Not much to report this week.. We're still getting to know the new area. Did I mention it's huge?? We do a lot of driving.. which is kind of a bummer and gets old quick.
It's been my favorite kind of weather :) Lot's of rainy misty days. It's stayed in the 40's, but with the moisture in the air it's BITTER cold. We have to bundle up in coats, scarves and gloves before we leave the house…most days I look like Randy from A Christmas Story. Today is one of those days.
We were able to go to the Temple last Tuesday.. a much needed renewal of strength, love and peace. Lately I've been praying for a fleece.. I know I have a testimony of this Gospel. But sometimes it feels like we just say
the same things over and over, praying someone will listen, and the words start to lose their meaning. It makes me doubt sometimes that I really know the words I'm saying are true. I had this in my heart as I sat in the
temple, and the scripture reference "Moroni 10" came into my mind. I was able to read the whole chapter there in the safety of the House of the Lord, and receive that fleece I'd been praying and searching for. The thing
is, God rarely hands us the things we ask for.. more often he shows us the tools we need to create or find it ourselves.
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would
exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ,
if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart,
with real intent, havingfaith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it
unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 *And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things*.
31 And awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy stakes and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be confounded, thatthe covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled. I know my Heavenly Father was reminding me that it is by searching it out for ourselves, having faith, and seeking to have the Holy Ghost with us at all times, that the truth of all things can be reviled to us. I'll pair this with one of my other favorites.
2 Nephi 31:
19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.
another. "..every good gift cometh of Christ."
Funny story. The first week we were in our new apartment, we came home one night and our front door was open and our bedroom light was on!! We were a bit freaked out.. The apartment is small, so it would have been pretty apparent if someone was still in there. We didn't feel like there was, but grabbed knives and pans and cleared each room one by one just to be sure. This sounds like a bad idea in hind sight, but whatev. Nothing was missing... It's quite possible one of us left a light on, and someone didn't shut the door all the way on the way out. But none of us could remember even using the front door. We didn't sleep very well that night.
Luckily we inherited two hockey sticks from the old apartment, which now serve as weapons.
Brother Fox came over the next day and installed deadbolts :)
5 *And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things*.
31 And awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy stakes and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be confounded, thatthe covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled. I know my Heavenly Father was reminding me that it is by searching it out for ourselves, having faith, and seeking to have the Holy Ghost with us at all times, that the truth of all things can be reviled to us. I'll pair this with one of my other favorites.
2 Nephi 31:
19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.
20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in
Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God
and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word
of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall
have eternal life.
I love the scriptures.. I invite everyone to read
Moroni 10 this week, and pay special attention to what it says about gifts.
Each of us have been given gifts from our Father in Heaven! None of
them is greater or less thananother. "..every good gift cometh of Christ."
Funny story. The first week we were in our new apartment, we came home one night and our front door was open and our bedroom light was on!! We were a bit freaked out.. The apartment is small, so it would have been pretty apparent if someone was still in there. We didn't feel like there was, but grabbed knives and pans and cleared each room one by one just to be sure. This sounds like a bad idea in hind sight, but whatev. Nothing was missing... It's quite possible one of us left a light on, and someone didn't shut the door all the way on the way out. But none of us could remember even using the front door. We didn't sleep very well that night.
Luckily we inherited two hockey sticks from the old apartment, which now serve as weapons.
Brother Fox came over the next day and installed deadbolts :)
Well, I love you guys, and hope everyone has a
wonderful week!
Xoxo Sister Smith
Xoxo Sister Smith
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