Lessons For the Eternities

Lessons For the Eternities

I have collected some spirtual quotes and I want to share!

Messages From the Meek

October 3rd, 2011

"Some challenges give us needed experiences to perfect us." - Quentin L. Cook.
"It is our responsibility to call upon thy Father to be healed. Prayer is a sweet privilege and we need to be patient and faithful for His answers." - J. Devin Cornish.
"In the temple we become joint couples in the covenant of eternal families." - Russell M. Neilson.
"Believing in finding love, hope, and true happiness in this life and the next." - Tom Perry.

It's not always about the lesson or talk that will change us, we must act upon the prompting to change. And once the decision to change is final, that doesn't mean life will get easier. Satan wants us to struggle, get discouraged, and give up. We must fight him and his clever ways to chain us down. Turn to the Lord for everything; good and bad. Hold tight to the Lord and never lose sight in  eternal life. It will not be easy but the reward will be beyond our wonders and be so worth it. Stay strong, He is there.

Dear Daddy

Dear Daddy,

No matter where I go in life,

who I get married to,

how much time I spend with guys,

how much I love my boyfriend,

you'll always be my number 1 man.

Sincerely,

Your Little Girl.

My Princess

My Princess,

 Don't you believe that I know who you will marry, and that I'm capable of leading you to that right person?

Can you also believe that I am the God of all Creation? I know you better than you know yourself.

 I am perfectly able to bring this person into your life in my own time, in my own way... and I don't need your help.

God.

Hidden Wedges

President Thomas S. Monson was First Counselor of the First Fresidency when he gave a talk about hidden wedges and the how little splits can cause life time effects. To me this talk, thanks to my bishop really helped me and figure out some things in my personal life.

Recently, a friend and I had a rough patch which consist of very rude comments, complete ignoring each other, dragging others in, and being far to stubborn to actually talk to each other and figure it out. I blame our similar personalities. :P Well, I knew I needed to get over it and forgive and move on but it was hard when I felt like they didn't care while they thought I didn't care. It was a long, painful and sometimes tearful experience. It didn't feel like any of my prayers were getting answers so I asked my bishop for ideas; after a few days of sincere praying, pondering the scriptures, and reading "Hidden Wedges" I started to see my answer.

"The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong, and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of life may give buoyancy to the soul. There are hurt feelings and reluctance to forgive. It doesn't really matter what the issue was. It cannot and should not be left to injure."
* This showed me that I couldn't just wait and wish upon the evening star for things to get better. I needed to buck up, swallowed my fears, and talk out both sides of our fight and move on. That won't mean things will go back to normal but they'll be better.

"Blame keeps the wounds open. Only forgiveness heals." *This was a large quote for me. I highlighted, underlined, boxed, and probably abused these two sentences. Blame is something we as human being want to do. That's all my friend and I seem to do, blame each other as the reasons for our struggling friendship.

 To my friend: I am sorry. It's not my first time apologizing and I know you've apologized multiple times. But I wanted you to read this and realized that I have forgiven you. I'm over it, honestly, I am. To be perfectly truthful, I just want my friend back. The one that I met last year in choir and have inside jokes that must be written in stone. I know things may not be the way they were exactly but I'd like my friend back. I hope you can take this and possibly we can start this friendship over again. (: