Confession: I’ve been binge-ish-watching a TV series the last couple of weeks, which I’ve obviously become addicted to, with full knowledge! I’ve watched two seasons – the 22-episode kind. I do this, sometimes, with good things. Stories are especially dangerous; they provide such a complete world, with well-drawn characters you can come to love and … Continue reading The profound gift of life
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
Here we are nothing, but here we want everything, because we think this is our only chance. ~ Hugh Nibley When I read this recently, I thought it was excellent, because it describes perfectly what people do in this world so much of the time. Either not knowing or forgetting that this is one act … Continue reading This is not our only chance
I was thinking the other night (after another experience feeling enlightened and purposeful and then losing that within a day or so) about how one of the reasons we need to ‘always remember’ Jesus Christ is because we forget, very quickly, all the good feelings, purposes, thoughts, etc. that we gain when studying the scriptures, … Continue reading Forgetting and remembering
Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting on the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life. And now, behold, … Continue reading The always-ness of ‘enduring to the end’
Peaceable Treasures 