The Straight and narrow way to Heaven,
Where angels bright and fair
Are singing to God's praise,
is found through constant secret prayer.
May my heart be turned to pray,
Pray in secret day by day,
That this boon to mortal given
May unite my soul with Heaven.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
We really cannot do anything alone Yet some effort must be our Own
We Must Take our own Steps Forward
As a family we have hiked often recently through the mountains. The terrain is up and down over rocks and roots and water sometimes very steep up and down to beautiful waterfalls and through awesome meadows. It takes energy and strength.
We had a cousins cabin day and most of the cousins were there. We went on a hike that started with ridding in the back of Grandpa’s truck and the proceeded hiking straight up the mountain. M was carring two year old J but 3 year Ch was holding his mother K’s hand and doing great hiking. After hiking steep up the mountain we arrived at the top not so steep meadow but were in open grass and flowers not on a road or trail just finding our own path. M put 2 year old J down to walk. We all had compassion and would have helped J. Yet he would only let his mother carry him, would allow no one else to help her and would not walk on his own. She put him down knowing that he could walk here but was refusing to do so. Rather preferring to cry and be carried. M put him down and walked on. The whole group about 15 of us walked on. It was an open meadow still uphill but we could really hear him and see him.
I do not know how he could scream so loud while walking up hill . Anyway it was precious to watch him coming along last hiking away. Each of us had compassion for him but knew he had refused our help. He was capable of hiking on his own which was now very evident as he was doing great. After quite a while maybe 20 minutes he allowed Big J and Kind Heart L to take his hand and stopped screaming. I was even allowed to take his hand and help him when we came to the steep down.
Val went ahead and got the rig and picked us up as we hit the drivable road.
Later in the day Val and I and M drove in the driveway as he was playing in the back yard at Fox Hunt. He saw Grandpa and both arms in the air run for the truck calling Grandpa Grandpa. They embraced and hugged and it was beautiful.
Carol Lynn Pearson describes this beautifully:
The Lesson
Yes, my fretting
Frowning child, I could cross
The room to you More easily.
But I’ve already
Learned to walk,
So I make you
Come to me.
As a family we have hiked often recently through the mountains. The terrain is up and down over rocks and roots and water sometimes very steep up and down to beautiful waterfalls and through awesome meadows. It takes energy and strength.
We had a cousins cabin day and most of the cousins were there. We went on a hike that started with ridding in the back of Grandpa’s truck and the proceeded hiking straight up the mountain. M was carring two year old J but 3 year Ch was holding his mother K’s hand and doing great hiking. After hiking steep up the mountain we arrived at the top not so steep meadow but were in open grass and flowers not on a road or trail just finding our own path. M put 2 year old J down to walk. We all had compassion and would have helped J. Yet he would only let his mother carry him, would allow no one else to help her and would not walk on his own. She put him down knowing that he could walk here but was refusing to do so. Rather preferring to cry and be carried. M put him down and walked on. The whole group about 15 of us walked on. It was an open meadow still uphill but we could really hear him and see him.
I do not know how he could scream so loud while walking up hill . Anyway it was precious to watch him coming along last hiking away. Each of us had compassion for him but knew he had refused our help. He was capable of hiking on his own which was now very evident as he was doing great. After quite a while maybe 20 minutes he allowed Big J and Kind Heart L to take his hand and stopped screaming. I was even allowed to take his hand and help him when we came to the steep down.
Val went ahead and got the rig and picked us up as we hit the drivable road.
Later in the day Val and I and M drove in the driveway as he was playing in the back yard at Fox Hunt. He saw Grandpa and both arms in the air run for the truck calling Grandpa Grandpa. They embraced and hugged and it was beautiful.
Carol Lynn Pearson describes this beautifully:
The Lesson
Yes, my fretting
Frowning child, I could cross
The room to you More easily.
But I’ve already
Learned to walk,
So I make you
Come to me.
Let go now-
There!
You see?
