Saturday, August 31, 2013

Sunny Saturday

Posted by 2DI4 at 4:09 PM

I slept until after 10am this morning since I stayed up late. I am finishing my laundry/cleaning my kitchen/room apartment in general. I'm going to try my cookies with hazelnuts since they were on sale last week. I want to try my recipe and see if they're good for Justin's baptism next Saturday at 7pm. I want it to be the best. It is at 7pm at our chapel next Saturday. I'm still making sandwiches and cookies then buying chips. Simple BUT good refreshments. I want him to remember his baptism well.

I made fried rice for breakfast. My recipe has a lot of stuff and I'm out of brown sugar. Nooot cool but I'm just going to do the best with the ingredients I do have. I'm going to maybe make some pizza crust too and try a homemade pizza only I'm going to make the crust thinner. I hope it'll taste alright. I have ground beef, spaghetti sauce and cheese. Cooking really is worth it. It tastes better than anything you can get at a restaurant.

Ether 6
 3 And thus the Lord caused stones to shine in darkness, to give light unto men, women, and children, that they might not cross the great waters in darkness.

 What stones does the Lord give me to shine in darkness so I don't confront challenges without his help.

 4 And it came to pass that when they had prepared all manner ofafood, that thereby they might subsist upon the water, and also food for their flocks and herds, and bwhatsoever beast or animal or fowl that they should carry with them—and it came to pass that when they had done all these things they got aboard of their vessels or barges, and set forth into the sea, commending themselves unto the Lord their God.
Only after preparing completely and doing everything in our power should we seek divine help.
7 And it came to pass that when they were buried in the deep there was no water that could hurt them, their vessels beingatight like unto a dish, and also they were tight like unto the barkof Noah; therefore when they were encompassed about by many waters they did cry unto the Lord, and he did bring them forth again upon the top of the waters.
Doing these things will help us so we are impervious to bad choices and anything that can drag us down. We all need to be tight like a dish so despite being encompassed by many waters and/or trials and temptation we will be brought forth on top.

We Believe in Being Chaste - Elder David A. Bednar

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).

The unique combination of spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional capacities of both males and females was needed to enact the plan of happiness. 

Complete sexual abstinence before marriage and total fidelity within marriage protect the sanctity of this sacred channel.
Violating the law of chastity is a grievous sin and a misuse of our physical tabernacles. To those who know and understand the plan of salvation, defiling the body is an act of rebellion (see Mosiah 2:36–37; D&C 64:34–35) and a denial of our true identity as sons and daughters of God. As we look beyond mortality and into eternity, it is easy to discern that the counterfeit companionship advocated by the adversary is temporary and empty.

Alma counseled his son Shiblon to “bridle all [of his] passions, that [he] may be filled with love” (Alma 38:12). Significantly, disciplining the natural man in each of us makes possible a richer, a deeper, and a more enduring love of God and of His children. Love increases through righteous restraint and decreases through impulsive indulgence.
“I can think of no blessings to be more fervently desired than those promised to the pure and the virtuous. Jesus spoke of specific rewards for different virtues but reserved the greatest, so it seems to me, for the pure in heart, ‘for they,’ said he, ‘shall see God’ (Matt. 5:8). And not only shall they see the Lord, but they shall feel at home in his presence.
“Here is … the Savior’s promise: ‘Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God’ (D&C 121:45)” (“Trust in the Lord,” Ensign, May 1979, 42).
“I can think of no blessings to be more fervently desired than those promised to the pure and the virtuous. Jesus spoke of specific rewards for different virtues but reserved the greatest, so it seems to me, for the pure in heart, ‘for they,’ said he, ‘shall see God’ (Matt. 5:8). And not only shall they see the Lord, but they shall feel at home in his presence.
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.



 

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