Michael went down the slide at the park on Saturday with his sister. When he got to the bottom he was crying. She said that his leg had gotten stuck on the way down. After comforting him he fell asleep in my arms. When he awoke he wouldn't stand or walk. Derek and I tried and he would cry whenever we put him in a standing position. Sunday I took him to urgent care and they could find nothing wrong. But to protect the growth plates they put his leg in a splint until Friday. He can't walk or stand. He has learned to crawl again and is happy to at least be able to move around.
Samantha has been in a boot for the last few weeks but we went to the doctor today and she got it off!
The Infinite Atonement (Illustrated Edition,) by Tad R. Callistar
pg. 157 "Thus, when the agony [of the Atonement] came in its fullest, it was so much, much worse than even He with his unique intellect had ever imagined!"
I believe I am an "experienced optimist" as my sister-in-law labeled me one time. I hope that things will be good and work easily unless I have already experienced it and know the reality of the situation. But I have to wonder if when were were in Heaven and told about the plan if we did not think that, 'yes there would be some trials, but we could easily overcome them.' I remember when we drove from North Carolina to Utah for the first time with 4 kids. We were prepared, we were optimistic, we knew we would have trials, bad moments, and good moments, but noting could have prepared us for the stomach flu that got to each of us on the drive home.
pg. 157 "The Lord's soul-cry, "My God, My God, why has thou forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34) was not a rhetorical question. It was the earnest pleading of a divine being, who, under intense pain, sought answers and comfort in his hour of need. There comes a time in each man's life, regardless of his intellectual acumen, when he must rely on faith and faith alone. Abraham experienced it as he drew his knife from the sheath on Mt. Moriah; Moses felt it as he marched toward the Red Sea. In each case there was no apparent solution at hand other than to simply obey; all the options of mortal reasoning had been exhausted. There was only faith to cling to, faith in its purest form."
It gives me comfort that my Savior had to have faith. I relate better to Him. I feel that He can have greater empathy for me and I for Him. That even He who was perfect had to have faith. That makes me who is not perfect need to have even more faith and to not feel weak because I need faith.
Samantha has been in a boot for the last few weeks but we went to the doctor today and she got it off!
The Infinite Atonement (Illustrated Edition,) by Tad R. Callistar
pg. 157 "Thus, when the agony [of the Atonement] came in its fullest, it was so much, much worse than even He with his unique intellect had ever imagined!"
I believe I am an "experienced optimist" as my sister-in-law labeled me one time. I hope that things will be good and work easily unless I have already experienced it and know the reality of the situation. But I have to wonder if when were were in Heaven and told about the plan if we did not think that, 'yes there would be some trials, but we could easily overcome them.' I remember when we drove from North Carolina to Utah for the first time with 4 kids. We were prepared, we were optimistic, we knew we would have trials, bad moments, and good moments, but noting could have prepared us for the stomach flu that got to each of us on the drive home.
pg. 157 "The Lord's soul-cry, "My God, My God, why has thou forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34) was not a rhetorical question. It was the earnest pleading of a divine being, who, under intense pain, sought answers and comfort in his hour of need. There comes a time in each man's life, regardless of his intellectual acumen, when he must rely on faith and faith alone. Abraham experienced it as he drew his knife from the sheath on Mt. Moriah; Moses felt it as he marched toward the Red Sea. In each case there was no apparent solution at hand other than to simply obey; all the options of mortal reasoning had been exhausted. There was only faith to cling to, faith in its purest form."
It gives me comfort that my Savior had to have faith. I relate better to Him. I feel that He can have greater empathy for me and I for Him. That even He who was perfect had to have faith. That makes me who is not perfect need to have even more faith and to not feel weak because I need faith.
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