A Good Sign

from Walk with Me, April 2017 General Conference

Words of a Prophet

On Tuesday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Russell M. Nelson as the 17th President of the Church, and his counselors Dallin H Oaks and Henry B Eyring.

My first thought as I watched that announcement was, "Yes! I sustain, support, and love these men!"

Forever Family

I have a family here on earth.

They are so good to me.

I want to share my life with them through all eternity.

Families can be together forever, through Heavenly Father's plan

I always want to be with my own family, and the Lord has shown me how I can.

-Ruth Muir Gardner

Hair-Do's, Answers, and Social Media

I'm happy to report that I made it safely home from the laundromat yesterday. 

PHEW!

To celebrate my safe return (okay not really), I took a little visit to my favorite hair salon and had my stylist chop my hair off!  It always feels so good to get a fresh new do.

Clint went on a little over-night fishing trip with some friends. Won't he be surprised when he gets home!

I love it!

Yesterday I also listened to President Russell M. Nelson's Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults.  Sister Nelson also spoke (Find her talk HERE). These are both amazing -AH MAZING talks about being who you are meant to be.

 In Sister Nelson's talk she issued a challenge.  She said,

"Would you be willing to try an experiment for 30 days?

"Daily kneel and thank your Heavenly Father for the scriptures.  Tell Him the one question you most need to have answered that day.  Plead to have the Holy Ghost with you as you read.  Then open your scriptures anywhere, and read until you find the answer.  Try it for 30 days and see what happens".

"[Let] the scriptures become our "go-to source" for answers and for the comfort we may realize we've often been seeking online."

She also talks about the effects of social media on us, but I'll let you read that for yourself.

(I talk about my experience with this HERE, HERE, and HERE)

Prayer

Yesterday was a Regional Conference for all LDS members of Utah and Wasatch Counties.  It was a fantastic meeting.  I wish the Church would post the talks for these regional conferences.  They are so fantastic and are worth reading, re-reading, and listening to again.

Today I want to talk about Elder Scott's talk.  His talk was on communicating with our Father in Heaven.  Here are some of the points from his talk from my notes.

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• Prayer is a sacred privilege.
• Remember God is your Father and you are His child.  He doesn't care if your feelings are clumsily expressed. - JUST TALK TO HIM!
• Quietly speaking your prayer, communicates better than silently thinking it in your head.
• Prayers are answered in 3 ways:  1.) With feelings of peace, comfort, assurance, confidence =yes answer  2.) With a sense of unsettled feelings, a stupor of thought =no answer   3.)You feel no response.
• Sometimes are prayers aren't answered right away because Heavenly Father would have us grow and exercise faith in Him.
• No answer is evidence of His trust in us.  He knows what's best for us and what experiences we need.
• God usually gives us small promptings "line upon line" to make us work instead of giving us the whole answer right away.  This causes you to grow, and so does your character and faith.
• Pray when you have no desire to pray.  That is when you need to pray the most.
• Never feel you are too unworthy to pray.  We have mediator who will help us work that out.
• Thank Him for all things.  "And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, . . ."

I've been working the last couple of months on really communicating with Heavenly Father.  Not just praying, but asking questions and listening for His answers, then asking more questions and listening again.

I'm learning that true prayer, real prayer is a beautiful, wonderful thing!

MORE ABOUT PRAYER HERE

BIG NEWS:

Over the weekend, #1 also bought himself a new car!  It's a '01 Honda Accord.  He's pretty stoked.