Wednesday, February 14, 2007

   Hi-za!
"The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give,' . . . are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us. However, when you and I finally submit ourselves, by letting our individual wills be swallowed up in God's will, then we are really giving something to Him! It is the only possession which is truly ours to give!"
(Neal A. Maxwell, "Swallowed Up in the Will of the Father," Ensign, Nov. 1995, 24)

"The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best? The same is true with the second coming and with all those matters wherein our faith needs to include faith in the Lord's timing for us personally, not just in His overall plans and purposes."
(Neal A. Maxwell)

"I express special gratitude to the Lord Jesus Christ. I am thankful for His loving-kindness and for His open invitation to come unto Him (see Matthew 11:28-30). I marvel at His matchless power to heal. I testify of Jesus Christ as the Master Healer. It is but one of many attributes that characterize His incomparable life."
(Russell M. Nelson, "Jesus Christ--the Master Healer," Ensign, Nov. 2005, 85)

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Love from the crazy crew at Equus's farm! And Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you, too. ^_^ Don't forget that.

Xihuitl: Equus had fun at the dance.

Sano: I'll say. She had us dancing almost every song--except the slow ones.

Equus: ^^; That was a good time to sit down. Or get a drink of water.

Xihuitl: In reality, she had a lot of fun dancing by herself and with friends. And her one friend had fun, but her other two friends got depressed, and she was a smidget depressed. But she also had lots of fun and got to see her brother Lobster, his wife, and their three kids. Along with other friends.

Equus: I might ask that guy out again....

Sano: What guy?

Equus: ^^; In reality, hon, not here.

Sano: I still don't like it.

Xihuitl: Oops.

And in the work of the Lord, carry on!

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Fact of the day: When water is freezing, it actually becomes smaller in volume, then it becomes larger as the ice molecules "lock" into place. (I learned that somewhere....)

"I have reflected repeatedly upon the phrase 'the tender mercies of the Lord.' Through personal study, observation, pondering, and prayer, I believe I have come to better understand that the Lord's tender mercies are the very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving-kindnesses, consolation, support, and spiritual gifts which we receive from and because of and through the Lord Jesus Christ. Truly, the Lord suits 'his mercies according to the conditions of the children of men' (D&C 46:15)."
(David A. Bednar, "The Tender Mercies of the Lord," Ensign, May 2005, 99)

"Those who have felt the touch of the Master's hand somehow cannot explain the change which comes into their lives. There is a desire to live better, to serve faithfully, to walk humbly, and to be more like the Savior. Having received their spiritual eyesight and glimpsed the promises of eternity, they echo the words of the blind man to whom Jesus restored sight: 'One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see' (John 9:25)."
(President Thomas S. Monson, "Anxiously Engaged," Ensign, November 2004, 58)
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