Just Like Nephi

Have you ever been reading your scriptures and come across a passage, a story, and you think... That is TOTALLY how I feel? This is why I love the scriptures. This is why scripture study is a commandment and so important. Lately, I am really gaining a stronger testimony of personal revelation through the scriptures. Sunday I was reading my scriptures at the beginning of sacrament meeting and the passage I turned to was where the Lord tells Nephi to build a ship (1 Nephi 17). As you remember the ship was to be built in a way that made no sense to Nephi. He did not understand why the Lord wanted it built that way, it was 'of curious workmanship... not after the manner of men'. Now... keep in mind that Nephi was good with his hands, he was a builder and even he did not understand. It made no sense to him why the Lord wanted it built that way. But he had complete faith and pressed forward and he "went into the mount oft to pray...". What happened? Well, when people saw him building it they mocked him, ridiculed him, told him he was a fool and pretty much told him that the Lord would not tell him to built it, especially not this way. Most of this mocking, persecuting, etc. came from his brothers. What did he do? He built it anyway. Could he explain it? NO. He couldn't explain it at all, ALL HE KNEW was that this is what the Lord told him to do and he was going to do it and nothing would stop him. That is amazing to me. Sometimes I think we go through things in life and no one else understands why we do what we do, or why made the decisions we made, and they think it isn't the right decision, but when the Lord tells you something, he is always right and it doesn't matter what anyone else says/thinks/does. What happened after Nephi finally finished and the ship was built? "...my brethren beheld that it was good, and that the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine; wherefore they did humble themselves again before the Lord...". That is HUGE. Anyway... this personal revelation I got on sunday really helped me, it was quite a turning point for me cause sometimes I think we feel like we always have to defend our decisions and sometimes we can't. There just aren't the words because we don't understand them ourselves. It's called Faith, and it's how the Lord helps us to come to him, how he blesses us and helps us progress and grow in him. In the words of an amazing song... "I was taught to believe and never to doubt, the man up above knows what he's talking about... For once in my life I obeyed his commands...". You just have to Look Up, Reach Out, and Hold On. (that's a great talk you should listen to).

Fun Night

About 3 or so years ago I used to get boils on a pretty regular basis and it was SOOOO HARD. So... Dave gave me a blessing and in that blessing he said that I would not get any more boils. He also said that i should find a new job (random- since that had nothing to do the healing blessing and I wasn't looking for a new job) we were both shocked by the job thing. It was an amazing blessing because... I haven't gotten a boil since, and within a week of that blessing I had a job working at Church Headquarters. It was a life changing blessing for me. I am seeing that more and more right now. Well... anyway...
So... for the last 4 days I have this "sore" that keeps getting bigger and more and more painful and I kept telling myself that it wasn't a boil because, ya know, I have faith, but it hurts so bad that yesterday at work I think tryin to work through the pain started to make me feel sick-literally. My body started to ache and my back hurt, etc. So... I stopped by the clinic on my way home and guess what? It's a boil and it's so far along it had to be lanced; which means they hadto give me a shot, in the thing to numb it, and cut it open and stuff gauze in it. I have to go in to the dr for the next 2 days to re-pack it. More shots, more gauze. I didn't know how to take it cause of the blessing. BUT... I still know God loves me and is helping me and I'm grateful I haven't gotten one for at least 3 years. I'll tell you what, I only get one of these suckerls at a time and it is the most pain I've ever felt in my life, but Job had them all over his body. How he survived that is beyond me. I have a new love and respect for him.
Okay... here's the funny part of the story. As I get to the clinic I call- from the parking lot- to see if they can see me. They can, so I go to get out of my car and lock it. I hit the lock button, it locks then automatically unlocks. I hit it again, it locks/unlocks. I hit it again- HARDER with a sigh. Lock/Unlock. At this point I say out loud, and a little annoyed "REALLY?" Then I proceed to treat the thing as a machine gun (hitting it over and over again fast) to get it to function correctly (I know... never smart- my Dad would be so disappointed of my mistreatment of the door) and it still won't cooperate. I then pause... Wait.... what is that noise in the background? It's the spirit in the form of my car "you left your keys in the ignition" alarm sounding. Hmmm... poor door was only trying to keep me from locking my keys in the car. LOL. I sat there and laughed for a second and took them out. I'm sure the Lord was like... "Tsk, tsk, tsk... really? I'm trying to help you out but you ARE IGNORING ME AND FREAKING OUT LIKE A MAJOR DRAMA QUEEN!" Man... what a dummy ;).

Cutest Quote EVER!!!

I saw this on a sign at Deseret Book and I loved it...

"You know that you are in love, when you cannot fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." ~Dr. Suess

How cute is that? SOOOO CUTE!!!! One day... that sign will hang in my house.

Ever have a day like this?

Have you ever felt like you lost the spirit in your life and no matter what you do you can't get it back? But then, you wake up and you ride the bus in the morning and you feel peace? And you haven't felt peace in a while and you realize that something is right about all this. Then you go to work and you get the privelge of sitting in on a meeting between all of your female co-workers and mediate because there is so much estrogen floating around that everyone might just suffocate because of it. So you sit and listen to them express their "feelings and concerns" and pray over and over again in your head to Heavenly Father (who you haven't really felt much in your life as of lately) to help you to know what to say to balance out the emotions and do the right thing to help everyone feel the spirit. And then it comes to you, and you contribute your thoughts and personal experiences from your life and you are able to touch someone else's life for the better and you realize "hey... the Lord used me right there. Maybe I'm not so bad." And then you think... (deep breath...) maybe I AM on the right track. And then you sit in a one on one with your boss (who's a man) and talk to him about goals and things just start coming to your mind and he (this man who you admire who is a Bishop and one of the kindest men you know) says to you that he feels the spirit and is grateful that you can feel the spirit to be able to mediate and help the group as a whole, and then you think... "what just happened?" And you feel the Love of the Lord. And it's amazing. And you think... YES... this is right and I am okay. And I have made correct/right decisions in my life and you feel peace about them. ALOT OF PEACE, and you tell the Lord again and again how much you love him and how much you have missed him, and it's as if you feel his arms around you, and it's great. And you know everything will be okay and everything will work out.
That has been my day so far.

Funny Faces

Have you ever tried to take pictures while laying on the trampoline. Kinda fuzzy...