Author: David
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20150305
I’m feeling supported after Laura received a scriptural and spiritual confirmation of what I have been trying to express from a source I had never considered referencing—Captain Moroni’s epistle to Pahoran. She recognized the Spirit prompting her to recognize herself here: Can you think to sit upon your thrones in a state of thoughtless stupor,…
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Tough conversation
I woke up worried about money—specifically about financing the Honda Accord but more generally about our debt load. I finally sat down with Laura to tell her some hard truths but the major message was that I need more help from her. I was afraid that she would work under the truth but she took…
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Release thyself from bondage
The Lord knew how much of an emotional burden Martin was carrying because of the mortgage on his farm. I feel that burden.
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How exquisite you know not
I realized that the things we suffer in life that aren’t a direct result of our own sins are not a shadow of the suffering that awaits if we will not repent. I feel there is a quantitative difference between the suffering that arises from the vicissitudes of life and the suffering that comes to…
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We love what we know
Sister Preece made the comment that it’s hard to love people that we don’t know. She went on to point out that Christ paid the price to know each of us perfectly so He is able to love us perfectly. I would add that it’s usually hard not to love anyone that we really know.…
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A place of refuge
Isaiah describes the kind of refuge that the Lord will provide His people: The place of Mormon provided water, game, cover to hide from the searches of the king. I still want to provide a refuge for my family from the storms of life. We are working on one gathering each August which will hopefully…
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Pick Me!!
5 …The hour cometh that I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you on the earth, and with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the Book of Mormon, …6 And also with Elias, to whom I have committed the keys of bringing to pass the restoration of all things…
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You just never know
I had come to the expectation that Bex would want to get the Camry today after test driving it and I had decided that we could make a deal even with the things the inspection had identified. When we pulled into the car lot I noticed that they had a number of cars that were…