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Birthday/Secret Combinations



 Happy Birthday Uncle Will, Cousin James, and Grandmommy!!  It was delightful to celebrate their birthdays as a family.  We have a crazy bunch of people and yet it is so enjoyable.


Angela always gives Mom T. a photo calendar for her birthday.  It is the highlight of the night.  It was fun to see everyone crowding around trying to look at it.

A couple of weeks ago we went as a family to go caroling.  That is a tradition that started many years ago in the Thornton Family and we have continued to do it.  Not everyone could be there, we had sick kids that needed to stay home but my sweet husband knew I needed to get out so he stayed home and let me go.  We hit a few houses but several were not home.  Our last house was the home of Grandaddy's sister who is going through Chemo.  That was truly a delight.  To see their happiness and joy at receiving carolers.  It truly made my heart sing and filled me with the Spirit.  I was grateful to have been a part of that experience.

Ether 8:22 
"22  And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his saints, which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not."
  • Who are these groups? Would Al-Quida be considered a secret combination? Are there groups in the United States as well as the middle east? Will their countries fall? Will our country fall?

There are so many unknowns that it can seem scary and overwhelming, how grateful I am to a Father in Heaven who is watching over me. Who will protect me and who takes my worries of the world away and allows me to focus on my family with the knowledge that it will all work out.
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