brain dump

The Lord doesn't need us to sell the church simply do not hide it under a bushel....this was a comment a classmate had from Paul's admonition to not be ashamed. It came from a talk by Dieter Uchtdorf.

It is not enough to have a testimony and just live off of it, reminds me of the deer who were trapped and to not starve were fed hay, but they starved to death. 

I wondered if it is a blessing to have not gained a emotional testimony. All along I have been concerned that I wanted to feel things were true cause it was going to save me.

Women need to be important and that needed to be realized, people wonder and the class speculates why women haven't always been pivotal or heeded in all situations. It was decided that there is likely a reason why things were not that way. There is a season to everything and it is mentioned that I was purposefully born to my family at this time to help prepare the world for the second coming of the Savior in my pat. blessing.

"Do you think that you could ever, through all eternity, find out the generation Where God's began to be the works of God continue, and worlds and lives abound improvement and progression have one eternal round..." This was part  of an answer given to my son's question about time...which has to have a begining. I suggested that it might not exist outside our realm.

From the SS lesson for 1rst week of November:

“Many years ago, while I was mending a fence, a small sliver of wood entered into my finger. I made a meager attempt to remove the sliver and thought I had done so, but apparently I had not. As time went on, skin grew over the sliver, creating a lump on my finger. It was annoying and sometimes painful.

“Years later I decided to finally take action. All I did was simply apply ointment to the lump and cover it with a bandage. I repeated this process frequently. You cannot imagine my surprise when one day, as I removed the bandage, the sliver had emerged from my finger.

“The ointment had softened the skin and created an escape for the very thing that had caused pain for so many years. Once the sliver was removed, the finger quickly healed, and to this day, there remains no evidence of any injury.

“In a similar way, an unforgiving heart harbors so much needless pain. When we apply the healing ointment of the Savior’s Atonement, He will soften our heart and help us to change. He can heal the wounded soul (see Jacob 2:8)” (“The Healing Ointment of Forgiveness,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2016, 33).

Story of Philemon not a letter mentioning how to live of Christ (directly mentioned). But it is a story that truly demonstrated a Christlike life. Paul will pay for anything owed to the previous master.

A cool comment from choir practice: a woman wondered from a line about peace and meekness in 'o little town of bethlehem' if it means more that there was no room in the Inn where "the Lord entered in" needed to be a place where he could be. And Inns are not likely suitable in the peaceful or humble departments.