webster
to bounce back off something after hitting it. : to increase or improve after a recent decrease or decline. basketball : to catch the ball after a shot has missed going .

Love All People

Love all people
For just who they are
Let them sample
God's love is not far

The Milky Way

Spiral galaxy- The MilkyWay courtesy of NASA

Fly the milky way

Journey with the Lord

Build your faith each day

Let your spirit soar

Discover new precepts

Hold on fast and partake

The meatier subjects

To you soon will awake

Doctrine and Covenants 19:22

22 For they cannot bear meat now, but milk they must receive; wherefore, they ... but impart it freely to the printing of the Book of Mormon, which contains the truth ... pray vocally as well as in thy heart; yea, before the world as well as in secret,  ...

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Milk comes before meat in the Church—Men's works will be tried by fire—The Saints are the temple of God, and if they are faithful, they will inherit all things.

Jesus Tried by Caiaphas, Peter Denies Knowing Christ

They filed into the dark room one by one

For an untimely trial of God's own Son

His divine role quickly was denounced

As death for blasphemy too was pronounced



Christ spoke of what could not be denied

He for the truth would be crucified

While poor Peter stood not by the lamb

Denying three times the living I AM

de·nounce

diˈnouns/

verb

past tense: denounced; past participle: denounced

1. publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

   "the Assembly denounced the use of violence"

   synonyms:

   condemn, criticize, attack, censure, decry, revile, vilify, discredit, damn,reject; More

   • inform against.

     "some of his own priests denounced him to the King for heresy"

     synonyms:

     expose, betray, inform on; More

The Burst of Sunlight

The burst of sunlight after the rain 
Shows how clean the world can be. 
Through repentance we have much to gain. 
Through the Lord there is cleansing.

I left work just in time to see this!

Did You?

This song put tears to my eyes.



Did you die quickly?

Did you die clean?

Did you die fitly

In Christ, our King?



I am doing family search and there are so many men who have died in so many wars and it  is so sad to see the ones where the family line stops.  Generations could have been...

Care to Share

No one cares how much you know
Until they know how much you care
Give of yourself more to show
Love's a priority to share 

Standards

Keep God's laws
As your standards
Hell has jaws
Each choice matters

Standard - Merriam-Webster Online
a level of quality, achievement, etc., that is considered acceptable or desirable.standards : ideas about morally correct and acceptable behavior. : something that ...


Hell - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Scriptures ... abominable church founded by devil, that he might lead souls down tohell: 1 Ne. ... very jaws of hell shall gape open: D&C 122:7 . handcuffs, chains, shackles, and fetters of hell: D&C 123:8 . black deeds are enough to make hell  ...

What Has God Done For You?

A dismal man who had lost his faith
Challenged, "What has God done for you?"
And I being one who likes to pray
Replied, "He strengthens me anew"

Fear and hatred is no more
As peace and love fills my heart
Through Him, I can start over
Inspired... to do my part

This Nation

This nation
Is like no other
We station
To serve our brother

I keep thinking of the military who go into harms way are now setting up stations in the midst of Ebola.  I am so deeply touched.  How scary!

Be of Good Cheer

He felt useless and alone
With a death sentence near
The Lord came and made it known
Paul did have cause to cheer

Imagine that... the Lord near, praying for you, and blessing you! What could you not do through Christ who strengthens?

Alone?

This image was made by http://www.yourldsblog.com/2014/09/13/know/

Who feels alone
And why?
By Christ you're known
Pray...cry
For He does near
And feels
Each pain...each tear
And heals!
Oh, what comfort
What love
Comes from the Lord
Above

I saw a stranger walking along crying and I wish I thought to share this thought.  Pray- the comforter is real!

200 Years The Star Spangled Anthem

Two years into the war of 1812
The White House was seized and burned
With the President still alive and well
Our desire to strike back returned

The British were not please
Cut off, they retaliated
A kind doctor, in bed, was seized
The fighting, thus, escalated

Our government seeking to free
This elderly doctor and friend
Sent of two, (one Francis Scott Key)
To offer a prisoner exchange, in the end

A flag of truce was waved
To enter a British vessel
And the exchange was made
But, not till dawn due to the hassle

The battle that night was fierce
With combatants, each other pursuing
It would take sunshine to pierce
Through the smoke from the battle ensuing

Fort McHenry had little defense
Its large flag would tell it all
Through the night, nervous and tense
In the morning, how it stood tall!

