Overwhelmed/Temple/Gethsemane

Today I am overwhelmed. Do you ever have those days? It doesn't matter how well things are going or what you have accomplished you just feel like you can't do it all. Today my house is clean which does not happen often in my life and frankly only happens because when my husband became bishop we decided it was time to have someone help me with the deep cleaning. But you would think that that should be enough, but it is not. I have been studying up on eating "clean," meaning no processed foods etc, but wow, is that work. It is a great idea, I love it, but it is expensive and time consuming. That gets me thinking about my family health. The youngest 3 are doing great but the older 4 of us need to be better in exercise and food nutrition. As I ponder on this I am reminded of laundry, birthday parties, class room parties, teaching on Sunday, diapers, groceries, budgeting the list never seems to end.

So I prayed, what else could I do and I was reminded that I have not been to the Temple in several weeks. With track out, snow days, etc., my Spirit is weak. It needs the strength of the Lord to help it. Just as my body needs good food my Spirit needs nourishment

from my Heavenly Father. When I am in the Temple I feel so much better. The unnecessary stuff falls away and is forgotten and the important things remain and over time are accomplished.

I am going to the Temple on Friday. I am really looking forward to it. Someone in a class I attended recently said, "The Temple is where God comes down to talk to His children. The world is too dark for Him to come to but the Temple is light." I love that. Here I am living in the dark where everything is hard to see, it is hard to see what the Lord really wants us to do, but as we attend the Temple things become clear and bright.

I am reading my lesson to teach on Sunday and am reading about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I am reminded of a song my children sang in primary:

Gethsemane
by Jenny Phillips

Jesus climbed the hill
To the garden still
His steps were heavy and slow
Love and a prayer
Took Him there
To the place only He could go

Gethsemane
Jesus loves me
So He went willingly
To Gethsemane

He felt all that was sad, wicked or bad
All the pain we would ever know
While His friends were asleep
He fought to keep
His promise made long ago

Gethsemane
Jesus loves me
So He went willingly
To Gethsemane

The hardest thing That ever was done
The greatest pain that ever was known
The biggest battle that ever was won
This was done by Jesus.
The fight was won by Jesus.

Gethsemane
Jesus loves me
So he gave His gift to me
In Gethsemane

Gethsemane
Jesus loves me
So he gives His gift to me
From Gethsemane

WE ARE EXPECTING BABY #5

Yes, you read it correctly. The Thornton Family is expecting a new baby in Dec. 2012. We are very excited. Today we made the announcement to our 4 children and I am sure that each of you heard their screams of excitement. Maddison immediately told us that it was going to be a boy but then after a few minutes decided that we need one boy and one girl. John Derek would like the baby to be a boy so that he can have a brother. Samantha would like the baby to sleep in her room. Elizabeth would like the baby to have brown hair so that more kids in the family would look like her. Then the conversation turned to names. Here are some of their favorites: Elizabeth wants: Sarah, Eva, Evelyn, or Eve, and if it is a boy Phineas or Ferb Samantha wants: Sam or Ammon John Derek wants: Johnny Maddison wants: Cinderella and Johnny So here we go. Taking on a new adventure of 5 children with faith that we are following our Father in Heaven's desires for our family. In this last conference Pres. P

Elizabeth

My darling Elizabeth is so wonderful. At Church I had the pleasure of talking to different people about the great girl she is. I was in the mother's room, feeding Michael, and talked to two other moms. We were discussing the joys and difficulties of raising children. I talked about how I couldn't do it without my Elizabeth. How she is my right hand. She is so good and stepping in and making breakfast or lunch. She loves to make pancakes with chocolate chips. She is great with Michael. I know that I can give him to her and he will be well taken care of. As soon as we pull into the garage she exclaims, "I'll get Michael!" then leaps out of the car and takes him out. I don't know what I would do without her. When Michael was first born and I was constantly feeding, sleeping, and trying to hold the house together she did so much. She was such a huge help. She is going to be a great mother some day. She is so good at talking to children and

Awards October 2014

My wonderful daughter Elizabeth is doing so great in school. She has a 4.0. Friday she received 3 awards at their quarterly award ceremony: High Honor Roll for having a 4.0, Outstanding Participation in her computer class, and the SPLASH award: S - Self Control, P - Pride, L - Leadership, A - Attitude, S - Safety, H - Honesty. What a great girl I have. I am so proud of her. She is a great daughter, she helps me so much. I could not be the mom I am today without her help.

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