Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Tuesday

I stayed up way too late last night watching Boys Before Flowers, a Korean drama I've seen a long time ago. Most of the episodes were downloaded to my laptop so I watched many of them in bed Sunday when I stayed home from church. I know hooking up my router must be super easy. I was just in a horrible mood yesterday. That peanut sauce recipe made A LOT. So much that I'm sick of it although I ate a bunch this morning. I'm sooo NOT doing that again. When I make the sauce again I'll keep it in a jar in the fridge and use it for what it was intended to be at first, a dipping sauce. Although I learned it's good on noodles, that recipe made sooo much. I should've made just enough to eat up to 3 servings instead of the maybe 10 servings it made.

I baked a chocolate cake this morning. I wanted something sweet and I had to throw away about 20 of the nobake condensed milk chocolate oatmeal cookies. I suppose I just could've bought ice-cream but I still have cream cheese and cool whip. I bought more because I want to master my guava chiffon cake and I feel good about everything except the glaze BUT I'm sick of eating guava cake now.

I put the block of cream cheese still in the box on the stove hoping the heat from the oven would melt it like it usually does BUUUT the stove top stayed cool. NICE feature! I tried my normal shower this morning. It was nice not having to mop up excess water BUT it doesn't have the nice removable shower head like my master bathroom AND my old bathroom. The toilets are WONDERFUL. My Fairway place had toilets that would get water spots. I'd have to scrub these AT LEAST once a week, sometimes more. I'd have to use a pumice stone to remove the hard water buildup in the downstairs toilet just because I didn't use it as much.

Mosiah 1
And he also taught them concerning the records which were engraven on the aplates of brass, saying: My sons, I would that ye should remember that were it not for these bplates, which contain these records and these commandments, we must have suffered incignorance, even at this present time, not knowing the mysteries of God.
I say unto you, my sons, awere it not for these things, which have been kept and bpreserved by the hand of God, that we mightcread and understand of his dmysteries, and have hisecommandments always before our eyes, that even our fathers would have dwindled in unbelief, and we should have been like unto our brethren, the Lamanites, who know nothing concerning these things, or even do not believe them when they are taught them, because of the ftraditions of their fathers, which are not correct.

Verse 5 emphasizes the importance of constantly reading the scriptures when it says "even our fathers would have dwindled in unbelief without these. 

It's a Miracle - Neil L. Andersen
If you’re not a full-time missionary with a missionary badge pinned on your coat, now is the time to paint one on your heart—painted, as Paul said, “not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God.”13 And returned missionaries, find your old missionary tag. Don’t wear it, but put it where you can see it. The Lord needs you now more than ever to be an instrument in His hands. All of us have a contribution to make to this miracle.
Our desire to share the gospel takes all of us to our knees, and it should, because we need the Lord’s help.
I promise you, as you pray to know with whom to speak, names and faces will come into your mind. Words to speak will be given in the very moment you need them.22 Opportunities will open to you. Faith will overcome doubt, and the Lord will bless you with your very own miracles.

To those who show an interest in our conversations, we can follow the Savior’s example by inviting them to “come and see.” Some will accept our invitation, and others will not. We all know someone who has been invited several times before accepting an invitation to “come and see.” Let’s also think about those who once were with us but who now we rarely see, inviting them to come back and see once more.
We respect each person’s choice and timing. The Lord said, “Let every man choose for himself.”26 A person’s lack of interest need not diminish our bonds of friendship and love. Whether or not the invitation is accepted as you invite others to “come and see,” you will feel the approval of the Lord and, with that approval, an added measure of faith to share your beliefs again and again.
“This isn’t missionary work. This is missionary fun.”28
We are all in this together. With fellow ward members and missionaries, we plan and pray and help one another. Please keep the full-time missionaries in your thoughts and prayers. Trust them with your family and friends. The Lord trusts them and has called them to teach and bless those who seek Him.
Pray to your Heavenly Father. This is His sacred work. He will guide you in what to do. He will open doors, remove roadblocks, and help you overcome obstacles. The Lord declared, “The voice of warning shall be unto all people, by the mouths of my disciples, … and none shall stay them.”32
As great as I think Mark is, he did not impress me when I had dinner with he and the sisters. Whenever I ate with members as a missionary it was our time to talk to the family and ask them about their nonmember friends. I asked Mark about his nonmember friends for the sisters. He mentioned 2 specific families BUT he refused to commit to ask them to listen to the missionary discussions. I tried with the sisters 5 different times. Asking someone if they'll listen to the discussions is not a difficult thing, ESPECIALLY if you are a return missionary yourself. I agreed to ask 2 specific friends if they'd hear the discussions. This wasn't difficult. Neither accepted the invitation but I DID feel the approval of the Lord as Elder Andersen says here. I wish I knew what kind of missionary my friend was and if he has a problem sharing the gospel with his nonmember friends. I remember one of his friends attending our FHE Chinese New Year celebration. I wonder if he would've committed to asking one of his nonmember friends to hear the discussions. 
Apostles are special witnesses of Christ to the world. You must be bold AND sensitive to and follow the spirit ALWAYS. The Savior is the perfect example of this. With quiet dignity he was always kind even when and especially when people did not treat him well. If you can't magnify your callings now, how will you EVER be trusted with more. Being bold is easy for me. What is difficult for me is being humble and loving all the time. The spirit will quit talking to you if you continue to ignore it. I know I'm impatient with the imperfections other people show me. When someone hurts me I don't want to treat them well, I want to do whatever I can to crush them. Christ never had this attitude. He perfectly balanced love, intelligence, humility and compassion with competence, strength and power. 

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