Oh, remember
This simple lesson,
Child,
And when
In later years
You cry out
With tight fists
And tears -
“Oh, help me,
God - please.” -
Just listen
And You’ll hear
A silent voice:
“I would, child,
I would, But it’s you,
Not I
Who needs to try
Godhood.”
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Divine Beings May we Become One of These
Aug 2, 2009 Sunday Morning
Apollonius of Tyana
from Mystics and Seers of All Ages by Reginald Merton
http://www.alchemylab.com/apollonius.htm
For him wisdom was "a sort of permanent state of inspiration." To attain that state, he prescribed chastity, a diet of herbs and fruit, and clothes as pure as the body and soul. Apollonius was a sincere man who labored to separate the spiritual essence of his being and unite it with the divine spirit. He ascribed an important role in this process to the imagination, using it as a path to self-development. He discerned in the smile on the face of a statue, the spirit that lies behind form. He regarded material things, the contour of a landscape, the color of rivers and of stars, the multiform earth, as the symbols of another, purer world, of which they were but the reflections.
"I shall continue to speak with you as though you were present," Sounds like Moroni From the book of Mormon Apollonius had said as he left his Indian masters. Was it their words that he heard at a distance or was it by divine inspiration that he received his great influx of wisdom? Even in Domitian's darkest dungeon, there was a moment when a certain fluidity in the atmosphere indicated the light of a mysterious inner dawn. The world grew more silent, the walls became thinner, and an inner voice, wise beyond time and matter, perhaps spoke to him thus:
"The greatest are those who never find their place, in times that are unpropitious to them. Nothing of the good that a man has done, and, more particularly, nothing of the good that he has thought, is lost, even if he is imprisoned or crucified for that good. But be not as the Hindu ascetic, who was unable to forget injustice. Because the words of the master Jesus will burn like a living flame deep into the hearts of Western humanity, you will be cursed and forgotten. You will be contrasted with him, and for centuries, pious men will speak of you as a juggler or a mountebank. But if you rise to the region where neither justice nor injustice exists, you will know that this is a matter of small importance. It will be necessary for you to share also Jesus' own sorrow, which is very great, for he has been a thousand times more misunderstood than you, a thousand times worse betrayed. Make ready to approach God on the day that is appointed in the Great Book without lettering. Then perhaps you will be crowned with the glory that you so ardently desired."
Apollonius of Tyana
from Mystics and Seers of All Ages by Reginald Merton
http://www.alchemylab.com/apollonius.htm
For him wisdom was "a sort of permanent state of inspiration." To attain that state, he prescribed chastity, a diet of herbs and fruit, and clothes as pure as the body and soul. Apollonius was a sincere man who labored to separate the spiritual essence of his being and unite it with the divine spirit. He ascribed an important role in this process to the imagination, using it as a path to self-development. He discerned in the smile on the face of a statue, the spirit that lies behind form. He regarded material things, the contour of a landscape, the color of rivers and of stars, the multiform earth, as the symbols of another, purer world, of which they were but the reflections.
"I shall continue to speak with you as though you were present," Sounds like Moroni From the book of Mormon Apollonius had said as he left his Indian masters. Was it their words that he heard at a distance or was it by divine inspiration that he received his great influx of wisdom? Even in Domitian's darkest dungeon, there was a moment when a certain fluidity in the atmosphere indicated the light of a mysterious inner dawn. The world grew more silent, the walls became thinner, and an inner voice, wise beyond time and matter, perhaps spoke to him thus:
"The greatest are those who never find their place, in times that are unpropitious to them. Nothing of the good that a man has done, and, more particularly, nothing of the good that he has thought, is lost, even if he is imprisoned or crucified for that good. But be not as the Hindu ascetic, who was unable to forget injustice. Because the words of the master Jesus will burn like a living flame deep into the hearts of Western humanity, you will be cursed and forgotten. You will be contrasted with him, and for centuries, pious men will speak of you as a juggler or a mountebank. But if you rise to the region where neither justice nor injustice exists, you will know that this is a matter of small importance. It will be necessary for you to share also Jesus' own sorrow, which is very great, for he has been a thousand times more misunderstood than you, a thousand times worse betrayed. Make ready to approach God on the day that is appointed in the Great Book without lettering. Then perhaps you will be crowned with the glory that you so ardently desired."
