She felt herself inadequate,clumsy, unable to succeed;always making wrong steps, saying wrong things;not being who she wanted to be. “If thou canst do any thing…”,she pleaded with the Lord;and He did every thing:slowly, quietly, in a wayshe couldn’t see. His power and graceseeped down through her lifeand gathered in her soullike water through soil. Her … Continue reading Becoming
There are often special fasts for rain in our region. Yesterday, my brother mentioned that there was a fast on for rain for farmers currently, and asked what we think happens as a result of such fasts: do they ‘work’? So I thought about it, and this is what I thought… Obviously, it’s a worthy … Continue reading Thoughts about praying/fasting for rain to relieve drought
One of the things I keep trying to teach myself is discipline. (Don’t we all?) Each time I renew this goal, I make plans and stick to them quite well for a period – a day or a week, or even longer for some things like junk food and TV-watching. But I usually fall back … Continue reading Discipline and Change
A couple of weeks ago, I taught the Sunday lesson for the Relief Society in our ward. I want to share one of the central insights I gained from studying and preparing that lesson. It was based on Elder Christofferson’s General Conference talk, “Preparing for the Lord’s Return”. The message of his talk was that … Continue reading The greatest ministering work we can do
The promised second installment of this series! I’m not sure I have all the cards I wrote, seeing as I moved recently, so my things are a bit mixed around. But let’s pretend I do, and go from… …Matthew 23:13-33 All of this chapter is good – the Lord speaking to his followers about the … Continue reading New Testament scripture faves, Part 2
Peaceable Treasures 