No Confusion For Contention- Just Peace

 Each separate, yet acting as one

In purpose, in teaching, and in love

Heavenly Father

His Son 

and the Holy Ghost 

a visiting /soul dwelling host?

When Jesus rose, baptized, from the water,

The Holy Spirit descended like a dove

And God sounds from above, "This is my beloved Son!"

Man made in God's image

Can be convert and baptized, also

We can pray in Jesus' name 

The Spirit confirms this so

The bible reconfirms this also

When the first martyr looked up and saw 

Jesus standing at the right hand of God

Jesus taught and testified of Him

 He said, "I am come to do the Father's will"

And that, "My Father is greater than I!"

I ascend unto my Father

to my God and your God

The perfect Son, obeys and honors

The eternal Heavenly Father

Too Jesus asks of us

To be one, united, all

Even as He is with God

In purpose, righteous

one in mind

one in will

one in purpose

Peace. Be still

No contention

No confusion

Just connection

Just submission

With life eternal

God's plan for all

And as a second witness

In a grove of tree

Jesus prayed , with questions

And He saw, gloriously

The Holy Spirit filling the sky with light

The Father and the son

distinctly, standing unitedly

The Father speaking with approval

As the Son obeys and performs God's will

Too Jesus asks of us

To be one, united, all

Even as He is with God

In purpose, righteous

one in mind

one in will

one in purpose

Peace. Be still

No contention

No confusion

Just connection

Just submission

With life eternal

God's plan for all

https://x.com/justin_hart/status/2065138871827063075?s=20

Under God Always

 

[Verse 1]

We.... who live in freedom today Remember those so brave Who believe in the American way Our sovereign rights to save The greatest act that one can do Is to do what's hard, but right To face their fears and enemies too And be steadfast in the fight [Pre-Chorus] If we were ever to forget Life's lessons would be gone But a patriot's heart will never let The lapse of freedom's song [Chorus] Dear veterans how we thank you Dear veterans how we thank you We need you still today Help us remember and renew Help us remember and renew Our pledge under God always [Verse 2] Thus in the season where colors fall And families gather near Let us also pay tribute to honor's call And thank our veterans dear Their steady hands, their brave, hard years Their names we do not forget Through every hope and every tear We lift the same sun yet [Pre-Chorus] If we were ever to forget Life's lessons would be gone But a patriot's heart will never let The lapse of freedom's song [Chorus] Dear veterans how we thank you Dear veterans how we thank you We need you still today Help us remember and renew Help us remember and renew Our pledge under God always [Bridge] When the table's set and prayers rise And children learn your names We hold these truths before our eyes And guard the holy flame [Final Chorus] Dear veterans how we thank you Dear veterans how we thank you We need you still today Help us remember and renew Help us remember and renew Our pledge under God always

Your Own Handcart

 [Verse 1]

Push your handcart towards light With all your heart, mind, and might Along the trail others mock Still, all is well Keep on. Walk. [Pre-Chorus] Push your handcart Press on. Pray. True standards chart the Lord's way Show fortitude The path's sure [Chorus] Push your handcart Push your handcart Have gratitude and endure Push your handcart Keep on now Still, all is well, that's sure [Verse 2] Through the snow The frozen streams Your faith show grow Beyond your dreams When your knees feel worn and thin You lift again [Pre-Chorus] Push your handcart Press on. Pray. True standards chart the Lord's way Show fortitude The path's sure [Chorus] Push your handcart Push your handcart Have gratitude and endure Push your handcart Keep on now Still, all is well, that's sure [Bridge] Through the snow You do not fold The road gets hard Your heart stays bold Beyond your dreams You see it clear The path's sure Keep moving here [Final Chorus] Push your handcart Push your handcart Have gratitude and endure Push your handcart Keep on now Still, all is well, that's sure

Elder Dallin H. Oaks https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/no-other-gods?lang=eng

“There are many political and social pressures for legal and policy changes to establish behaviors contrary to God’s decrees about sexual morality and contrary to the eternal nature and purposes of marriage and childbearing. These pressures have already authorized same-gender marriages in various states and nations. Other pressures would confuse gender or homogenize those differences between men and women that are essential to accomplish God’s great plan of happiness.
“Our understanding of God’s plan and His doctrine gives us an eternal perspective that does not allow us to condone such behaviors or to find justification in the laws that permit them. And, unlike other organizations that can change their policies and even their doctrines, our policies are determined by the truths God has identified as unchangeable.

