We had a wonderful honey moon in St. George. We will definitely make a habit of visiting the place we stayed throughout our lives.
On the way home Kylee wanted to pick up where she left off listening in the last book in the "Ender's Game" series. After a few minutes of listening, an unfamiliar(to me) name kept popping up. When I asked who "Jane" was Kylee let out a chuckling huff and said, "I mean... it has taken hundreds of pages to explain who she is. It would be kind of hard to summarize who she is." and then she proceeded to try. We talked about who Jane was and how she came into the story for a solid half hour, then made here and there comments and asked here and there questions about her for much of the rest of the trip.
On my mission I was asked to have prepared a "Short lesson plan"(3-5 minutes), "Medium lesson plan"(10-15 minutes), and a "Full lesson plan" (30-45 minutes)(Preach My Gospel Ch. 1) to present to those great Wisconsinites. I had THE HARDEST time with even a full lesson plan. I had read thousands of pages of scripture, books, blogs, etc and felt like I still was learning basics of the message God wanted me to understand. How was I supposed to summarize that in 45 minutes?
The best lessons we taught as missionaries lasted hours. Love was shown in our commitment to staying so long and people felt that. Hard to tackle questions were answered with careful explanation and on-the-spot study and prayer. These things took time. Even if we didn't get them to join our church, they had voids filled and came closer to God.
It was after these lengthy discussions, prayers, and searching that these people had faith to look at Christ and do things he wanted them to.
The gospel can't be summarized. It is infinite in scope.
"Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord. How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him;"- Jacob 4:8
I am grateful for Kylee's wisdom.
I am grateful for God's Wisdom in her.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Full Moon
Full moons - when the moon shines her light at its brightest upon the earth, and the light has won the battle over darkness - appear to last about three nights.
Tonight is the first of those three nights for the month of March.
Think about it.
Happy Shushan Purim!
Monday, March 2, 2015
Shushan Purim
The Jewish Holiday Shushan Purim, celebrated in the Jewish calendar on Adar 15, or the Gregorian calendar March 6, is a day when the Jews rested after defeating their enemies and a day when their sorrow was turned into joy.
Esther 9:20-22
"20 ¶And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor."
Esther 9:20-22
"20 ¶And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor."
I think I will celebrate with the Jews this year.
Happy Shushan Purim!
Happy Shushan Purim!
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Hope
I had a dream last summer. Kylee and I had to put up with a lot of opposition, but it the end were carried away from it effortlessly by God.
What a year and two months it has been since we met. It has been filled with light, love, happiness, mistakes, hurt feelings, sorrow, forgiveness, good humor, bad humor, light hearts and heavy minds, hard work, perseverance, failure, success, lessons learned, battling the odds and winning, dreams forgotten and dreams fulfilled, and here we are. Five days from marriage.
It has seemed that every possible thing that could oppose us, has. I don't expect the opposition to ever really let up. Not for now anyway. These next five days will probably be trying. We have asked God for help though and despite the fact that everything looked hopeless and impossible, here we are. Happy, stronger, and five days from the promise made in a vision of the night.
For those without hope: keep going until the promise is fulfilled.
What a year and two months it has been since we met. It has been filled with light, love, happiness, mistakes, hurt feelings, sorrow, forgiveness, good humor, bad humor, light hearts and heavy minds, hard work, perseverance, failure, success, lessons learned, battling the odds and winning, dreams forgotten and dreams fulfilled, and here we are. Five days from marriage.
It has seemed that every possible thing that could oppose us, has. I don't expect the opposition to ever really let up. Not for now anyway. These next five days will probably be trying. We have asked God for help though and despite the fact that everything looked hopeless and impossible, here we are. Happy, stronger, and five days from the promise made in a vision of the night.
For those without hope: keep going until the promise is fulfilled.
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