The descriptions of being bound or chained in the Book of Mormon resonated so strongly with how I felt by being abused. Abuse begins carefully and a link at a time.
Tag: God
Job was a man who was sorely tested. No matter what hard things are happening in my life, when I read his story, I can’t help but feel like my life is not that bad!
When Elisha’s young servant saw the great army, it’s no wondered that he was frightened. But Elisha wasn’t worried. He knew something that young man did not know.
My journals have become a source of strength and evidence of God’s goodness and presence in my life to strengthen me.
My failed attempts to hike Mount Timpanogos clarified this lesson for me and how I view the purpose of commandments.
However we celebrate Christmas, whether it includes Santa or not, there is holiness and the love of God to be found and experienced in Christmas traditions.
My body has served as a temple, a dwelling place, for my spirit doing almost everything that’s ever been asked of it for almost 44 years and I’ve never once thought about how demanding I am of it. Nor of how unappreciative I’ve been of all it does for me.
There is and always will be pain that is part of life, but we can find peace, hope and strength to persevere. I believe those gifts come when we can find an eternal perspective and purpose to apply to the challenges we are facing.