In Nephi’s mighty vision of seeing what his father saw Nephi said, “As I sat pondering in my heart I was caught away in the spirit of the Lord” … “The spirit said Look! And I looked…” I love the holiness of this account that as Nephi pondered he saw things in his mind’s eye. […]
I love that the Lord reveals “mysteries ” to me and enlightens my understanding as I seek to know truth and spiritually knock. Many spiritual truths are taught at General Conference every six months and as I study and ponder them the Lord teaches me in a very personal way. The scriptures also greatly teach […]
Sometimes life gets so busy that I don’t have down time. It’s okay, life happens. But during my busy day I can always take a moment (or moments) to reflect, ponder, meditate and collect myself. President Lee said, “Don’t get so busy that you don’t have time to meditate. Take the time. The most important […]
Several times the scriptures say, “The last shall be the first and the first shall be the last” but what does that cryptic sentence mean? Today understanding hit me like a ton of bricks and I share my knew knowledge to hopefully help others. The scriptures make it clear: “First spiritual, secondly temporal, which is […]
I love what I heard, “We live life looking forward but we learn from life looking back.” It’s so true! How many times have I seen the Lord’s hand guiding my life when looking back? Several times past experiences have taught me as I’ve thought about them. There’s no way to remember some things unless […]
Alma experienced many things in the 10 short years of his devoted ministry. He also taught many things and is a great example to me of his fearlessness in teaching about Jesus Christ. Alma’s experiences during the first 18 years of the reign of judges: [1st year] Alma is Chief Judge in Zarahemla, Governor of […]
The scriptures are personal. What are they saying to me? Two people can read the same words but take from them totally different things. That’s the beauty of the scriptures: They were written thousands of years ago and everyone reads the same thing, but the meanings are individual. A wise man once said to liken the scriptures […]
Meditating and quieting the mind have always puzzled me because I wondered if I was doing them right. I believe I AM doing them right but it’s a little different as a Christian. Meditating To me, meditating is two things: praying and pondering. Praying is protection, or being armed if you will, against the unsavory things in life. Prayer is […]