A gift for you....

Today a young friend turned 40 and she shared her feelings and struggles.  Then she mentioned going to TOFW and hearing the song Cleanse You by Calee Reed.  It had a great positive impact on her.

Music is so powerful.

Tomorrow several women from our Ward are going to a nearby TOFW.  I wonder if they will hear this singer?  I hope so.  These lyrics are powerful and the sound heavenly.

Enjoy here 

I wish I could sing this song.  solo.  with background instruments.  Well, that isn't on my LifePlan so I'll just listen...close my eyes and feel it so deep that it makes me teary.  Oh, and be imagining that you are loving it also!!!  Maybe you will solo with it???

almost back in the race!

Good Grief!!  another round of Bronchitis!  irritating and inconvenient and yet absolutely no big deal.  not a disease.  not fatal.  rude of me to even whine for a second.  over.  done.

I'm thinking so hard about this stage of my life....my ExitLaneLife...I've over thought it to the point that I'm chasing my own tail!

Thankfully I'm on the mend and almost to the finish line of recovery!

Planning a newness and refreshing for these next few years.  Eliminating unneeded burdensome baggage...planning and doing and moving ahead.  Looking forward to figuring it out and getting going on May 7th!  I'm still on some medical restriction until then but no holds barred from that day onward!

Assignment completed...

The assignment I had to give a talk at our Saturday Stake Woman's Conference is over and I taught my Sunday Primary class and now...I'm speaking at Sacrament meeting this Sunday and of course, teaching my Primary class!  We have such amazing opportunities within the Church, don't we?

The WC talk was one that I slaved over!!  The subject?....faith.  Allotted time?...7 minutes!!  How is that possible?  How can that be done?  I asked a friend for moral support by her attending!  Try as I might...I never did fully calm down inside myself!  I did the talk and survived!!  I ended up, even with all of my paring down, only giving a portion of what I thought I'd give.

My upcoming Sunday talk is 10-12 minutes.  terrific amount of time.

Anyhow that WC talk is over and it was a great opportunity to share some of my feelings about faith.  When I was preparing (sitting in a chair thinking!), my feelings of gratitude, for my personal testimony, were so pronounced that I shed more than a few tears.  I love the Gospel so much!

Temple...

Finally did get to go to Temple!  Today!  Things did not work out yesterday but today was so great!  I really like the 10am session, as it sort of covers the base of maybe having interrupted sleep and not having to drag myself out of bed, for the earlier one at 8am.  At one time that 8am was my favorite.  Things change and the Temple is accommodating with so many time choices.  Now 10am is my new fave!  But...thinking I'll skip Wednesday!  It was filled to overflowing.  seats up the aisle and in front of the front row seats also!  The amazing thing was the ratio in attendees...9 Men! 40 Women!!!  I scheduled for Tuesday next week.

I love the blessings that come into personal lives through Temple attendance...mine included.  What a blessing to have a Temple so close by!

Coming and going, as I drove past Prosser, you couldn't miss those huge signs on gigantic poles to get the attention of all on the highway.  Those ones that have the McDonalds logo or other fast foods, like KFC, or available gas stations and then there was the huge SignOfTheTimes fare! ... An oversized rectangle, on a huge pole, bright/brilliant colored background, wide width block print, switching the word from POT to WEED.  flashing and changing and never stopping!  The world in which we live!

What a contrast, to the joy of General Conference and the counsel given, by Prophets, that we are followers of the Savior and we need to counterbalance worldliness and spread His Word and live and do as much good as we can, in our desire to be like Him.  That is the way we are headed.

Comic Book?-hmmm

So I thought I was purchasing 6 individual illustrated comic books.  remember?--here  Turns out it is 6 books within a single book.  I felt let down.  Evidently I didn't read closely enough!

I've just thumbed through it and a couple of the illustrations were sort of creepy/scary to me.  I was trying to figure out why.  The Spirit of the Lord, like in Nephi's request to understand his father's dream, is a white figure/outlined in blue, hair standing on end.  all of that is fine and I get it but he has no eyes!!  an eye outline but no eyeball! It spooked me.  Angels have a more flesh toned but still no eyes.  Christ is completely fleshed out including eyes.

Maybe they wanted a very careful delineation of who the characters were?  they are definitely individualistic and I can see you wouldn't get mixed up with who is speaking as you read.

So the jury is still out on how I feel about this comic book and if I even want to keep it.  At this point, I won't be asking the parents of my Primary students if I can share the book.

I will read and see if it's true to the Scripture.  Maybe I'm to quick and harsh a judge?

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Still reveling in all of the changes and fantastic talks at GC.

Wow!!!!!

Not in my wildest imagination would I have thought that I would witness the most unusual General Conference ever!  It was like amazing announcement after amazing announcement after amazing announcement!

I loved and enjoyed every single solitary minute!!  Right from the beginning with the Solemn Assembly up to the very end, and I mean very end, with announcing 7 new Temples!  India!  Russia!
Changing things that have been in place forever it seems...HomeTeaching. Visit Teaching. High Priests Quorum.  Elders Quorum.  Two new Apostles!  -- an Asian American!  one born in Brazil!  It's almost to much to just list off the top of my head!

History was made today with all of these announced changes and I loved I got to witness it!

I loved when Elder Holland mentioned..."rushes of revelation".  Suggesting it might bring on heart problems and then acknowledging that the Prophet could fix that.  He then said...What a Prophet!

It will be wonderful to read and glean and absorb all of the great counsel over these 2 days.  Those first talks were amazing, weren't they???  I don't remember ever having heard them speak.  What powerful testimonies!!!!