Reflections at the beginning of 2018
I have a journal that at times I write in it about my life's happenings. Since my wife's passing, 4-1/2 years ago I haven't felt much like expressing my feelings in this type of publication where family can get some insights into what is going on in my head. I guess my children feel like I'm doing Ok. A few stay in close contact for which I am very grateful. My life goes along pretty well during the day time in as much as I keep busy with all kinds of projects. I usually work at such until it is time for news on the TV. Then I try and figure what am I going to have for dinner, the hard part, then it becomes time for late news and weather at 9:00 pm. The hardest part of my life is the loneliness of the evening. I could go over to Loren's place and watch a movie with them, but it always seem like a waste of time, so I turn to my computer and fill the rest of the evening with reading the scriptures and doing family history work. I attend a family home evening group once a week and meet friends and acquaintances that live close by. I have resolved this year to be more out going and thoughtful of others. I use my bread making skills to help with that by baking bread once or twice a week to give to a friend or neighbor. As with all the things I have become engaged in, I love the creativity of making flour and water so delicious to eat.
Today is Jan 21, 2018 and I just returned from church. We had a wonderful sacrament meeting where the speakers spoke upon the Love that God has for them. One was a young man that had just returned from a mission in Tennessee. I came away feeling such gratitude for my membership in the Lords church. To know the path you are in is the way to eternal happiness. The gate through which I passed to get on the path was baptism and the gift of the Holt Ghost so that I may receive a remission of my sins. To go each Sunday to the Sacrament table and covenant to always remember him and keep his commandants and take upon ourselves his holy name, is a renewing experience that brings joy and happiness to my soul. By so doing my soul is refined as I go about life's activities keeping in mind the covenant I make each week. My faith and hope is the remission of my sins will become a reality according to His sacred word. Perhaps the Lord has grated me a little extra time to repent so that I might receive this blessing.
Loren and Juliana invited me over for dinner tonight. Very good and I thanked them,
Today is Feb 4, 2018 and I just returned from church.The question that I came home with and I'm pondering is one that we collective spoke about in our High Priest quorum. "How can I come closer to God and receive more guidance from the spirit in my life." I confess that I'm a very introverted man. I'm not very good at seeking out people and sharing my life's experiences. I am very content in working on a project alone, trying to become schooled in what I'm doing . I spend hours each week in family history work. I'm content to work in my shop for hours at a time. I have concluded that to become more like my Savior I need to keep the commandants so that the spirit can be with me. Then I need to act upon His promptings by being more outgoing and share my life with neighbors and friends. I have learned a great deal about the spirit and to recognize a prompt when it comes.
I have a pain in my hip area that at times becomes very difficult to move about. This pain helps me to remember my Savior and seek his healing influence. Which helps me to try and remember Him each and every day.
Today is Jan 21, 2018 and I just returned from church. We had a wonderful sacrament meeting where the speakers spoke upon the Love that God has for them. One was a young man that had just returned from a mission in Tennessee. I came away feeling such gratitude for my membership in the Lords church. To know the path you are in is the way to eternal happiness. The gate through which I passed to get on the path was baptism and the gift of the Holt Ghost so that I may receive a remission of my sins. To go each Sunday to the Sacrament table and covenant to always remember him and keep his commandants and take upon ourselves his holy name, is a renewing experience that brings joy and happiness to my soul. By so doing my soul is refined as I go about life's activities keeping in mind the covenant I make each week. My faith and hope is the remission of my sins will become a reality according to His sacred word. Perhaps the Lord has grated me a little extra time to repent so that I might receive this blessing.
Loren and Juliana invited me over for dinner tonight. Very good and I thanked them,
Today is Feb 4, 2018 and I just returned from church.The question that I came home with and I'm pondering is one that we collective spoke about in our High Priest quorum. "How can I come closer to God and receive more guidance from the spirit in my life." I confess that I'm a very introverted man. I'm not very good at seeking out people and sharing my life's experiences. I am very content in working on a project alone, trying to become schooled in what I'm doing . I spend hours each week in family history work. I'm content to work in my shop for hours at a time. I have concluded that to become more like my Savior I need to keep the commandants so that the spirit can be with me. Then I need to act upon His promptings by being more outgoing and share my life with neighbors and friends. I have learned a great deal about the spirit and to recognize a prompt when it comes.
I have a pain in my hip area that at times becomes very difficult to move about. This pain helps me to remember my Savior and seek his healing influence. Which helps me to try and remember Him each and every day.
1 comment:
Thank you for sharing your inner thoughts, dad. You are an inspiration to me, an example of all that is good. I love reading your testimony, and am thankful you share it with the family. Thank you for raising such a wonderful son. He too has a testimony of the Savior, and the Holy Ghost. We love you.
Taunya
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