Overcome by the sight, with much emotion
Key wrote most of the words to a song
As a patriot, expressing devotion
To our God, who had kept the land strong

He continued, more to write
As soon as they arrived ashore
A relative helped find the tune that night
Then it was handbilled for Baltimore

Now as our national anthem
It is sung as our flag is raised
As chests fill with pride often tears brim
With the words so powerfully praised

And as each lifts up their eyes
Unto the flag freely waving
Let us, too, look high to the skies
And give thanks to God for our saving

I love the fact that Francis Scott Key was an amateur poet (like me).
Who was better to write this than one trying to serve his country and bravely working negotiations to free an innocent and elderly man?
This banner, the largest battle flag in existence, measures 36 by 29 feet. It was made by Mrs. Mary Young Pickersgill and her two nieces for exactly $405.90. The material was cut at Mrs. Pickersgill's home, "No. 60 Albemarle Street, Old Town" (Pratt and Albemarle Streets, Baltimore), and carried to a nearby brewery, where it was sewed together in anticipation of the British attack on the fort.

Anyone know the history of this?
The Salt Lake Temple in 1897, draped with the U.S. flag used in the 1896 statehood celebration. Source: George Reed Collection, University of Utah.

To Fly in the Face of Providence

Fly in the Face of Providence | Infoplease.com

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Fly in the Face of Providence. (To). To act rashly, and throw away good opportunities; to court danger. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , E. Cobham ...

To fly in the face of providence
Is to get wrapped up in sin
To disavow warning's evidence
And seek the favor of men

Brushed Aside

We quickly brush aside

The pain of disaster
And the spirit our guide
As pride we seek after

Long forgotten, faith's labor
Like unto birthing a child
As to the world we seek favor
Till we're unclean and defiled

“We have a tendency to forget our pains quickly, even as does a mother when her child is born. Little is said even now about the Arizona floods, although the debris and broken bridges remain....
“It is possible to become so hardened that we brush aside the warning voice, and even forget our sufferings. Those who lost their homes and loved ones won’t easily forget, though, even if the general public does.
“Must the Lord speak in louder tones? Must He send greater disasters before we listen to His warning voice?
“How much does it take to waken us to a realization that God is real, that there is an end to His patience, and that the only true security in these troubled times is through obedience to the Most High? Why fly in the face of Providence?” (Church News, 21 June 1980, p. 12.)

Fly in the Face of Providence | Infoplease.com

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Fly in the Face of Providence. (To). To act rashly, and throw away good opportunities; to court danger. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , E. Cobham ...

To fly in the face of providence
Is to get wrapped up in sin
To disavow warning's evidence
And seek the favor of men

Let the Solemnity

Let the solemnity
Of all eternity
Rest upon your heart
As treasure to impart

Doctrine and Covenants 43: 34
  Hearken ye to these words. Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. Treasure these things up in your hearts, and let the solemnities of eternity rest upon your minds.

so·lem·ni·ty

səˈlemnitē/

noun

1. the state or quality of being serious and dignified.

   "his ashes were laid to rest with great solemnity"

   • a formal, dignified rite or ceremony.

     plural noun: solemnities

     "the ritual of the church was observed in all its solemnities"

Jesus Teaches a Samaritan Woman

Any well can go dry
And leave you thirsty still...
From living water, draw
In spirit and truth thrill!

Jesus Teaches about the Widow's Mites

The poor widow
Wise in her years
Knows to give, though
Poverty nears
She walks in faith
That prayers are heard
And receives strength
Through the Lord's word

The Lord Spares

The tares are in our midst
reveling in our pain.
They delight in all sins.
Our souls they wish to gain.

Oh, how we need to pray,
even for all the tares!
As then we receive strength
through the Lord who spares.

Book of Mormon Teacher Resource Manual Alma 59–63
Sometimes the Lord spares the wicked because of the prayers of the righteous (see Alma 62:40; see also Alma 10:22–23; Helaman 13:13–14).


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Mormon 3:1–8. The Lord spares the Nephites in battle to grant them the opportunity to repent, but they harden their hearts. Before class, write the following  ...

Unity of the Faith

The perfect bond of peace
Is centered upon Christ.
There's unity in place
As we serve and share His Light.

Beautiful scriptures from Paul as he was imprisoned- sharing light from a very dark place.

