brain dump

we find our identity in being children of God, not work, school or even family. Finding that identity is a reason to come to church.

Story about the song Gesthemene and how the mother kept her focus on the Savior.

Sister Benedict was far from her family,but she learned that her ward was her family.

Following promptings is one of the most important things. Thinking about the time I was prompted to give a hug to someone I did not know, and I could explain many ways and reasons to not do it, but I did and that same woman was praying for one.

Our Heavenly Father wants us to ask, because he wants us to know or do things.

reminds me of my brother and his algebra teacher.

it stood out to me how Paul was always talking about Jesus.

GPS:

Gather

Protect

Share

Written Family History becomes a guide for posterity.

Our ancestors are our best friends.

if Elder Jones thought the book of Mormon was true he would not serve a 2 year mission, but he knows it is true. 

start sharing a scripture and your view of it, and then ask their ideas after they read the same scripture, then note differences and lament that there is nothing to unite the idea, then realize there is something, the book of Mormon. 

The spirit changed Paul. The Savior had foreordained Paul in his mission. Paul was in a unique situation having Roman citizenship.

Paul clung to his testimony when he could have ended all the persecution, plus, he had been taught elsewise.

almost persuaded, or are we actually committed to a thing, we can get this from the thing King Agrippa said to Paul.

you will never not love someone if you serve them.

be kind it can save the world.

had his shirt pressed for him, do something nice.

anonymously serve someone.

getting buckets of water to fill hole might seem pointless, but he would do it forever because he seeks to do the thing that his grandchild asked, this is so much like our father in Heaven constantly does things for us.

like getting buckets of water, we need to do the right thing, and it will be inconvenient, it usually is, but Just Do It. give that service and time.... when we stretch it will be rewarded with blessings.

writing out loud

Diary of Anne Frank... I am writing as if to someone. It helps me put place markers to better recall and sort through information.

I have considered why I gain weigh, and how it feels inevitable. I really do not share/hold much in common with others, so...why would I even care about common thought? I have compassion on others who suffer this stage of life, and are still trying to cling to our older selves.... compassion, thinking of Christ now... I understand weight gain as an opportunity to still be alive but not interfering with the younger generation of people. Then, I started to get upset fir those who had not my understanding.  They likely have some cold scientific explanation that places no worth of the beauty of turning outward out of necessity at first because it is no longer about us. And THIS is the idea I want to explore. 

Without faith or any plan for our bodies, we would explain our existence as some black and white, cause and effect. It seems to me this is at this age entirely wrong. It is like how the brilliance of Einstein crumbles with quantum physics and becomes "spooky" like God and miracles do.

If we explained what we are all along through evolution then what would the evolutionary purpose of old age be?

Is it a mistake to be alive still? If so, darn those hospitals and wellness centers. I wish I had been distracted enough by food or sex to have died instead of living moderately.