“In this determination we may be misunderstood, and we may incur accusations of bigotry, suffer discrimination, or have to withstand invasions of our free exercise of religion. If so, I think we should remember our first priority–to serve God–and, like our pioneer predecessors, push our personal handcarts forward with the same fortitude they exhibited.”“Our twelfth article of faith states our belief in being subject to civil authority and ‘in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.’But man’s laws cannot make moral what God has declared immoral. Commitment to our highest priority–to love and serve God–requires that we look to His law for our standard of behavior. For example, we remain under divine command not to commit adultery or fornication even when those acts are no longer crimes under the laws of the states or countries where we reside. Similarly, laws legalizing so-called ‘same-sex marriage’ do not change God’s law of marriage or His commandments and our standards concerning it. We remain under covenant to love God and keep His commandments and to refrain from serving other gods and priorities–even those becoming popular in our particular time and place.

Frozen Handcarts

Verse 1] Fear and dire situation Led to the awful needs Bringing out the worst in them The Donner Party deeds Knowing food could have saved this party Edward Martin led the late company The handcarts were loaded up with food To share as an entire group [Pre-Chorus] Starvation looked them in the face Soon, the journey became a race The Winter was setting in Could they conquer and win? [Chorus] Frozen handcarts, hold on tight Frozen handcarts through the white Starving in the snow Still they had to go Frozen handcarts, hold on tight [Verse 2] Along the trail some died Frozen sleeping side by side The wind kept taking names And the sky kept the blame Starving in the snow With their hope still aglow Boots bit through the crust Each step carved out of dust [Pre-Chorus] Starvation looked them in the face Soon, the journey became a race The Winter was setting in Could they conquer and win? [Chorus] Frozen handcarts, hold on tight Frozen handcarts through the white Starving in the snow Still they had to go Frozen handcarts, hold on tight [Bridge] Then the rescue came like a dream Through the snow they saw the team Fed, on frozen feet they walked on To Zion it would not be long [Final Chorus] Frozen handcarts, hold on tight Frozen handcarts through the white Starving in the snow Still they had to go Frozen handcarts, hold on tight

Power of Dad

The power of dad

He will never quit

Or think to say no

When he knows to do it

The courage builds

And strengthens the heart

Because he feels

And focuses his might

Struggling?  Do to him

For his best advice

He'll help you look within

To choose what is right

He can power through pain

And set things in motion

He works again and again

To fine tune a notion

Verse 1] The power of dad He never quits He never says no When he knows what to do Courage grows And the heart gets strong He feels it through And locks in his might [Pre-Chorus] Struggling? Go to him Best advice He'll help you look within [Chorus] How I love you, dad How I thank you, dad You help me choose what's right The power of dad The power of dad He can power through pain And set things in motion [Verse 2] He'll help you look within To choose what's right He can power through pain And set things in motion Again and again He fine-tunes a thought Steady hands And steady devotion [Pre-Chorus] Struggling? Go to him Best advice He'll help you look within [Chorus] How I love you, dad How I thank you, dad You help me choose what's right The power of dad The power of dad He can power through pain And set things in motion [Bridge] Again and again He keeps on the climb When the day runs heavy He still makes the time [Final Chorus] How I love you, dad How I thank you, dad You help me choose what's right The power of dad The power of dad He can power through pain And set things in motion

Family Mirror Shows Who You Are

Technology is growing 

At an accelerating pace

We can communicate quickly

Not in person, yet face to face

This makes staying close easier

And helps enhance family bonds

But when we're in the same room

To talk, please put your device down!

Using it so much...

It's easy to forget

Who you truly are

So lost in an AI forest

In your desire to discover Who you really are Let your family be your mirror To measure if you're near or far

https://youtu.be/D7nZe5jEDr8?si=7NKxvdWBYVhCMWBL

Using Technology to Support Strong Families | Message for the 3rd Annual IDCT Conference (2026)

Read these inspiring words from Elder Bednar:
I hope we each will commit to do a little better in supporting families, children, and youth in their desire to discover for themselves who they really are—and to develop their moral agency in a way that will strengthen their lives forever. 

They're Using dye in Their IV, There.

 Teacher teacher

I declare 

You've misspelled 

There for their!

Students, they're so helpful!

This silly thought came to me. I am waiting for my sister to get out of surgery. They gave her green dye so they can look for gal stones...and I texted my husband because it is so interesting.  Except die is not the correct spelling and should never be used near an OR!