Why Laws?

 Laws are not our enemy, they are for our protection!

I just recently learned a lesson and since its fresh on my mind i decided to blog about laws and why we have them......
We all sometimes get off track and goof up ....and so there are laws!
 Fail to stop at a light... get a ticket!
Take drugs ...we get addicted!
Drive too fast ... have a wreck!
Fight with someone .... get hurt!

We even have Heavenly laws......an example of how this works.

A police officer gives a citation to this person who's license has expired.  He tells  the officer he and his family are going through a tough time financially and he had to choose between getting his registration renewed or feeding his family.  Of course he gets food for his family.  This person has broken the law but when he opens the folded paper to see the cost of the ticket ....he finds a $100 dollar bill!  the officer has paid the fine with his own money.  And so the laws of God are similar, to help us too ,....Jesus, he paid our fine.....with his own life!  He knew we would goof up, make mistakes and need to feel good again!  He payed the price on the cross.  / just like the policeman who payed for the man's mistake.  Look at the hope it gives us!
And he appeared to Joseph, not a mythical  person we can't relate to but a heavenly exalted man.  He made it so and now we don't have to carry our burdens alone.  We can start over again and again each time we fall down!   How wonderful is that!  

                  That one act changed everything! 
that is His law! thats why we do our best to keep the laws / earth laws  as well as  God's  Laws! Some feel its too hard but the laws don't bind us.... they actually set us free!    

                         God's law is a law of LOVE!






 Here it is:

Message to My children

                       You're valuable!!

I thank my Heavenly Father every day for you! 
Valerie 
Randy
Angie
Todd
Leslie
Stacey 
Jenny
He uses you to bless me and others.
I am honored that He chose me to be your parent.
You are an important part of our family.
Seeing you smile makes me happy.
I am proud of your accomplishments.
You work hard for your family & children
You are valuable to me and
                               you are valuable to God!

I'll love you forever!!!!!

Who Am I?

I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half the things you do , you might just as well turn over to me,
I will be able to do them quickly and correctly,
I am easily managed, you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done,
And after a few lessons I will do it automatically.

I am the servant of all great men!
And, alas , of all failures as well.
Those who are great, I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine, though i work with all the precision of a machine
Plus the intelligence of a man.
You may run me for profit, or run me for ruin ,
It makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me
And i will put the world at your feet.
Be easy with me , and i will destroy you.  Who am I?
I am HABIT!

This blew me away!

Bro. Toronto is in sixties,  served a mission as a young man in South America.  He said he had been on his mission maybe a year and his companion just new out of MTC.  Anyway he said they were tracking one day and knocked on door of this man who cheerfully greeted them and said "I know you, you are missionaries from the Mormon Church."  Bro. T. said yes and he welcomed them in.  After some introduction and casual talk he said to them, "How would you boys like to come and have a hour to speak to my students about your religion?  Wow, Bro. Toronto was a bit taken back.  The man continued to speak and said "I am a teacher of a Theological Seminary Class and would be pleased if you would come speak at our assembly on Fri.   He said he and his companion looked at each other and Bro. Toronto  knew his companion wasn't quite ready for this. ha.  Bro. T. said he was nervous but excepted his invitation to speak. Have to tell you here that Bro. Toronto is a great speaker and I can see him doing this.... told him one day that he and Bro. Erickson are running neck to neck as my favorite speakers. he laughed/  so back to the talk , the professor said" fine see you this wk.and you can speak for a hour"  they then confirmed the day and time.    Well Bro. T. said he did some serious praying and showed up at the Professor's Building and the professor right off told the class " listen up class today we have Mormon Missionaries here to speak to us about their Mormon cult and don't forget to take notes." Bro. Toronto thought oh great!
Well that remark didn't stop him .....only brought the spirit stronger to bro. Toronto.  He started and went on to tell them about the church that Christ had while here on earth and how all that was lost when  Jesus died and His Apostles died and how his Teachings and Priesthood needed to be restored.  the Savior waited for the right time and appeared to the young boy Joseph and went on to say that Christ is a resurrected celestial  being with fresh and blood, not some mystical person that fills the whole universe but a person like you and I but a celestialized exhalted being . We are made in His image as it tells us in the Scriptures!
well Bro. Toronto said he did this likeBro. T.  barely got started again when the professor jumps up and says "class now take notes."  three times as he could hardly get a good start when the professor jumps up again and said "class hope your taking notes on this."   and so this time  Bro. T. said he then  turned around and actually pointed his finger at the professor and said you said i can have a hour and i want that hour with no more interruptions! He agreed to his promise and never jumped up again, Bro. Toronto said he likely felt bad being reprimaned in front of his students. But he noticed many agreed he should have the floor.  Now you have to know Bro. Toronto to appreciate how he spoke out to this professor and to appreciate his demearor.....   anyway the professor agreed not to interrupt  him again and he set down for the remainder of  Bro. Toronto's talk.  Bro. Toronto got his hour and saw heads nodding in agreement with many of the things he said.  I loved it!  He said he felt he was given the spirit as he spoke that day! He testified of Christ!   He felt many of the things he said touched hearts that day.  So would he ever know the results of that day, likely not.  Would it cause any to think, maybe!  He said he may never know....but he said i do know that even if I got just one person to thinking that day, it will have been well worth while!
He said no other church comes even close to having this enlightment and knowledge that we have! 
   I loved this talk,  it touched my heart and built my testimony of the Savior and His work even more.  Our Savior has a body / but one difference / it is a spiritual celestialized heavenly body. He overcame the world! Gosh, loved his talk!   I know its true!  The Church of Jesus Christ  called by his name, of latter day saints/  for thats what they called followers of Christ in his day, Saints!  His Church with all his Teachings Restored is back on the Earth!  I feel thats pretty Wonderful!   love you guys, mama

Christmas 2014

 Just reminding myself to blog our Christmas here.

List Of Songs I Enjoy!

Yesterday When I Was Young
And I Love You So
What A Difference You Made In My Life
Smokey Mountain Rain
I Believe
In My Life
You Looked at me
O Divine Redeemer....more to come


MUSIC WASHES AWAY FROM THE SOUL 
                                THE DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE!!
by Berthold Auerbach