Brain dump

Staying focused on yourself is not healthy.

When people hear the gospel, they will recognize it.

Put aside your doubts and fears and find someone to love more than you did yesterday.

We naturally want good things for our own families, do we think of every person alive as part of our family? If so, we naturally would want them to recieve all necessary ordinances to be together forever with our father in heaven.

Make a plan and execute it.

[and remember that] We are the only ones who can do what we feel needs to be done.

Missionaries are 1rst called and then assigned.

The priesthood is not just here and now, but is a conduit for God to act in our lives.

We cannot comprehend the way that the adversary attacks prophets, or any revelator.

Outward ordinances are those done for others, as a service, whereas inward ones are those which we perform for ourselves.

Understand the difference between offices and keys of the preisthood.

It was speculated that the Aaronic priesthood is actuallt different and greater than the Levitical priesthood when asked why the name was changed in name. Further it was noted that although administration or name can be changed, doctrine cannot be.

1st presidency is it's own quorum.

Special witness was addressed what it is exactly, the best definition was that it is whatever you choose to believe, and is not purposely defined more because of it's sacredness, like "pearls" tossed before swine, not intended to be told because witness comes after trial of faith, not simply told and then know. It actually reminds me of how the Savior spoke in parables so only those with ears may hear. It was pointed out how many things are spoke of as things too prevcious to be written.

If you know a thing is true the spirit will be there so you do not need to know everything and definately not a whole lot else.

Because, my children and I can be sealed as a result, in the temple, then all struggle to that point was worth it.

"When you work over 70 hours per week with people then you want to be with other people."

A man searched for a church to attend and after several failed attempts to find a right fit he prayed sort of a give up prayer of this order, " Lord, I tried. It looks like you are going to send a church to my door." Missionaries ended up at his door.

Asked to go to church with them the following days was baptized 2 weeks later then said a tiny prayer in first time to the temple that he was through goving hos number to girls, and thought/said if God wanted him married then he needed to have a girl give him her number. His to be wife gave him her number  and asked him to call. The protocal was to wait three days, but he did not wait. It was in June, they were married in February. (Detroit temple probably ).

Broken, looking to be pit back together.

Repeatedly excuses the apparent swiftness of such consequential choices, and explained that it was actually a very long process of becoming the person who he needed to be to become the person he should be.

He knew what he believed, and needed to find a religon/social group that believed the same.

After he read and prayed about the book of Mormon he felt strongly a thing he had always been taught, "Don't just believe what you are told but, ask for yourself.".

Have hope! If you mess up, which you sutely will, it can be forgiven.

Please, speak with your bishop/Heavenly father, and put things right!