Did I not speak peace unto your mind concerning the matter. What greater witness can you have than from God. –D&C 6:23 It is my testimony that if you do according to the Prophet Joseph’s invitation and “practice the principle of revelation” (1),you may learn to recognize when the words you are reading or writing […]
The Perfect Day
Years ago, I read a poem that described a woman’s day filled with constant responsibilities, a day in which she worked from dawn to dark and only then did she allow herself to rest and rejoice in coming to the end of a “perfect day.” I truly thought to work continuously, stopping for as little […]
The Everlasting Word is My Salvation
Good morning! I share the following scripture likening experience in order to rejoice in the testimony of so many prophets that we can liken the scriptures unto our own lives. Even though Alma was asking in these five verses about the experience of a whole group of people, I felt invited to think of his […]
Omni 1:26 – Come Unto Christ
This morning, as I began my morning meditation, the scripture that came to my mind from the Holy Spirit was Omni 1:26. I was invited to “liken” it to myself and hear it directly addressed to me. Hear it, as in perceive it and receive it into my heart. Thus, through the Spirit, I heard: […]
God’s Generosity Is to All
GOD’S GENEROSITY EXTENDS TO ALL WHO SEEK HIM WITH FAITH In James 1:5, we read that God gives wisdom to all men liberally who seek in faith. That designation of “all men” includes non-Mormons (much to some Mormons’ disbelief), but it also works the other way with equal truth. In other words, despite some non-Mormon’s […]
Genuine Sanity
The following sharing was an entry in my July 2003 journal. It is even truer for me today in the face of world and national events as well as aging and watching the challenges of my 11 children who are in their 30s and 40s. I mean, truly, mortality just keeps piling up and piling […]
A Compound in One
…having seen many afflictions in the course of my days. (1 Nephi 1:1) Now here was a concept I could understand! That certainly described my life. Childhood: painful, lonely, neglected, abused. Teens: painful, lonely, neglected, abused, sinful. Young adulthood: painful, confused, compulsive-obsessive, perfectionistic. Adulthood: painful, lonely, abused, abusing, driven, depressed, morbidly obese. nevertheless, having been highly favored of the […]
Another Comforter
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will […]
Seeking Counsel and Guidance
This morning I captured from Helaman 11:1-2. It reveals to me, yet again, how important it is to believe in and seek personal, direct counsel from God in dealing with the issues and challenges I face each day. Gratefully and humbly I post these thoughts here. Please, take what the Spirit confirms to your heart […]
The Whirlwind Cometh
IT IS THE TIME OF THE WHIRLWIND. IF YOU TURN TO SILENT, EMPTY, FALSE GODS, THAT HAVE NO LIFE, YOU WILL HEAR NO ANSWERS. THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION—YOUR DESPAIR ONLY DEEPENS. THE PIT FEELS DEEPER. I feel the testimony of Christ, of the Truth: The time has passed when I can turn to lesser gods, […]