Skip to main content

Fast Sunday/Charity

Today is Fast Sunday.  The first Sunday of each month our Church holds Fast Sunday.  We are encouraged to go without food or water for 2 meals and then donate the money we would have spent on those two meals to the poor.  Fasting also allows us to come closer to the Lord, to show our devotion to something important to us.  We are encouraged to fast with a purpose.  Today I am fasting for Charity towards my family and others.  I want to be able to love all those I interact with, to offer forgiveness to those who have offended me and to love everyone.











We took all the decorations down yesterday.  Derek was great and helped me get the decorations down and put in the attic.  Even my son and his cousin helped us put the boxes in the attic.


"having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days;"
Very Positive statement. Nephi did have it hard, life was not easy, but He knew that the Lord had helped him throughout His life. I see the hand of the Lord in my life daily. I know I am highly favored of the Lord and I am so grateful for that.

 Infinite Atonement (Illustrated Edition,) by Tad R. Callister

pg. 16.  Pres. Howard W. Hunter, "As we come to understand His mission and  the atonement which He wrought, we will desire to live more like Him."--This is what I want and why I choose to study the Atonement.

pg. 16. "Every attempt to reflect upon the Atonement, to study it, to embrace it, to express appreciation for it, however small or feeble it may be, will kindle the fires of faith and work its miracle towards a more Christlike life . . . And thus, as we study Christ's life and live his teachings, we become more like him.--I look forward to becoming more like Christ and have hope that I can change and become better.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

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

Lessons from Friends/Faith

I had a fun visit with some of our friends yesterday.  We talked a lot and I learned a lot.  At one point she said that she has to rely on the Savior and the Atonement to make up for the love that she cannot give her children.  She loves them but her weaknesses do not always show that and she prays that they will feel loved through the Atonement.  I loved that idea.  In my life right now I am functioning good but not perfect.  I need the Atonement to make up for what I cannot give my children right now.  She also talked about how important siblings are.  That in China one of the problems with only having one child is that there are no aunts, uncles, or cousins.  The family network is gone.  How as parents we may not be able to give our children all the love that we would like but they are still getting loved from their siblings.  That as children we fought with our siblings but now as adults we are closest to our siblings.  This gave me great hope for my children, yes they fight an

Anniversary Day 3/Weaknesses can Become Strengths

We slept in again, oh so nice.  We didn't leave the hotel until 11:00.  We went to a local pancake place and had a scruptious breakfast.  We then went in search of apple orchards as this area is known as Apple Country.  We ended up at a place called Grandad's Apples. I was in 7th heaven.  We bought a full bushel of apples and then more for making apple sauce.  I loved it. We then went to down town Ashville and bought chocolates at the Chocolate Feddish.  Mmmmm . . . Then we headed home.  It was a wonderful time to be together with my best friend.  I am so grateful to my loving Heavenly Father for helping us have such an enjoyable anniversary.  We felt truly loved and blessed by Him. We enjoyed our 15th Anniversary and are looking forward to an eternity more. . . Book of Mormon, Ether 12:27 "27  And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that the