Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men; For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say. (D&C 100:5-6) As I was […]
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 […]
Perfectionism is Idealism Perverted
Perfectionism is a perversion of Idealism. Idealism can so easily mutate into perfectionism. Idealism is to revere ideals and live your life in the light of them. It is not to be used as a tool to beat yourself up because although you rever the ideal, you cannot do much more than aspire to it. […]
A Parable of Atonement
In response to many requests for easy access to the section of Principle/Step Eight in He Did Deliver Me from Bondage, entitled, “The Parable,” I am posting it here and linking it to my Facebook page. Please feel free to share it wherever the Spirit moves you to do so. I’d love it if you […]
Running from Pillar to Post
But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. (1 Nephi 1:20) To make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. Do those words pull at […]
Drunken, and Not with Wine
This morning, as I sit down to write today’s entry for this blog, I see in “hindsight,” as they call it, just what good might be coming from having “gone off the deep end” over the last four days. I can see that in this condition, I can write to you out of the midst […]
Another Trip Around the Mulberry Bush
Wow! What a trip around the proverbial “mulberry bush” I take every time I get caught up in yet one more vain attempt to manage my eating of unhealthy carbohydrate foods. That, for me, is the EXACT equivalent of an alcoholic trying to manage his alcohol consumption. I think the phrase “vain attempt” fits really […]
What is Essential to Recovery
. . . having been born of goodly parents I, too, have been born of goodly parents–even GODLY Parents–a Father and Mother in Heaven. I too, was taught in all the learning of my Father (and Mother) while I was there. I have seen many afflictions in the course of my mortal life, but I […]
Do You Really Desire to Believe?
YOU TRY TO BELIEVE, BUT DO YOU REALLY DESIRE TO BELIEVE? In Alma 32:27 we are taught that desire is the power behind belief, that it is the foundation upon which belief rests. I have found that it is possible for me to give “lip-service” to believing that the Savior can deliver me from my […]