John Derek was hungry for dinner but I was feeding Michael yogurt. He offered to take over if I would make dinner. Here is the result. If you can't tell there is yogurt all over his hands and most of the face below the bowl.
For Christmas Samantha got rainbow looms. These little rubber bands that you weave together to make bracelets. She was so excited about them and made so many that she linked them together and draped them around her whole room. You can see the rope starting at the door going over the window and onto the other wall. They did drape all the way around to the door again but it finally fell down. Now she is totally enthralled with melting beads. What a cutie.
The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister (Illustrated Edition)
pg. 67--Clearly Christ "has all power, all wisdom, and all understanding; he comprehendeth all things" (Alma 26:35) . . . Just as there are no limits to the Savior's omniscience, there are no limits to his love and power.
Right now I am having a difficult time with love. Especially giving love to my family. I do believe that through the Savior my heart can be changed to love my children. I wonder if Satan is causing me to doubt my love for them. Will the Savior remove Satan's doubt and replace it with the knowledge I am wanting? Is there more for me to learn?
pg. 68--Man's need however onerous they may be, will never exhaust God's love. His supply is boundless.
I want to feel that way towards my children. It is a Godly trait and I want to emulate it. My grandmother is one of the best people I know. She has a love for others that is God like. No matter who she meets, who joins her family, what people do to her she loves them. Everyone can feel her love radiating. Her grandchildren are drawn to her home. She makes each of them feel like they are her favorite. I asked her one time when I was in college how she loved so much and she didn't really answer. But then at her 80th birthday several years later she was speaking to the family as we celebrated and she looked at me, showing that she remembered this conversation, and said that she was given the gift of love. That she just loves everyone. It is just part of who she is.
When I was a teenager and not wanting to be a Mormon Mom, who wasted her day raising children, and sat around unglorified and being a full time babysitter, I was complaining to my mom about how this is not the life I wanted. In frustration she asked, then who do you want to be Lexia, who is it that you want to be like? That really hit me, who did I want to be like, who out of anyone in the world did I want to emulate. To my amazement and the amazement of my mother I said, "Grandma Christensen." Grandma raised 8 children and has raised several of her grandchildren at one time or another. But her love radiated the goodness that I wanted in my life. And I recognized that early on. That moment really changed my life. I still struggled with the idea of being a mom but I began to open up to it. Now here I am with 5 children but still needing a lot of help. I do not have the heart of my Grandmother but I still desire it. I know that the only way I can be given it is through Christ. I yearn for that gift but know that it does not come in an instant, but will take time, work, and energy. I do have faith that someday I will have the heart I desire, but only through my Savior Jesus Christ.
For Christmas Samantha got rainbow looms. These little rubber bands that you weave together to make bracelets. She was so excited about them and made so many that she linked them together and draped them around her whole room. You can see the rope starting at the door going over the window and onto the other wall. They did drape all the way around to the door again but it finally fell down. Now she is totally enthralled with melting beads. What a cutie.
The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister (Illustrated Edition)
pg. 67--Clearly Christ "has all power, all wisdom, and all understanding; he comprehendeth all things" (Alma 26:35) . . . Just as there are no limits to the Savior's omniscience, there are no limits to his love and power.
Right now I am having a difficult time with love. Especially giving love to my family. I do believe that through the Savior my heart can be changed to love my children. I wonder if Satan is causing me to doubt my love for them. Will the Savior remove Satan's doubt and replace it with the knowledge I am wanting? Is there more for me to learn?
pg. 68--Man's need however onerous they may be, will never exhaust God's love. His supply is boundless.
I want to feel that way towards my children. It is a Godly trait and I want to emulate it. My grandmother is one of the best people I know. She has a love for others that is God like. No matter who she meets, who joins her family, what people do to her she loves them. Everyone can feel her love radiating. Her grandchildren are drawn to her home. She makes each of them feel like they are her favorite. I asked her one time when I was in college how she loved so much and she didn't really answer. But then at her 80th birthday several years later she was speaking to the family as we celebrated and she looked at me, showing that she remembered this conversation, and said that she was given the gift of love. That she just loves everyone. It is just part of who she is.
When I was a teenager and not wanting to be a Mormon Mom, who wasted her day raising children, and sat around unglorified and being a full time babysitter, I was complaining to my mom about how this is not the life I wanted. In frustration she asked, then who do you want to be Lexia, who is it that you want to be like? That really hit me, who did I want to be like, who out of anyone in the world did I want to emulate. To my amazement and the amazement of my mother I said, "Grandma Christensen." Grandma raised 8 children and has raised several of her grandchildren at one time or another. But her love radiated the goodness that I wanted in my life. And I recognized that early on. That moment really changed my life. I still struggled with the idea of being a mom but I began to open up to it. Now here I am with 5 children but still needing a lot of help. I do not have the heart of my Grandmother but I still desire it. I know that the only way I can be given it is through Christ. I yearn for that gift but know that it does not come in an instant, but will take time, work, and energy. I do have faith that someday I will have the heart I desire, but only through my Savior Jesus Christ.
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