“Through the
Atonement of Jesus Christ and His grace,
our failures to live the celestial law
perfectly
and consistently in mortality can be erased…”
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
The Sacrament—a Renewal for the Soul
“Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you,
and whosoever will come, him will I receive;
and blessed are those who come unto me.”
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Which Way Do You Face?
"While it certainly takes courage to face perils,
the true badge of courage is overcoming the fear of men."
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The Reason for Our Hope
“The result of His
sacrifice
is to free us from the effects of sin,
that all may have guilt erased
and feel hope.”
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Preventing and Overcoming Addiction
I love Dieter F. Uchtdorf's recent talk Are You
Sleeping through the Restoration? He warns of
three common problems in the world we live in: Selfishness, Addiction, and
Competing Priorities. I have reviewed this talk over a dozen times and
receive new insight every time. For example, my wife and I watched Maleficent the evening before last, and then I read the talk again
yesterday morning; the parts where Maleficent falls asleep, loses her wings,
and eventually overcomes her problems were still fresh in my mind when I read
President Uchtdorf's words, "closes his eyes for a moment.., We are
designed to soar freely through the heavens..." and "What is the
remedy" repeated three times.
He states, ”Addictions often
begin subtly. Addictions are thin threads of repeated action that weave
themselves into thick bonds of habit. Negative
habits have the potential to become consuming addictions.” He then goes on to list ten common
addictions, the last two being the Internet and virtual reality. He closes his talk with, “A call to awaken. The Apostle Paul wrote ‘Awake thou that
sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.’… Let us
awake…”
I testify that that there is always hope! I continually receive help from my wife, my priesthood leaders, my psychiatric counselor at the V.A. and my church's addiction recovery program. As President Uchtdorf said in his talk, "The most important thing is to keep trying." One day at a time! -- johnblogwalker
Monday, June 16, 2014
Stay On The Right Track
Many years ago I
worked for a railroad in the central offices in Denver. I was in charge of what
is called head-end traffic. That was in the days when nearly everyone rode
passenger trains. One morning I received a call from my counterpart in Newark,
New Jersey. He said, “Train number such-and-such has arrived, but it has no
baggage car. Somewhere, 300 passengers have lost their baggage, and they are
mad.”
I went
immediately to work to find out where it may have gone. I found it had been
properly loaded and properly trained in Oakland, California. It had been moved
to our railroad in Salt Lake City, been carried to Denver, down to Pueblo, put
on another line, and moved to St. Louis. There it was to be handled by another
railroad which would take it to Newark, New Jersey. But some thoughtless
switchman in the St. Louis yards moved a small piece of steel just three
inches, a switch point, then pulled the lever to uncouple the car. We
discovered that a baggage car that belonged in Newark, New Jersey, was in fact
in New Orleans, Louisiana—1,500 miles from its destination. Just the three-inch
movement of the switch in the St. Louis yard by a careless employee had started
it on the wrong track, and the distance from its true destination increased
dramatically. That is the way it is with our lives. Instead of following a
steady course, we are pulled by some mistaken idea in another direction. The
movement away from our original destination may be ever so small, but, if
continued, that very small movement becomes a great gap and we find ourselves
far from where we intended to go. –
Gordon B. Hinkley.
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