Sunday, July 12, 2009
There is a Green Hill and Wisdom
Today I got to play the music for church at Snowbird which was held basically out on the mountain side. Not often do I get to have church outside. It was at a place where outside concerts are held. We sang High on a Mountain Top and There is a Green Hill. This was a beautiful Green Mountain Top. The sun was shinning brightly and I loved it. RS was something about being judged by the light in us. Sunshine and spiritual thoughts must bring light.
Wisdom: D&C 45:56,57 And at that day, when I shall come in my glory, shall the parable be fulfilled which I spake concerning the ten virgins, For they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceived verily I say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall abide the day.
D&C 89:4,18-21 In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation-
18.And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones:
19, And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowlege, even hidden treasures.
20. And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.
21. And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen.
Could It be that to be wise and to find wisdom relates to treating our bodies as a temple to receiving light-- to taking healthy things into our bodies is one step leading to wisdom in fact a promise that wisdom will come. And the next step is to not be deceived and to have the destroying angel pass by us. To be a Wise Virgin-- the Wise Men at Christ"s birth saw the new Star and recognized it as the sign of the Messiah---maybe there were only three and the rest of the world missed it. It seems we should seek for wisdom that may come by eating meat and grains sparingly and fruits and vegtables in the season thereof with prudence and thanksgiving. Could this clease our bodies so we can have the Holy Ghost to be our constant companion? Sometimes the ideas are so simple we miss them---in fact all but three missed the star.
OH, to find Wisdom!
Wisdom: D&C 45:56,57 And at that day, when I shall come in my glory, shall the parable be fulfilled which I spake concerning the ten virgins, For they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceived verily I say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall abide the day.
D&C 89:4,18-21 In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation-
18.And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones:
19, And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowlege, even hidden treasures.
20. And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.
21. And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen.
Could It be that to be wise and to find wisdom relates to treating our bodies as a temple to receiving light-- to taking healthy things into our bodies is one step leading to wisdom in fact a promise that wisdom will come. And the next step is to not be deceived and to have the destroying angel pass by us. To be a Wise Virgin-- the Wise Men at Christ"s birth saw the new Star and recognized it as the sign of the Messiah---maybe there were only three and the rest of the world missed it. It seems we should seek for wisdom that may come by eating meat and grains sparingly and fruits and vegtables in the season thereof with prudence and thanksgiving. Could this clease our bodies so we can have the Holy Ghost to be our constant companion? Sometimes the ideas are so simple we miss them---in fact all but three missed the star.
OH, to find Wisdom!
Friday, July 3, 2009
I think the angel sent was Maxwell
Tues June 30 was Val’s first day to be an ordinance worker at the Draper Utah Temple. Val’s day started at the church spreading bark with a couple of other High Priests one being Greg Parish whom Val calls The General ( he is always helping). By 9:00 am he was on his way up to the cabin with Bender his favorite electrician. During the Ragnar Race Jr. Team SAM BRINLEY, SARA, JAKOB, and I stopped by the cabin it was difficult to get the lights to go on they were very low. Jeff McNeil held a camp out in the cabin driveway for 3 11 year old scouts with their dad’s he also found low lights and could not see the cause.
When Val and Bender got to the cabin they found a breaker that was not working when they tested it with their equipment. They called Rocky Mountain Power and left for Home Depot --taking a couple of hours to get there - to buy a new breaker. Val called me and said things were not going well and could I pick up his new white coat for the temple and that he would not be making it to the sealing session we do with Pres. Hilton at 3:00 pm leaving for the temple about 2:15 pm. He didn’t know if he could make it to the temple at all.
I PRAYED. It seems Satan does not want Val to make it to the temple. I ask for help for Val to make it to the temple. I Prayed for an angel that knew a lot about electricity to help solve the problems so Val could make it to the temple. I ask if maybe God could sent Maxwell ( He like discovered electricity) to help Val get the electrical problems fixed.
