It is Time to remember

It is for us to remember
God’s covenant with the Jews
They are ours to help recover
By spreading His good news

It is time to fast and pray
To focus on the gospel
The great and dreadful day
Is a message to all people

Let NOt a Day

Let not a day
Go by without
Taking time to pray
With faith about

Freely He gives
To those who ask
Through Christ who lives
And bears… as we task

The Golden Thread of Freedom

Throughout the gospel plan

There lies a golden thread

Giving free agency to man

To choose where one is led

Defend the constitution

And each freedom it provides

Safeguard it from pollution

And strengthen it with your lives

Give of yourself in service

As it is vitally important to activate

Those finer qualities of purpose

That refine us and are a joy to radiate

To summarize our capacity to influence those around us, President McKay said the following half a century ago:

There is one responsibility which no man can evade and that responsibility is personal influence. Man’s unconscious influence, the silent, subtle radiation of his personality. The effect of his words and acts. These are tremendous. Every moment of life he is changing to a degree the life of the whole world.
Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other. Man cannot escape for one moment from this radiation of his character. This constantly weakening or strengthening of others. He cannot evade the responsibility by saying it is an unconscious influence. He can select the qualities he would permit to be radiated. He can cultivate sweetness, calmness, trust, generosity, truth, justice, loyalty, nobility, and make them vitally active in his character. By these qualities he will constantly affect the world. This radiation to which I refer comes from what a person really is, not from what he pretends to be. Every man by his mere living is radiating sympathy, sorrow, or morbidness, cynicism, or happiness or hope, or any other hundred qualities. Life is a state of radiation and absorption. To exist is to radiate. To exist is to be the recipient of radiation.

“To radiate our positive influence in civic affairs, we must become righteous and moral; we must, as Ghandi once said, be the change we wish to see in the world. We need to learn and abide by the principles found in the Constitution, for as President McKay taught: “Next to being one in worshiping God, there is nothing in this world upon which this Church should be more united than in upholding and defending the Constitution of the United States!” (Instructor Magazine, 1956, 91:34). We must take that knowledge and understanding of the Constitution, and infuse our political system with its disinfecting simplicity and principled restraints; we must become leaders and work diligently to support good people in public office, or seek office ourselves. And finally, we must radiate our influence by exposing ourselves to those who might be impacted and uplifted by our actions, words, and character.”

http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/the-civic-duty-of-the-latter-day-saints

Powerful Inspirational true story…Don’t give up!

Imagine all who stand by
Beyond the veil, to help you to endure
Cheering for you to always try
The Savior is there, too, I am sure

Recognizing God’s Hand In our Daily Blessings

We Have Been Invited

Jesus has invited us

To receive daily bread

For help and sustenance 

Like Manna…. to be fed

Quite literally, the Lord’s bread

Can sustain us each new day

Through faith on the word’s said

He is The Truth, The Light, The Way

Unto our Heavenly Father’s hand

And the hope of things to come

That we might better understand

What we are to become

Facing financial ruin

Facing financial ruin

In tears, I prayed a lot

I felt comfort within

While huge bills I fought

I knew things would work out

That the Lord would prepare a way

That a change would come about

Thus, I continued to pray

Perhaps a thought would come to mind

Or some resource would appear

Until then, continually I did find

Feelings of assurance, near

Though I suffered then

I am grateful now

I was not stricken

But, with faith endowed

I learned to pray

With true intent

To listen with faith

As one fully present

The Appeal

We can appeal to God

For the help we need today

Believe and you will receive

In faith and deed always

Resolve

Resolving to do better

For a wise and holy purpose

I committed to the letter

To apply this growth to service

Opening Our Homes to God’s Care

Remember to do the small things

Like scripture reading and daily prayer

Having Family Home Evening

That in the home, there’s more love to share

Becoming More Christ-like

Becoming more Christ-like

Is a daily pursuit

Always lean to the Light

And live in gratitude

Growth and Change

As a person, growth is slow

It requires that we prep

Through pondering we grow

Inside and add more depth

pondering:

Recognizing God’s Hand

In OUR DAILY BLESSINGS

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

Ensign, Jan 2012, 17

My Father Rescued Me

Snuggled in our sleeping bags
Lying on a mattress
In a covered pickup bed
We traveled in the darkness

A flaw in the truck’s design
Caused exhaust pipe’s to leak
Unaware, we slept in time
Then… my father stopped to peek

He found us both unconscious
And worked to give us breath
He and a friend rescued us
From the deep, dark pit of death

Many times in life I know
My dad has thought to look on us
As promptings often grow
Born of the Holy Ghost

A few times I thought I was well
My crisis unknown to me
But he revived me, I live to tell
He acted on each prompting

My Father Rescued Me
Greg W. Haws
Ensign, Jan 2012, 15

We Have a Duty to Do

We declare, we’ve a duty to do
Our part of a promise to keep
In service we vow and seek for anew
The Lord’s own, now floundering sheep

Which one is but a sleeping giant
A leader for great things to come
For the wayward- a shoulder to cry on
A symbol of what we can become

The Atonement is real
To be seen all around
To lift us , to heal
That hope might abound


Let friendships be made
To spark this remembrance
Then don’t let it fade
Through neglect, sin, or distance

Quiet Miracles

Quiet miracles
Bless us every day
Our eyes see, as love spills,
From God… like no other way

MyWeightLossTeam.com ~ Inspiration Video #3

I used to belong
To an awesome team
I left… I was wrong
I let go of my dream

I lost 30 pounds at myweightlossteam.com
years ago and then stopped the membership
thinking I was done. Having established
healthy habits. But, now I have moved and
am a little older… and with the holidays
it hit me that I have gained 20 pounds back!

Here is me getting back on track…

Push yourself to the limit
Starting today….and go slow
Through baby steps you will witness
Results… long term to know

this is now a free site by the way, and the profile page alone is worth it…

Children Gather Around Near

Children gather around near
Show me you are here to learn
It’s the teachers time to steer
And find who is eager for their turn