I believe that you get out of life what you put into it and that the more experiences you have and the more knowledge you gain benefits you for eternity.
A Very Thought Provoking Dream
This week we read about a dream that Lehi had known as the dream of the Tree of Life. My wife and I read 1 Nephi 8 and our kids drew what they imagined Lehi had seen. From the image above it is evident that everyone imagined it a “bit” differently. Even I saw it differently this time as I had in the past. Continue reading
Two Different Perspectives
This week we learned that the Lord gave Lehi’s sons the task to go back to Jerusalem and retrieve the brass planes from king Laban for the intent of preserving their language and retain the commandments that the Lord gave Moses. This was critical for the following to happen to Lehi’s family,
1 Nephi 2:20
And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands
Without this record they would not have the commandments to teach their families and obtain the promised blessings the had Lord prepared for them.
This year my family and I are reading and studying the Book or Mormon. Last year we focused on the New Testament and the mortal life of Jesus Christ and his apostles and disciples in Israel. The Book of Mormon contains writings of an ancient people on the American continent.
This week we talked of the Book of a Mormon’s origin. In 1823 as Joseph Smith was praying, Angel Moroni appeared in his room
As I began my 9th grade school year I was excited to get started and be in the oldest grade in my middle school. I was excited for the classes that I had enrolled in and the prospect of leaving to go to the High Scool the following school year. I took classes like honors Math and English and was chosen to be a member of the top choir group and played city league basketball. I got my class schedule a few weeks before the first day of school and I saw a class on the schedule that I don’t remember choosing. The class was called “Release Time.” I thought about the title and then I realized that I had reached the age where I was able to go to the little church-like building that was next to my school. I was a new Seminary student.
I grew up right in the heart of “Happy Valley” (Utah’s Utah County) and one of my favorite events to attend were missionary farewells of young men and women who were about to enter the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in answer to a prophet’s call to serve the Lord. I loved the pagentry of the occasion where family and friend and Stake leaders were all in attendance to see what the soon-to-be missionary has to say.
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