tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post4884661083593227483..comments2024-03-27T20:22:42.005-06:00Comments on light-in-leaves: Invitations I have refusedMarilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-60144005396124919682021-01-16T11:41:30.186-07:002021-01-16T11:41:30.186-07:00Thanks, Aspen! That looks like a cool program.Thanks, Aspen! That looks like a cool program.Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-31561989157700094752021-01-15T12:36:24.449-07:002021-01-15T12:36:24.449-07:00Thank you so much for sharing! This helped me gain...Thank you so much for sharing! This helped me gain perspective and compassion on myself. Like President Nelson recently said, God loves effort. Thank you for being so honest about your own experience with doing challenges or talking yourself out of doing them! I far too easily let go of prophetic challenges than I should! I have recently been considering how to do what President Nelson encouraged or challenged to study the mentionings of Jesus Christ in the Topical Guide as well as from his recent talk when he said “As you study your scriptures during the next six months, I encourage you to make a list of all that the Lord has promised He will do for covenant Israel. I think you will be astounded! Ponder these promises. Talk about them with your family and friends. Then live and watch for these promises to be fulfilled in your own life.”<br />There's a new program that lets you study the Topical Guide and Scriptures in an easy format I've been using and really like. I'll share a link below for anyone that's interested<br /><br />https://scripturenotes.com/the-3-plus-levels-of-topical-guide-studyAspenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720923796096835672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-92065013980454887182017-12-13T13:11:11.042-07:002017-12-13T13:11:11.042-07:00This was so good for me to read. I far far to ofte...This was so good for me to read. I far far to often don’t even consider a challenge!! And sometimes it really is too much to do every single good thing, but surely I can open my heart a little more and recognize at least that it IS a challenge meant for me too and that the Lord can give me ability to fit at least some level of accepting it into my life!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-41485322215876266152017-12-07T21:13:27.623-07:002017-12-07T21:13:27.623-07:00It's so hard! It made me feel like crying, hea...It's so hard! It made me feel like crying, hearing about YOU crying with the overwhelmingness of it all! :)Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-1788094728014431752017-12-07T21:02:03.044-07:002017-12-07T21:02:03.044-07:00Hey, I'm in "Jesus Christ, atonement thro...Hey, I'm in "Jesus Christ, atonement through" too! I keep wondering why it is "atonement through" instead of "atonement of." <br /><br />I like your plan of reading in the Book of Mormon, plus conference talks. Seems like a good combination of all the things you want to do. And I also keep reminding myself, I don't have to do everything *every day*...I could do, like, topical guide study on Mondays, Conference talks on Tuesdays, etc. But maybe that would be way to complicated? Don't know. Still trying to work it out. But I miss you too!Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-18542254542552511072017-12-07T20:59:27.368-07:002017-12-07T20:59:27.368-07:00Yes, the memorization is the sticking point! It se...Yes, the memorization is the sticking point! It seems so hard especially for the Living Christ, because there is no clear structure...or maybe I just haven’t found it yet. I like to learn things using songs, but I haven’t found a song for this that I love...so I don’t know. But I do know I just need to exercise more faith that it is possible!Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-7147238107961864672017-12-07T05:04:46.629-07:002017-12-07T05:04:46.629-07:00I can totally relate! Sometimes I just sit down a...I can totally relate! Sometimes I just sit down and cry when yet another challenge is extended just as we get our rhythm in place trying to obey the one that came before. I actually talked to our bishop about the most recent one he offered. He was sympathetic, but he told me that obedience brings blessings. <br /><br />Which is true.<br /><br />I don't have any conclusions of my own to offer--simply that I'm working through the same kinds of wonderings.Aflyonmyhomeschoolwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746892667170459729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-81418690444767286522017-12-05T21:20:08.039-07:002017-12-05T21:20:08.039-07:00I have deep regrets about President Hinckley's...I have deep regrets about President Hinckley's challenge. I had three or so chapters left when I had a miscarriage between Cowen and Emeline. It was right before Christmas (two days, I think) so I had plenty of time to finish the chapters while I recuperated but I I was a little . . . I don't know--angry? sad? morose? resentful? and I didn't do it. It was so foolish. I have thought about that so often.<br /><br />I was trying to follow in President Nelson's footsteps and read all the Jesus Christ scriptures AND follow President Monson and read the Book of Mormon every day AND do my favorite thing, which is read all the conference talks. I gave up. Instead, I decided to read all the scriptures about the Savior IN the Book of Mormon. I won't be doing all the Savior scriptures, but I'll still be trying. That gave me enough time to read in the Book of Mormon AND a conference talk most every day. Right now I'm in Jesus Christ, atonement through. <br /><br />Is it weird that I found Elder Bednar's statements about the Godhead startling? He said something along the lines that we need Heavenly Father's plan, the Savior's atonement, and the companionship of the Holy Ghost to be successful. I hadn't ever put their roles together in my head in that way. Sometimes I feel like I'm 10 years old and will never actually learn much of anything.<br /><br />I miss you (clearly). I liked the conference talk about how life is supposed to be hard. Good stuff. <br /><br />Goodnight.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301232211779225287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-42442992520588062722017-12-05T09:10:25.804-07:002017-12-05T09:10:25.804-07:00I sure know what you mean about thinking and feeli...I sure know what you mean about thinking and feeling that I just can't do another thing right now. You are in the busiest time of life: having babies, raising children, etc. Now that I'm past that stage of life I think I recognize that maybe during that physically busy time is when we most need the Spiritual strength that comes from obedience. Memorizing is almost impossible for me so I don't even attempt it. But I should attempt it and have faith that the Lord will bless me for my efforts. Thanks for sharing the connection with Elder Hunter's talk. I'm going to keep my shoes on and obediently follow the counsel of the prophet. Perhaps that will be the way to gain the blessings for our family that I desire.Rozy Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019413665136390175noreply@blogger.com