I love Isaiah! Have I said I love Isaiah? One of the things I love about this book is the most beautiful promises the prophet shares, in his eloquent, poetic language. When I became aware of Isaiah, as an adolescent, those promises are what stood out to me; I was drawn to their poetry, and … Continue reading Re-post: Beautiful promises from Isaiah
The desire to live for myself is strong; the view that time for myself (i.e. to do what I want, to have leisure) is my main goal and the necessities of all the kinds of work that come with life are irritations and incursions on this time. The way I usually see it is that … Continue reading Living for others
I’ve been seeing beautiful (as well as some not-so-great) picture quotes for a while on the Internet, and wishing I knew how to make my own. I figured you had to have a program for it, so I was destined to just look at other people’s for ever. Then I discovered PicMonkey, a site which … Continue reading General Conference Quotables
Moroni 7:33 says that if we have faith in Christ, we will have power to do everything that is expedient in Him. So how do we know what’s expedient? D&C 88:64 tells us to ask the Father, in Christ’s name (whatever we ask) and what is expedient for us will be given to us. Verse … Continue reading “Power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in [Christ]”
Just re-posting this from Tea in Solitude. I think it’s a good explanation of what Christ meant when He commanded us to be holy, or perfect, as He and His Father are. http://teainsolitude.com/2015/02/19/he-perfects-his-work-he-is-god-afterall/ Continue reading Perfection is God’s work in us
Peaceable Treasures 