Val’s next call was: the electricity was working great! He was on his way home and would make it on time to make the sealing session. When he and Bender got back from Home Depot the electricity was working without installing a new breaker which would have been very dangerous---something to do with installing it hot. Any way they didn’t have to do it . Everything was working. Val did the sealing session and was able to serve as a veil worker on both sides the first day and started memorizing other ordinances.
Thank You God and Maxwell.
When Val and Bender got to the cabin they found a breaker that was not working when they tested it with their equipment. They called Rocky Mountain Power and left for Home Depot --taking a couple of hours to get there - to buy a new breaker. Val called me and said things were not going well and could I pick up his new white coat for the temple and that he would not be making it to the sealing session we do with Pres. Hilton at 3:00 pm leaving for the temple about 2:15 pm. He didn’t know if he could make it to the temple at all.
I PRAYED. It seems Satan does not want Val to make it to the temple. I ask for help for Val to make it to the temple. I Prayed for an angel that knew a lot about electricity to help solve the problems so Val could make it to the temple. I ask if maybe God could sent Maxwell ( He like discovered electricity) to help Val get the electrical problems fixed.
Val’s next call was: the electricity was working great! He was on his way home and would make it on time to make the sealing session. When he and Bender got back from Home Depot the electricity was working without installing a new breaker which would have been very dangerous---something to do with installing it hot. Any way they didn’t have to do it . Everything was working. Val did the sealing session and was able to serve as a veil worker on both sides the first day and started memorizing other ordinances.
Thank You God and Maxwell.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Gifts of the Spirit
7. We believe in the gifts of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues and many others.
The gift of Charity, the gift of Happiness the gift of purer eyes to see spiritual matter (D&C 131:7 )
Moses 7:27 Enoch beheld angels descending out of heaven, bearing testimony of the Father and Son; and the Holy Ghost fell on many, and they were caught up by the powers of heaven into Zion.
What about the gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues? I have previously thought it had to do with learning languages and being in the MTC to serve a mission therefore it had nothing to do with a gift I should seek after. I now feel that the gift of tongues has to do with speaking –the words we say, with teaching and using the power of God to ask for righteousness.
Marta & Brad have been in charge of a youth service project which included planting trees 280 of them in Bloomington. They have done the major work of obtaining trees, installing sprinklers---miles and miles, 12 eagle projects, and actually planting the trees, getting water to everyone of them and having them grow to years from now be like Brigham City Main Street. They have worked themselves beyond exhaustion and heavenly help has come.
Marta has been controlling the weather. It has been cool and raining daily. She was concerned about keeping the trees in great condition before they were in the ground and that is when the cool weather and rain started. The day of planting the sun was shinning and then as evening approached raindrops started and it was very dark. The youth were to have an outdoor fireside. Other Stake leaders thought it should be moved inside. The leaders traveling on the freeway were in a down pour. Marta was at park where the fireside was to be held. She said lets pray for good weather. In the presence of stake leaders Marta prayed and there was no rain at that park during the fireside. It has remained cool and raining daily I think now every tree has sprinkler lines working on the tree. Yesterday Monday June 22, 2009 the sun was shinning all day. Everyone notices the cool weather and rain-- but I know the reason. Words of Power uttered by those of great faith control the elements. This is the gift of tongues and the sealing power to control elements.
So is interpretation of tongues a gift of understanding greater things?
I want to seek after all these gifts of the spirit.
Lifting to the 7th level is like the Sabbath Day entering into rest or the presence of the Lord. There are 7 energy levels of the atom. The 6th level is organization. It is the beehive. It is industry and workers serving the world by pollination and honey production. It is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spreading the gospel to the world and serving those deceased in temples. It is work of this physical earth by the saints of God. 7 is progress beyond 6 it is hitting an 8 representaive element in the 6th energy level and being raised to the 7th energy level. It is the 7th Article of Faith. It is gifts of prophecy and revelation and visions and tongues—words of power and greater understanding. It is having tongues of angels and learning the beginning step of moving mountains.
