I know that God answers our prayers. I know that He loves us each personally and is very aware of what is going on in our lives. There is no doubt in my mind that He cares deeply about us and knows us better than we know ourselves. He knows what we are going through and He knows what we can handle and He blesses us with blessings beyond measure. Malachi 3:10 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the...

I’ve had a rough couple of years, which would explain the lack of writing and the major neglect of my blog. My children left to go and live with their dad, which threw me into a deep depression unlike anything I have ever known. I went to the doctor, seeking help and found out that I am bipolar. This past couple of years, I have been trying to deal with the very real and scary disease, which...

I recently ran across a new part of the mormon.org website published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is dedicated to helping people understand The Book of Mormon. It made me reflect on how I feel about The Book of Mormon. I have read The Book of Mormon together with my family for as long as I can remember. I have also spent a lot of time studying the scriptures on my own,...

I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on the Savior’s atonement and resurrection. Easter is such a happy time when spring is in full bloom and the sun is shining more and more. I’m glad that there is such a parallel between the season and the holiday. New life is all around us and there is evidence everywhere of God’s love. It is easy to see the glory of the resurrection being...

Everyone has been blessed with gifts of the spirit and talents, which they may or may not be aware of.  So, how can you find out what they are?  And, once you know what they are, how do you develop them? Talents are something that we are blessed with from a loving Heavenly Father.  Some people may appear to have more talents than others, but I believe that is only because many of our talents are...

I don’t know if you realize that we have a living prophet, today, but we do.  His name is Thomas S. Monson.  He was called of God to be a voice of warning to the people of the world in these modern days.  Some people may find this to be totally new and unusual.  In fact, our church is the only one that has a living prophet. Why wouldn’t we have a living prophet on the earth, today?...

Today, at church, we had a beautiful lesson about Job and what he went through and how he was able to overcome his trials and endure with faith.  I was feeling like I had been very blessed to be able to be there and hear this great lesson.  I was really enjoying listening and sitting there. Then, out of the blue, the teacher asked if anyone would like to come up and sing, “I Know That My Redeemer...

Today was fast and testimony meeting at church, which is like open mic.  It was such an inspiring, spiritual meeting and my tears were close a few times.  I didn’t take the chance to bear my testimony at church, so I thought I’d bear it online to you. I used to think that I knew God lived and that I couldn’t be more sure about it.  But, then something would happen and I’d...

I had to give a talk today in church about applying moral principals in our daily lives, so I thought I would share a bit of what I talked about here.  Living a good life every day takes determination and a commitment to do what’s right as well as not to do what’s wrong.  There are many opportunities to follow the spirit that seem small, but may still make a difference in someone’s...

We have just had a chance to teach our children this lesson. We have expectations about what kinds of things we will allow in our home. We have made a decision to serve The Lord and to obey his commandments. This video explains my feelings about serving The Lord. Each day, I try to know what He would have me do to help build up His Kingdom here on the earth. I know that no matter how difficult...