Be

Be a kind human
being, for real
Love is life's solution,
begin to heal

Being - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Being is an extremely broad concept encompassing objective and subjective features of reality and existence.

We gave up on television six years ago. I spend too much time on the computer and would like to challenge anyone to join me to unplug once a week. There was a day when people sat on a porch and just visited or read and listened to the sounds of nature. Imagine that!

The Perfect Bond of Peace

The perfect bond of peace
Is centered upon Christ
Where unto Him we place
Our darkness for His light

I had this thought while riding my bike. Wouldn't it be like Zion if we all strove to center our thoughts and actions on Christ...

The Comfort Zone

Cross that marked line-
Your comfort zone.
Follow Christ's Light;
You're not alone.

Listen

Listen more
And talk less
Heed the Lord
Who does bless

Released

How is it that a song

Can heal what is wrong?

Through emotions relived...

Pent up tears flow released

The Making of Where Are the Desks Part 1

The Making of Where Are the Desks Part 1



Is a desk a right?
Is it something to earn?
Here is some insight...
there's a message to learn!

Imagine a room void of desks and then one by one they are brought in by our soldiers who work so hard fighting for freedom.

Elizabeth Mueller Singing The National Anthem (6 yrs old)

May God bless America
for generations to come!
And grant us miracles
Like when our nation was won

Great job Elizabeth! 

Do You Pass the Israel Test?

Celebrate others 

in the good that they do. 

We are all brothers 

Arabs, Christians, and Jews

The Law of the Harvest

The law of the harvest
Is much more, you see
In life you are blessed
When you do good things

Our relationships, goals
Career paths, and more
Can spiritually grow
In the light of the Lord

Becoming Tender

How else do you become tender

Save through the bruising of pain?

Then empathy lights in splendor

Through charity unfeigned

The tears, they flow easily

Freed from walls of pretense

The heart warms more readily

For tender mercy is sensed

Use Your Elbow

Use your elbow
When you sneeze
For germs grow
And spread disease

Second week of school and we have two kids out....sick.

Jotta A Agnus Dei ♫ Hallelujah ♪ ♫

Out of the mouth of babes
Our hearts are touched and opened
Unto our Lord who saves
And gives us much to hope in

T I M E

It's quantity
Not quality
That children want
Then hearts are won

Time is all I need
In the home today
Mom and Dad and me
Every single day

Harsh Words

Harsh words, like daggers
Cut us right to the quick
Know patience matters
And your fights, you must pick

These are the moments
When you must pray hard
Refrain from comments
And anger, discard

Then...think
What would Jesus do?

Doctrine and Covenants 121:37 That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man.

41 No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned;

 42 By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy, and without guile—

 43 Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy;

 44 That he may know that thy faithfulness is stronger than the cords of death.

The Playbook

Surround yourself
With a great team
Volunteer, help,
And to the playbook, lean

The Simple Seven

Learn and do life's simple seven
As the way back towards Heaven
Doubly pray with your family and alone
As well as read the scriptures that the Savior might be known

Have Family Home Evening as a learning ground
So that in the home the spirit might abound
Attend the temple oft as well as weekly partake
Of the Lord's sacrament, where covenants you remake

The Simple Seven
1,2.  Pray as a family and individually
3,4. Read the scriptures as a family and individually
5. Hold Family Home Evening
6. Go to your church meetings
7. Go to the temple

Rise to the Temple

A cascading avalanche of evil

Threatens to engulf us all

Rise to the Lord's temple as God's people

And don't come down lest you fall

I found a pdf for inspiring the family towards the temple

52 Weeks of Inspiring Family History & Temple Service Quotes

sudweeksfamily.com/.../52-Weeks-of-Inspiring-Family-History-Quotes.p...

David A. Bednar, “The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn,” Ensign, November 2011 ....Mormon and (2) the words of Malachi foretelling the role of Elijah in the ..... “Many parents, in and out of the Church, are concerned about protection against a cascading avalanche of wickedness, which threatens to engulf the world.

The Calling of Callings

There is but one calling
Of which there is no release
Family is no small thing
So treasure your loved ones please

Yanked From the Stream of Life

Yanked from the stream of life
Into a cesspool of woe
I turned to Jesus Christ
What cleansing, I came to know!

Turning completely around is a 360 degree change.
There's actually a book that talks about making a full circle in your life for radical change.