I know personally that adversity brings blessings when coupled with faith. Consider the David statue and how the sculptor shaped the once block of marble into a beautiful statue and then did finishing work that completed it as a resplendent work of art. Trials are like that, they’re never fun and are often times painful. […]
This was in my mind in the middle of the night on May 16, 2019 and I wanted to share: Some people are too toxic to be in my life. “Jesus said love everyone treat them kindly, too. When your heart is filled with love [you’ll know what to do].” In thinking about it the […]
Weekend company is coming tomorrow and today my simplified tasks were to clean two latrines-not the rooms they were in-just the commodes. I wanted them to sparkle and so began my task but, again, amid my attempt my limit was reached and I said, “I’m done”; kindly, Per finished the rest. I push myself to […]
I just watched the rebroadcast of the Sister to Sister panel discussion of women leaders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from BYU Women’s Conference. They were General Presidents from the Primary (Sister Joy Jones), Young Women (Sister Bonnie Cordon), and Relief Society (Sister Jean Bingham) auxiliaries who answered a few submitted […]
In hard times I picture the Lord saying, “I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it” and metaphorically grit my teeth and do hard things because of knowing that after they’re done is when I’m stronger. I don’t like hard things but I love improving and therefore endure […]