Come What May

Come what may
We still will know peace
Come what may
Our souls will then increase

Let our hearts
Be turned unto Thee
For life charts
A course that's challenging

Come what may
We will profit
We will say
That we love it

We'll be wise
When comes disaster
Though fear tries
Blessings are seen after

We'll endure
The nights dark shadows
For we're sure
We've brighter tomorrows

Come what may
We will profit
We will say
That we love it

We'll not moan
On trails to Zion
We're God's own
And we shall soon triumph

With life's peaks
The heart grows heavy
But God speaks
And brings strength from heaven

Come what may
We will profit
We will say
That we love it

The birds sing
Come now and listen
As bells ring
Come let your eyes glisten

When we're caught
And seized by trials
It's but ought
The wheel of life's dials

Come what may
We will profit
We will say
That we love it

Know each tear
That clouds up today
Soon will clear
Unto a joyous day

We shall seek
For life eternal
We'll be meek
With peace that's internal

Come what may
We will profit
We will say
That we love it

God does see
Beyond- to success
And we'll be
Strengthened though we've distress

For each loss
He will compensate
When we cross
Beyond what comes of late

Come what may
We will profit
We will say
That we love it

Elder Wirthlin
Come What May, And Love It
Ensign, November 2008, 26

The words came to me
after choir practice
with Once In Royal David's City
still playing in my mind

Religious Freedom Day

It takes a leap of faith
To create a nation strong
Good morals are needed to frame
A foundation of right and wrong

I give my thanks today
For the freedom of religion
That I have the choice to pray
And choose a church I believe in

To those who paid the price
And against tyranny did fight
I give thanks they'd sacrifice
For each inalienable right

With the Bill of Rights declared
Our country could expand
Through each suffrage shared
Liberty's now established to each hand

In each instance it took faith
Through God given convictions
To stand up and face
Limitations and restrictions

Without Martin Luther King
How could all men unite?
Without women following
How could each enjoy freedom's light?

Without Charlie Kirk's words

That opened space for dialogue

How can differences be heard

To debate and right what's wrong

For, in the image of God each has worth
No matter our age, sex, size, or race
From conception these rights give birth
Divinely given to embrace

True religion and good morals
are the only solid foundations
of public liberty's happiness
Continental Congress 1778

This song is dedicated to Martin Luther, also, Who made the scriptures available.  I chose the waldzither- a Renaissance-era musical instrument to carry the song.  Many called it a Lutherzither because Martin Luther was also a musician.

The Thinning

Your skin ages with you

It tells where you've been

It shows what's within, too

And the old scars are seen

Too, the veil becomes thin

Life's departure, man's fate

With the deceased to begin

A new journey awaits

Pray it be with the Lord

Unto glory beyond imagining

Received unto favor

In the temple receive a sampling

Settle Your Mind and Listen

Settle your mind
And with God's word think
Seek and you'll find
That spiritual link

The Light of Christ guides
Our conscience to do
The Holy Ghost resides
Testifying what's true

We have tools in place
All, with faith, that we need
Right before our face
If we listen and heed

When we know naught of peace or rest
We have the fullness of more
The priesthood to speak to us and bless
And we can go to the House of the Lord

A Man on a Hot Day Stood at the Crossroads

A man on a hot day
Stood at the crossroads
Questioning which way
He should go

The path of safety
He had always known
Where he tread safely
To and fro

But on this day
He was tired and weak
And the shady way
He did seek

He knew of the lion
But did not care
His instincts he'd rely on
To get him there

The first day this was true
For the lion had been full
But by the day after two
He waited with drool

Then it wasn't long
That the man was taught
The lion proved strong
And he was caught

That was the end
Of a man I knew
He'd been a friend
And a smart one too

clip art by John Olson

[Verse 1] A man on a hot day Stood at the crossroads Questioning which way He should go The path of safety He had always known Where he tread safely To and fro [Chorus] At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? [Verse 2] But on this day He was tired and weak And the shady way He did seek He knew of the lion But did not care His instincts he'd rely on To get him there [Chorus] At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? [Bridge] The first day this was true For the lion had been full But by the day after two He waited with drool Then it wasn't long That the man was taught The lion proved strong And he was caught [Final Chorus] At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? At the crossroads At the crossroads Which way will you go? [Outro] That was the end Of a man I knew He'd been a friend And a smart one too

