Tag: Faith
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The ice cracks
It has been two years that Laura has openly (to me, not anyone else) expressed her dissafection with the church. She has tried to persuade me not to believe in God and to stop paying tithing (back while I had an income). Tonight she went with the girls to Becca’s house for the women’s session…
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Faith
As Alma describes the nature of faith it is clear that faith is like a muscle in that it grows with exercise and atrophies with neglect. It is also clear that faith cannot begin to grow without making the choice to exercise a particle of faith and let it have place in your heart. Likewise…
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Time to be free
I discovered last night that my new mortgage had funded. That signaled the last obstacle being removed which held me firmly to my current job and company. At the tail end of my workday I questioned Matt about the 30 day resignation offer he made are beginning of April. I was hoping that offering me…
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The Joy of the Saints
Brother Rushton knew what it was like to finally be pushed to his limit after a lifetime of relatively easy faithfulness. The fruits of our service to one another in the church bring joy. The ultimate joy of the saints comes in knowing that the Savior pleads our cause. If we have faith in Christ…
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Baby steps
Laura mentioned this afternoon that she has started praying again in the last day or so. I think that having her start praying means that she is ready to try trusting again both trusting me and trusting God. I’m sure it will take time, trial, and some reversals in the process.
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Nourish the tree
Laura’s situation is that she had tried the experiment to know that the word is good but somewhere she stopped nourishing the tree and it has withered in the heat of the sun. I’m not sure yet if she has to start from scratch by planting the seed anew or if the existing tree can…
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Come … that ye might feel and see
The invitation of the gospel is always toward individuals having a first-hand experience of what is being proclaimed. If we all people to accept on faith we are doing it wrong. They may need to accept some things on faith at first but they should son be experiencing at least the fruits of the gospel…
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Foundations of Faith
Physical, mental, and spiritual development have mu<<ch in common. Physical development is usually easier to see than the others but they all have the same patterns of development. This has got to be the fifth talk discussing the outsized importance of daily habits to build faith. All important decisions are influenced by our knowledge of…
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The eye of faith
Marsha wrote up the various ideas of how to ease Laura’s burden long-term – the things we discussed at the family meeting – and she went over it with Laura and me after work today. That prompted further discussion between Laura and I after she left which eventually figured on the idea of sending Alyssa…
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“If Ye Had Known Me”
When the people who say they have cast out devils in the name of Jesus and He says “depart ye workers of iniquity” it isn’t just that they didn’t know Him, it is that they led others astray by falsely professing to act in His name. Is it possible to believe in Christ and dutifully…