Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Alma 1

Posted by 2DI4 at 11:32 AM

It's only 10:30am, it feels like it should be later, AT LEAST lunchtime. I made a pork roast in my crock pot by adding 2 cans of cream of broccoli soup. It doesn't taste flavorful enough. I feel like it needs some salt. I should've just cooked it with garlic then I could use any flavoring with it. I found these ice-cream bars at Macey's with just 11 carbs per bar in them. I ate some of my port this morning, strawberries, an avocado and some trail mix from Smith's with a 16 carb content.

The pork is very heavy. I feel weighed down. I can't believe it's not even 11 yet.

Alma 1
20 Yea, they did persecute them, and afflict them with all manner of words, and this because of their humility; because they were not proud in their own eyes, and because they did impart the word of God, one with another, without money and without price.
25 Now this was a great trial to those that did stand fast in the faith; nevertheless, they were steadfast and immovable in keeping the commandments of God, and they bore with patience the persecution which was heaped upon them.

The Choice Generation - Randall L. Ridd
That’s the key—what does your heart desire? What do you gravitate toward? Where will your desires lead?

Elder Neal A. Maxwell put it this way:
“What we insistently desire, over time, is what we will eventually become and what we will receive in eternity. …
“… Only by educating and training our desires can they become our allies instead of our enemies!” (“According to the Desire of [Our] Hearts,”Ensign, Nov. 1996, 21, 22).
Always ask yourself, “Where will this choice lead?” Develop the ability to see beyond the moment.
Later the son shared with his father what had happened. With great emotion he explained that during the blessing, he had a glimpse of who he was in the premortal world. He saw how valiant and influential he was in persuading others to follow Christ. Knowing who he really was, how could he not serve a mission?
As important as it is to leave home every day with a full charge on your cell phone, it is far more important to be fully charged spiritually. Every time you plug in your phone, use it as a reminder to ask yourself if you have plugged in to the most important source of spiritual power—prayer and scripture study, which will charge you with inspiration through theHoly Ghost (see D&C 11:12–14). It will help you know the mind and will of the Lord to make the small but important daily choices that determine your direction. Many of us immediately stop whatever we are doing to read a text message—should we not place even more importance on messages from the Lord? Neglecting to connect to this power should be unthinkable to us (see 2 Nephi 32:3).
An old proverb says, “If you chase two rabbits, you won’t catch either one.”



 

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