Increase Your Faith

Questions come that threaten

Your foundation of faith

Remember all you've been given

Ask God to increase your strength

Study, prayer and service

This is the path to seek for truth

Conversion with purpose

Feeling God's love is your proof

Spirit to spirit

From my heart to yours

His love does confirm

As it warmly outpours

Someone comes at you

Citing scriptures on end

Leaks in our history

Pinning doubts on events

They preach their slogans

Intellectually

The "know its" of man's notions

Not spiritually

Their quest's rational

Without the spirit and prayer

They're not inspirational

Applying not service and care

They have prepared a meal

To lure you away

But the Spirit does heal

So increase your faith

Defend light and truth, but with faith

Give up the need to be right

With those grown distant in debate

Seek God's word, His love, His light

Always remember

Whose job it is to convince

Always the spirit

To those with open minds, hence

Verse 1] Questions come that threaten Your foundation of faith Remember all you've been given Ask God to increase your strength Study, prayer and service This is the path to seek for truth Conversion with purpose Feeling God's love is your proof [Pre-Chorus] Spirit to spirit From my heart to yours His love does confirm As it warmly outpours [Chorus] Increase your faith Increase your faith Defend light and truth Give up the need to be right Increase your faith Increase your faith Seek God's word, His love, His light (Your faith) (Your faith) [Verse 2] Someone comes at you Citing scriptures on end Leaks in our history Pinning doubts on events They preach their slogans Intellectually The know its of man's notions Not spiritually [Pre-Chorus] Their quest's rational Without the spirit and prayer They're not inspirational Applying not service and care [Chorus] Increase your faith Increase your faith Defend light and truth Give up the need to be right Increase your faith Increase your faith Seek God's word, His love, His light (Your faith) (Your faith) [Bridge] They have prepared a meal To lure you away But the Spirit does heal So increase your faith Always remember Whose job it is to convince Always the spirit To those with open minds, hence [Final Chorus] Increase your faith Increase your faith Defend light and truth Give up the need to be right Increase your faith Increase your faith Seek God's word, His love, His light With those grown distant in debate (Increase your faith) (Your faith)

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slogan meaning/ origin:   It is made up of the Scottish Gaelic word sluagh, meaning "army," and ghairm, meaning "call, cry." 

Jane Manderscheid Wadsworth

 ·

It is not our job/work to debate, try to convince or convert anyone-

that is the work of the Holy Spirit.

Our work is to invite and show/share the reason for our faith & beliefs and where & how to find more of what we believe to see the truth for themselves -

ComeUntoChrist.org

And then may we suggest for them to ask God, in sincere prayer (with an open mind and willing/ready to act on His answers) ---with reading Bible scriptures and including the BofM.

-- We may use some time to share/give evidence for our belief/faith *if* people are open minded and respectful

(not calling names or trampling pearls etc)

---otherwise it is

best not to waste our time.

God bless us all with whatever we need most.

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1 Nephi 8 And Here We'll Stay By the Tree- I wish for someone try write this for a video with four voices

Narrator one- mists- wandered off lost

I pressed forward to obtain the path

That led unto the tree I saw

Where stood a man, a prophet of God

Imparting of the Word He hath

But mists arose, I wandered off

And became lost to what I’d had

And what a cost, an unspeakable cost

I lost insight, temptation's bad!

Narrator two- partook, ashamed fell away

As mists arose, I caught a rod

And pressed forward clinging to reach

The tree! What fruit!  The love of God!

Freely available to each!

I looked about.  I heard some scoff

Raised up.  Just off.  In pride to teach

And what a cost, an unspeakable cost

I fell away, so quick to heed

 Narrator three- partook and stayed

I too pressed on and caught the rod

I’d not wander or fall away

So determined that I would stay

And heed but words that came from God

I reached the tree, fell down to pray

And covenanted on holy sod

To partake of that fruit always

What tree! What fruit! What love from God!

Narrator four- followed others, drowned, rescued by the haughty

Directionless, I felt my way

Like the others ahead, around

Along a road, It must be safe

But, it was not for many drowned

I with the flow saw what was great

A spacious building.  I had been found!

They dressed me up.  I laughed, pointing to say

"You’re missing out.  Come to high ground!"

Narrator one

This lofty place where all is well

I was content. How can it be?

That I’m now sad, my heart empty

For, I lost it all…in pride I fell

Narrator two

Contemplating, hungering still

My soul.  I came unto myself

The commandments.  What was God’s will?

I soon taught you. (1) We sought God’s help.

Narrator three

You found a friend (4) searching for more

The three of you sought out the tree

To meekly pray, repent, implore

And that was when you came to me

Narrator four

The mists parted I came to see

All I had done.  How my heart tore

I’d laughed at you to mock and scorn

The Lord is all I now search for

And here I’ll stay. Here at the tree

all

And Here we'll stay.  Here at the tree