Urban Poly Princess

 1 ^aAnd in that day, seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name to take away our ^breproach.

 2 In that day shall the ^abranch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious; the fruit of the earth excellent and comely to them that are escaped of Israel.

 3 And it shall come to pass, they that are ^aleft in Zion and remain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem—

 4 When the Lord shall have ^awashed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of ^bburning.

 5 And the ^aLord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a ^bcloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defence.

 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of ^arefuge, and a covert from storm and from rain.

Since it's so short today I copied ALL of Isaiah's beautiful writing. If it is this good in English I can only imagine how incredible it is in his language. From the little Tongan I've picked up I know there are certain words that can't be completely translated. There is just no perfect correlation for some words. 

The girl who's supposed to give the RS lesson texted me last night to see if I would teach for her. I agreed of course. It's on a talk by Pres. Monson, "Obedience Brings Blessings" that's from last conference. I loved when he gave it because he rolled his eyes at his assumption that lighting grass on fire would clear it in a nice circle before extinguishing itself instead of the actual danger that resulted. I'm going to listen to it again right now although I've heard it MANY times.

Obedience Brings Blessings - President Thomas S. Monson

When faced with the agony of Gethsemane, where He endured such pain that “his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground,”¹⁴ He exemplified the obedient Son by saying, “Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”¹⁵

As the Savior instructed His early Apostles, so He instructs you and me, “Follow thou me.”¹⁶ Are we willing to obey?

The knowledge which we seek, the answers for which we yearn, and the strength which we desire today to meet the challenges of a complex and changing world can be ours when we willingly obey the Lord’s commandments. I quote once again the words of the Lord: “He that keepeth [God’s] commandments receiveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things.”¹⁷

I loooove this last paragraph I copied, "The knowledge which we seek, the answers for which we yearn, and the strength which we desire today to meet the challenges of a complex and changing world can be ours when we willingly obey the Lord's commandments. 

I do seek knowledge AND answers. I want that truth and light, to be glorified in truth and I want to knoweth ALL things!!! Last night at dinner I told Krista she should go out as much as possible since she's leaving soon. I told her I'd ask a couple guys in my Real Estate class to come and hang out with us first. One has worked in Real Estate for close to 10 years. He worked in Salt Lake City first when he was 19 then moved to Minnesota where he worked followed by Chicago. He has to take the state test AGAIN despite this although he works with clients from all over the United States. His name is Adam and he isn't bad looking although he isn't fine or pretty. He does dress well however, is nice and tall and has a lot of experience and I'm sure money which is always refreshing. He is 28. I don't think he's LDS although he is originally from Utah. Perhaps I can introduce him to the missionaries. 

He sits by this guy Shane who is 26 and nice enough but again nothing remarkable, BUUUT he can say my name which makes me like him already.  

When I got home I thought about it and YES this is another one of the million reasons why I'm not married yet. I'm attracted to people like Adam who is successful and seems like someone I could have fun with but probably isn't LDS. Sooo... I waste my time with guys I enjoy BUT can never date because they don't share my values. Then the ones who are faithful and do have the same values aren't too exciting and want to sit around playing board games or go hiking, don't give a damn what the hell they wear, and just don't enjoy ANY of the same things I do. 

AT LEAST David likes the opera, live plays and the ballet. I looove that he's 1/2 Chinese and is at least a little familiar with Asian culture and food. He doesn't care enough about what he wears although he did wear suits to church. I just like someone to CONSIDER what they look like when they get dressed and leave the house. He's not as bad as some BUT he has worn a couple t-shirts I thought would be nice to burn and I was not fond of his winter coat either, it could've burned with his t-shirts. It was alright just too sporty for his church stuff and to wear with EVERYTHING.

HOWEVER I don't want ANY GUY looking at the mirror more than me. That's when I start questioning their sexuality AND I'm not without precedent. I like guys who look great, take the time to consider what they wear and then forget about it. While I want someone who looks good, how he treats other people ESPECIALLY people that don't look great is what matters most to me. Another pet peeve of mine is when I am looking good and people treat me differently in a negative way because of that or make assumptions that are bad because of that either.

I do get twisted and tangled in tangents. My whole mindset of trying to get Krista to have fun by going out with all these different guys who I'm not interested in is not going to serve her or I well. I feel bad about making her look forward to something I don't really want to do when I think about it. It is fun but not in the way I want it to be. I need to spend my time with people who I can have fun with AND share my beliefs. If I can't find that I need to learn other ways to have fun so I don't always feel like I'm forcing myself. 

I'm excited about teaching President Monson's talk because it goes along well with my favorite talk from President Holland the will of the Father in All Things. I will quote liberally from this as well although the lesson is going to be centered on Monson's talk.