Faith

What I Learned from My Car Accident: Gratitude and Choosing Positive Thoughts

Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash     About 6 weeks ago, I was in a car accident.  My very first one.  Thankfully no one was hurt.  Our van was originally going to get fixed, but after it had been sitting at the shop for a few weeks, it ended up being considered totaled.  So we had to...
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True Confidence and How Knowing that I am a Child of God Changes Everything

I am a child of God.  In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this phrase is said and heard so frequently. It’s even the title of one of the first songs that we ever hear as a child, or as a new convert to the church.     These words are so commonplace in our...
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Lessons I Learned from Missing out on the Total Solar Eclipse

I have been reflecting about the Solar eclipse that happened across the United States a couple days ago, and the unexpected feelings that I have experienced since then.  Here is what I wrote in my journal yesterday morning… So yesterday was the Solar eclipse. People have been talking about this for months because it has...
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Giving the Glory to God: Being an Instrument in God’s Hands

When I was reading my scriptures one morning last week, this verse stood out to me…  “But, behold, my Beloved Son, which was my beloved and chosen from the beginning, said unto me – Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.” (Moses 4:2)  I know that there are multiple scripture verses that...
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It’s Not About Me: Self-Care and Service

  I’ve been thinking about self-care and service a lot lately. I’ve been trying to figure out how they go together and why we need both of them. In thinking about this, I have been a little confused about the “give, give, give. Give your all in service to others” concept. To me that kind...
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Moon Thoughts: Reflecting the Light of the Son/Sun

Going along with the Lunar Abundance practice that I talked about on my last post, I wanted to share some thoughts that I have had about the Moon over the past few weeks.    My birthday was a few weeks ago and my husband gave me this pretty necklace as a gift.     It is...
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Remember: The Importance of Recording Spiritual Experiences

*image   If an angel appeared to you, do you think it would be a pretty powerful experience?  I think so.  It would probably be one of those experiences that is so amazing that it would be burned into your mind forever, right?  You would never forget it, right?     Well, this wasn’t the...
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Scripture Thoughts: Hearing the Voice of the Lord through the Book of Mormon

*This is the third and final post in this series where I discuss my thoughts about the Scripture essay in Adam S. Miller’s book, Letters to a Young Mormon.  You can find posts the other two posts here and here.     “Don’t balk at this responsibility or hand it off to church leaders. Our minds go dark and...
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Scripture Thoughts: Deepened Interest

*This is the second post (of three) in this series where I discuss my thoughts about the Scripture essay in Adam S. Miller’s book, Letters to a Young Mormon.  You can find posts the other two posts here and here.   *image “You’ll need faith to undertake these translations as acts of repentance. You’ll have to trust that the...
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