Wednesday, March 28, 2007

   Hi! *hugs to everyone and especially Kitkun*
Mosiah 14
4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
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10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sins of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

We should be personal peacemakers. We should live peacefully—as couples, families, and neighbors. We should live by the Golden Rule."
~ Elder Russell M. Nelson, Ensign, Nov. 2002, 41

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Equus: I might have a new job!

Xihuitl: You still have to go to the interview today.

Emeraulde: And it's spring. It's so beautiful. The birds are singing, the grass is green again, the very smell in the air is nice. *sighs in content*

Haru #8: Where are K-c and Kakashi #8?

Kurama #3: I think they went to visit the cyber mini unicorns.

Xihuitl: As long as they're not going to try getting into the mountains again.

Okami: *looks up from the jigsaw puzzle she's putting together with Kitsunekun* Mountains?

Equus: Yep, the forbidden mountains of the cyber mini world.

*Okami and Kitkun look at each other and trot off.*

Xihuitl: Oh, no.

Equus: Here are your pocket hugs. Have a good day, and remember, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you, oh, so much do They love you. Hugs!

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"The Savior will let you feel the love He feels for those you serve. The call is an invitation to become like Him."
and
"An inspired prophet saw service as the way we come to want what the Lord wants. He wrote: “For how knoweth a man the master whom he has not served, and who is a stranger unto him, and is far from the thoughts and intents of his heart?” (Mosiah 5:13).
Because you are called by Jesus Christ to His service, you may go forward with great confidence. First, you may be assured that He knows you and your capacity to grow. He has prepared you. Calls will stretch you, often at the start and always over their course, but He will give you the Holy Ghost to be your companion. The Holy Ghost will tell you what to do when your own abilities and efforts are not enough (see John 14:26). The Holy Ghost will prompt you to bear testimony with conviction. The Savior will let you feel the love He feels for those you serve. The call is an invitation to become like Him (see 3 Ne. 27:27).
You might well ask, “How will seeing my call that way make me more confident of success?” The answer is that seeing it in that lofty way will make it more likely that you will go for help to the only source that is never-failing."
[...]
"The Lord is [our] only hope for success. Most of the help will come through the ministrations of the Holy Ghost. The Lord’s servants cannot succeed without it. We can only have the Holy Ghost as a companion if we plead for it and if we qualify for it. And both require a lot of praying, praying with real faith in our Heavenly Father and in His Beloved Son and in the Holy Ghost (see D&C 90:24; A of F 1:1).
To have the companionship of the Holy Ghost, we must be cleansed of sin (see D&C 50:29). That only comes through faith enough in Jesus Christ to repent and qualify for forgiveness (see D&C 3:20). And then we have to stay away from sin. That takes prayer, both frequent and fervent (see 3 Ne. 18:18).
“You better do a lot of praying” is good counsel for all of the Lord’s servants, new or seasoned. It is what His wise servants do. They pray."
~Elder Henry B. Eyring
Ensign, May 2000, 66
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