I want to seek after all these gifts of the spirit.
I will seek after all these gifts of the spirit.
The gift of Charity, the gift of Happiness the gift of purer eyes to see spiritual matter (D&C 131:7 )
Moses 7:27 Enoch beheld angels descending out of heaven, bearing testimony of the Father and Son; and the Holy Ghost fell on many, and they were caught up by the powers of heaven into Zion.
What about the gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues? I have previously thought it had to do with learning languages and being in the MTC to serve a mission therefore it had nothing to do with a gift I should seek after. I now feel that the gift of tongues has to do with speaking –the words we say, with teaching and using the power of God to ask for righteousness.
Marta & Brad have been in charge of a youth service project which included planting trees 280 of them in Bloomington. They have done the major work of obtaining trees, installing sprinklers---miles and miles, 12 eagle projects, and actually planting the trees, getting water to everyone of them and having them grow to years from now be like Brigham City Main Street. They have worked themselves beyond exhaustion and heavenly help has come.
Marta has been controlling the weather. It has been cool and raining daily. She was concerned about keeping the trees in great condition before they were in the ground and that is when the cool weather and rain started. The day of planting the sun was shinning and then as evening approached raindrops started and it was very dark. The youth were to have an outdoor fireside. Other Stake leaders thought it should be moved inside. The leaders traveling on the freeway were in a down pour. Marta was at park where the fireside was to be held. She said lets pray for good weather. In the presence of stake leaders Marta prayed and there was no rain at that park during the fireside. It has remained cool and raining daily I think now every tree has sprinkler lines working on the tree. Yesterday Monday June 22, 2009 the sun was shinning all day. Everyone notices the cool weather and rain-- but I know the reason. Words of Power uttered by those of great faith control the elements. This is the gift of tongues and the sealing power to control elements.
So is interpretation of tongues a gift of understanding greater things?
I want to seek after all these gifts of the spirit.
Lifting to the 7th level is like the Sabbath Day entering into rest or the presence of the Lord. There are 7 energy levels of the atom. The 6th level is organization. It is the beehive. It is industry and workers serving the world by pollination and honey production. It is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spreading the gospel to the world and serving those deceased in temples. It is work of this physical earth by the saints of God. 7 is progress beyond 6 it is hitting an 8 representaive element in the 6th energy level and being raised to the 7th energy level. It is the 7th Article of Faith. It is gifts of prophecy and revelation and visions and tongues—words of power and greater understanding. It is having tongues of angels and learning the beginning step of moving mountains.
I want to seek after all these gifts of the spirit.
I will seek after all these gifts of the spirit.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Prophecy & Gifts of the Spirit
June 14, 2009
The gift of Tongues. I have learned that Governor Jon Huntsman has been chosen by Obama as the ambassador to China. Jed and Chandler go to missionary prep and then Chinese language class every Sunday afternoon. Yet China is a “heathen nation” believing in Buddha or Confusus or other “Gods”not allowing LDS Missionaries to teach. Governor Huntsman I understand learned Chinese on a LDS Mission certainly aided by the gift of tongues. Now this language knowledge takes him to China in a political context as an ambassador. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin all served as ambassadors in the early years of this country during times of great need of help from France.
I believe Governor Huntsman is really being sent as an ambassador from God to open the way for Jed and Chandler and other missionaries to take the gospel to all the world.
The gift of Tongues. I have learned that Governor Jon Huntsman has been chosen by Obama as the ambassador to China. Jed and Chandler go to missionary prep and then Chinese language class every Sunday afternoon. Yet China is a “heathen nation” believing in Buddha or Confusus or other “Gods”not allowing LDS Missionaries to teach. Governor Huntsman I understand learned Chinese on a LDS Mission certainly aided by the gift of tongues. Now this language knowledge takes him to China in a political context as an ambassador. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin all served as ambassadors in the early years of this country during times of great need of help from France.
I believe Governor Huntsman is really being sent as an ambassador from God to open the way for Jed and Chandler and other missionaries to take the gospel to all the world.
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