Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Wednesday

Posted by 2DI4 at 1:56 PM

Today I waited for my Direct TV technician who was supposed to come from 9-11am. I asked the guy on the phone if he had an idea of when to expect him. He said around 9am since I was his first customer. NOOO he arrived at 10:30. When he was done I took my microwave to a Pawn shop near Stevens-Henager College. I called them to see if they took microwaves yesterday. When I took it in there he asked me if I wanted $10 for it. I told him I wanted $20. He said he'd give me $15. I took that. I wanted to get rid of it. No one expressed interest in buying it and none of my movers wanted it. My only other option was DI and I just wanted it gone.

Taking a shower is easier and I didn't make the huge puddle of water since I tried not to do that. I bought a liner for my shower curtain since my liner was ripped where the hooks are in 2 places. The liners have small weights at the bottom. I changed this later I hope it helps the shower curtain stay still too. I like my shower curtains. I've had my velvet maroon shower curtain since I bought it for my apartment in Midvale. I didn't even use it at my mother's house because I wanted my room and bathroom to be lavender/purple there. I'm glad I never got rid of it because it still looks great and I was able to use it at my Fairway apartment.

Mormon 2
 1 And it came to pass in that same year there began to be a war again between the Nephites and the Lamanites. And notwithstanding I being ayoung, was large in stature; therefore the people of Nephi appointed me that I should be their leader, or the leader of their armies.

13 But behold this my joy was vain, for their asorrowing was not unto repentance, because of the goodness of God; but it was rather the bsorrowing of the cdamned, because the Lord would not always suffer them to take dhappiness in sin.

23 And it came to pass that I did speak unto my people, and did urge them with great energy, that they would stand boldly before the Lamanites and afight for their bwives, and their children, and their houses, and their homes.
 24 And my words did arouse them somewhat to vigor, insomuch that they did not flee from before the Lamanites, but did stand with boldness against them.
 25 And it came to pass that we did contend with an army of thirty thousand against an army of fifty thousand. And it came to pass that we did stand before them with such firmness that they did flee from before us.
 26 And it came to pass that when they had fled we did pursue them with our armies, and did meet them again, and did abeatthem; nevertheless the bstrength of the Lord was not with us; yea, we were left to ourselves, that the Spirit of the Lord did not abide in us; therefore we had become weak like unto our brethren.
I like that Mormon was "large in stature" I think that means he was buff! It is sad that Mormon has to dwell among his people he knows are unrepentant and wicked. I'm sure he loved them too because he worked with them and fought with them. How difficult it must've been for him to maintain that faith in the midst of so much unbelief. 
We Believe in Being Chaste - Elder David A. Bednar

The Importance of a Physical Body

Our physical bodies make possible a breadth, a depth, and an intensity of experience that simply could not be obtained in our premortal existence. Thus, our relationships with other people, our capacity to recognize and act in accordance with truth, and our ability to obey the principles and ordinances of the gospel of Jesus Christ are amplified through our physical bodies. In the school of mortality, we experience tenderness, love, kindness, happiness, sorrow, disappointment, pain, and even the challenges of physical limitations in ways that prepare us for eternity. Simply stated, there are lessons we must learn and experiences we must have, as the scriptures describe, “according to the flesh” (1 Nephi 19:6;Alma 7:12–13).
 “Neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 11:11). The man and the woman are intended to learn from, strengthen, bless, and complete each other.
The means by which mortal life is created is divinely appointed.
The commandment to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force today. Thus, marriage between a man and a woman is the authorized channel through which premortal spirits enter mortality. Complete sexual abstinence before marriage and total fidelity within marriage protect the sanctity of this sacred channel.
The power of procreation is spiritually significant. 
“Outside the bonds of marriage, all uses of the procreative power are to one degree or another a sinful degrading and perversion of the most divine attribute of men and women” (“The Great Plan of Happiness,”Ensign, Nov. 1993, 74).

The Standard of Sexual Morality

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a single, undeviating standard of sexual morality: intimate relations are proper only between a man and a woman in the marriage relationship prescribed in God’s plan. Such relations are not merely a curiosity to be explored, an appetite to be satisfied, or a type of recreation or entertainment to be pursued selfishly. They are not a conquest to be achieved or simply an act to be performed. Rather, they are in mortality one of the ultimate expressions of our divine nature and potential and a way of strengthening emotional and spiritual bonds between husband and wife. We are agents blessed with moral agency and are defined by our divine heritage as children of God—and not by sexual behaviors, contemporary attitudes, or secular philosophies.
We also are promised that, as we pursue the pathway of virtue, “the Holy Ghost shall be [our] constant companion” (D&C 121:46). Thus, living the law of chastity invites some of the greatest blessings men and women can receive in mortality: appropriate spiritual confidence in the presence of family, friends, Church associates, and, ultimately, the Savior. Our innate longing to belong is fulfilled in righteousness as we walk in the light with hope.

A Promise and a Testimony

The doctrine I have described will seem to be archaic and outdated to many people in a world that increasingly mocks the sanctity of procreation and minimizes the worth of human life. But the Lord’s truth is not altered by fads, popularity, or public opinion polls. I promise that obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity. Chastity and virtue are now, always have been, and always will be “most dear and precious above all things” (Moroni 9:9). I so testify in the sacred name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
Elder Bednar's talk is as beautiful today as it was when I watched it in person at the conference center. It's never been a problem for me and it is something I like about my friend ALTHOUGH I don't like that he doesn't seem to care about it all that much and actually seems to want to have make-out sessions with the world. He could be having all sorts of new experiences that make him join rather than stand out from the pack right now like I'm sure he did in Hawaii with his girlfriend. 
Why the hell is he still the one? So even with that cavalier attitude he's still what Heavenly father deems best? It seems to be what my friend wants. I don't know how he was so misguided about that. Keeping the law of chastity COMPLETELY is something amazing NOT something to be ashamed of. When he gave me a ride to the temple he seemed pretty embarrassed by his lack of experience at the time which was sooo off to me. Mindie tried to reassure him by telling him he'd get that experience. STUPID GIRL. There were several things I didn't like about that trip - his music sucked !!! - that was HUGE to me and I felt like NOT finding out more about him right there, he wouldn't shut the hell up AND his "I want to hurry up and gain some make-out experience asap because I don't like that I haven't kissed anyone yet!"
I don't want the man I marry to kiss the world. That is something sacred, beautiful and personal that is given like candy which just makes it common and NOT the incredible thing it should be. I'm being a judgmental fault-finder. I need to quit. 



 

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