You can stand under my umbrella: I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF YOU!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF YOU!

I WAS SO THANKFUL THAT MAGGIE RECEIVED AN ANSWER TO HER PRAYERS. WHAT A BLESSING FOR HER TO KNOW THAT SHE CAN RECEIVE SUCH GUIDANCE. I KNOW THAT YOUR MOM IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH ALL OF OUR LIVES.
I BORE MY TESTIMONY LAST WEEK AND I THANKED HEAVENLY FATHER FOR YOU GUYS. HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS AND DESIRE TO LIVE THE GOSPEL. AND HOW PROUD I AM TO BE YOUR FATHER.
I AM SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR MOTHER. I THINK ABOUT HER ALL DAY. WHEN I PRAY I ASK HEAVENLY FATHER TO LET HER KNOW HOW MUCH I AND ALL OF YOU LOVE HER AND THAT WE ALL WANT TO BE TOGETHER FOR ETERNITY.

I WAS READING MY PATRIARCHAL BLESSING AGAIN. THE FOLLOWING WORDS SEEM TO HAVE MORE MEANING TO ME NOW.

......YOU SHALL TRULY BE A PATRIARCH IN YOUR HOME TO YOUR CHILDREN. THEY WILL HONOR AND LOVE YOU FOR THE LOVE THAT YOU GIVE UNTO THEM. YOU SHALL HAVE CHURCH LEADERS COME FROM YOUR HOME-THOSE WHO WILL SERVE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER HONORABLY IN THEIR ASSIGNMENTS; AND IT SHALL NOT BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO KEEP THEM ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH. YOU SHALL NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT THE WAYS OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FOUNDATION, AND HAVE A HOME THAT WILL MAKE THEM WANT TO LIVE THE COMMANDMENTS.
YOU SHALL NOT BE CUT SHORT. YOU SHALL LIVE A LONG TIME UPON THE EARTH..........

I AM THANKFUL FOR THE OPPURTUNITY I HAVE TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH EACH OF YOU. HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR MARIANNE AND HER BEAUTIFUL PERSONALITY, STRONG TESTIMONY AND WISDOM. SHE TRULY HAS CREATED THE FOUNDATION THAT OUR FAMILY NOW ENJOYS. MAY WE ALWAYS BE WORTHY OF THE LOVE AND EXAMPLE SHE HAS GIVEN US.

LOVE DAD

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To Progress, mature, develop, grow
And fulfill our dearest dreams.
To come closer to God through all
We seek after these things.

The goals of life appear twofold
Material gains our desires entice.
But to put these before our spiritual needs
Seems to demanding a price.

We need to compete, to achieve, to surpass
In essence to always do well.
Accomplish everything set before us
Even more, to always excell.

We were sent here to gain a body
To make possible further progression.
That knowledge we collect while on earth
Would be our eternal possession.

If we are to keep our spirits noble
Our honesty must remain strong.
And if honesty becomes a habit
It will be easier not to do wrong.

We are keeping ourselves righteous
For the one person soon we will love.
And marry in one of the temples
For our life here and then above.

And this means though we are so friendly
We are careful with those friends we choose.
For if they influence us with evil
There's a good chance high standards we'll lose.

And the one thing we really seek after
The one thing received when we die.
The goal we live out a full life for
Our Celestial Glory on High.

Marianne 1971

Sometimes the Lord expands our vision from this point of view and this side of the veil, that we feel and seem to realize that we can look beyond the thin veil which separates us from that other sphere. If we can see, by the enlightening influence of the Spirit of God and through the words that have been spoken by the holy prophets of God, beyond the veil that separates us from the spirit world, surely those who have passed beyond, can see more clearly through the veil back here to us than it is possible for us to see them from our sphere of action. I believe we move and have our being in the presence of heavenly messengers and of heavenly beings. We are not separated from them. We begin to realize more and more fully, as we become acquainted with the principles of the gospel, as they have been revealed anew in this dispensation, that we are closely related to our kindred, to our ancestors, to our friends and associates and co-laborers who have preceded us into the spirit world. We cannot forget them; we do not cease to love them; we always hold them in our hearts, in memory, and thus we are associated and united to them by ties we cannot break. . . . [They] can see us better than we can see them— . . . they know us better than we know them. They have advanced; we are advancing; we are growing as they have grown; we are reaching the goal that they have attained unto; and therefore, I claim that we live in their presence, they see us, they are solicitous for our welfare, they love us now more than ever.JOSEPH F SMITH GOSPEL DOCTRINE

In the gospel of Jesus Christ you have help from both sides of the veil and you must never forget that. When disappointment and discouragement strike—and they will—you must remember and never forget that if our eyes could be opened we would see horses and chariots of fire as far as the eye can see riding at reckless speed to come to our protection. They will always be there, these armies of heaven, in defense of Abraham’s seed. JEFFREY R HOLLAND