Ice Storm Wedge

[Verse 1] A faller's wedge placed in a tree Remained where it ought not to be. The branches grew and swelled around. And then one night without a sound- An ice storm weighed the burdened trunk. And down the branches went- kerplunk. [Verse 2] Some feelings hurt and trouble so. But, to others they do not know. It festers much and builds inside, Though how hard one might try to hide. Till one day it resurfaces. And lays more blame with purposes. [Chorus] A hidden wedge, long ago Has pierced my heart and claimed my growth A hidden wedge, long ago But I can let it go A burden shared is always best We solve hurts, lay them to rest A burden shared is always best And life was meant to be enjoyed [Verse 3] Where it can canker easily. Imagined hurts and jealousy Must be resolved, and then destroyed, For life was meant to be enjoyed. [Bridge] The enemy becomes a friend. When we forgive there is an end. We close the gap, we sort it out. That's what life is truly about! [Chorus] A hidden wedge, long ago Has pierced my heart and claimed my growth A hidden wedge, long ago But I can let it go A burden shared is always best We solve hurts, lay them to rest A burden shared is always best And life was meant to be enjoyed

The Peril of Hidden Wedges
4–9, Jul 2007, Thomas S. Monson,
“The Peril of Hidden Wedges, ” Ensign

Settle Down

There is power in each thought.
When you would to blow your top
Settle down to your heart
And open up to be taught.

Rest in the Lord

Live the life sure to please

And from anger cease

Rest in the Lord and wait 

Patiently in peace

Psalms 37:4 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Psalm 37. David counsels, Trust in the Lord and do good—Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him—Cease from anger and forsake wrath—The meek will ...

Course Correction

The world is heading the wrong direction
When there is anger, outrage, and fear
Living God's laws makes the correction
For we return to where He is near

As Contention Departs

As contention departs
We feel the love of God
Melt into our hearts
And replace what has gone

Then through this forsaking
There is a newness of life
A spiritual reawakening
Without the barriers of strife

Always step aside
And ask for things to pause
When emotions override
We fight with frightened claws

Thus, when; higher thinking
Becomes compromised
Synapses start shrinking
And transmitters cannot bind

Wait for this to pass
To allow again the bond
That was meant to last
Where the heart and God is found

There Was A Boy Known for His Outbursts

There was a boy
Known for his outbursts
Peace was destroyed
As this daily grew worse

The change... was slow
This pattern was ended
A hammer did show
How oft hate descended

With every episode
A nail was driven
This chore grew old
To, then, become seldom

On every day of peace
A nail was pulled out
Ever this did please
As love... grew more about

But...to see the fence
Is a sure reminder
Scars do remain....hence
When one could have been kinder

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School Thy Feelings

School Thy Feelings
Oh, my brother
Unto healing
Like no other

Cease from anger
Forsake wrath
Let it be a stranger
Stay on the Lord's path

Can one be mad...and not sin?
Let not the sun go down
Upon what storms inside
Then comes the dawn: bright, safe , and sound

Psalms 37:8
School Thy Feelings, Hymn 336 Elder Charles W. Penrose

Let not disputationss
Enter your heart
For contention stations
That daggers impart

The strike comes quickly
When frustrations rise
Be not one sickly
But one who humbly cries

Because of an Offence

Because of an offence
I was much puffed up in pride
Unto building a tall fence
To see naught the other side

And fumbling in the darkness
I stepped off our good Lord's rock
While ignoring a prick of sharpness
I hit a stumbling block

Then everywhere I turned
I found a deeper place to trip
That I remembered what I'd learned
And fear caused my heart to skip

For though I set off on my own
I'd neither strength nor light
This caused such humility I'd never known
That... I heard a whisper in the night

I crawled through shadows in my shame
Not wanting to fall again
I cried out my Savior's name
And felt His grace descend

Then a bright light shown
On a narrow path to walk
I was not lost or alone!
In the distance was the rock!

There, I broke down the wall I'd built
And held a candle up to the sky
Then in gratitude I humbly knelt
And talked to God till morn was nigh

Suppress That

Suppress that anger and jealousy
Do not give in to the enemy
The spirit is injured as long chains grow
Till much of our liberty begins to go

The best inside of us can cave to entices
To a point we have virtues or we have vices
Our appetites are strengths that take us farther
Do not gormandize what comes from our Father

Hard drinks, each has an appetite for itself
Once deprived, it is an enemy to oneself
Healthy passions perpetuate joy and life
Prostitute them, you will soon have sin and strife

The whole lesson is that of subduing
To conquer pride will be our best doing
In our day of spiritual renaissance
There are established tools for best resistance

Surrender to God

In meekness and pain

He is all we've got

To become wholly sane

One of the three forms of temptations:
Temptation of the appetite or passion
my thoughts from reading
Pathways to Happiness
discourses of David O. McKay

Man Shall Not Smite

Man shall not smite
Nor should he judge
Man shall not fight
Nor should he grudge

The soul cankers
When we feel hate
It's an anchor
Of heavy weight

We're kept at bay
And can't progress
All that we say
Sounds one address

Who will rescue
To journey on?
With thoughts askew
One's often wrong

Trade that anchor
For a new one
Leave your anger
Call to the Son

He'll carry the load
Set you a drift
Direct your boat
And make it swift

When a storm comes
You'll still go far
As God becomes
Your guiding star

From shore to shore
And sea to sea
You're going towards
All you should be

Traces

My body bears traces of whom I'm yet to be
I can discover talents of divine quality
Then my Spirit will soar as I learn unique purpose
Though crossroads yield temptations- as Satan chases us

My body bears traces of what I was in my youth
Yet my Lord, He erases the pain of sin, this is truth
It's my Spirit that soars though there's disease, just the same
Pain and sorrow, He bears- when I cry out in His name

We must train up each child to be prepared for trials
With Celestial Self-Esteem one faces them with smiles
Through patience and long suff'ring we have much yet to learn
And, those distant traces cause us to strive and to yearn

Though we are forgiven, when we repent, the consequence can
still remain. We are free to make choices, we are not free to
choose the consequences. We must learn in our youth what ways
we will be tempted, how to resist evil, how to hold to the rod,
how to recognize the Spirit and have deep gratitude
for the atonement, how to repent, and how to forgive.

2Nephi 28:15,16, 20-22
1. Pride in our hearts (arrogance, self-centeredness, bragging).
2. False doctrines (false teachers, false religions).
3. Whoredoms (immorality, immodesty, lust, passions).
4. Reviling that which is good (mockery of God, religion, chastity, or marriage).
5. Anger at good (persecution of the righteous).
6. Carnal or worldly security (excessive desire for money or other worldly possessions).
7. Flattery (insincere praise).
8. Deception and lies (claiming there is no God, devil, sin, or hell)

Aaronic Priesthood Manual 3,
Lesson 5: “How Art Thou Fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer”