Thursday, October 26, 2006

   Hola!
"Those who will receive the Lord Jesus Christ as the source of their salvation will always lie down in green pastures, no matter how barren and bleak the winter has been."
~ Jeffrey R. Holland, “He Hath Filled the Hungry with Good Things,” Ensign, Nov. 1997, 64

Nehemiah 8: 13-14, 16-18
And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
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So the people went forth, and brought them [branches], and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of cNun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

Nehemiah 9: 3, 6-9, 21, 24-31
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
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Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a acovenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
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Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
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So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands[...]
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they [...] delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

The Lord will always help those who trust in and obey Him. He can see the whole tapestry. We can't. And when we do His will, He helps and protects us, and He helps us to help the people around us.

Any questions? ^_^

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Equus: *runs past with her arms full of stuff*

Xihuitl: Sorry. Equus has to finish her costume tonight, prepare the dessert she's taking to the party tomorrow, and get the upcoming birthday celebration ready. She's already got the stuff, at least. She's dying her hair black and white, Refi-chan.

Kurama #3: And don't worry, they sorted the argument out. We wouldn't let them eat until they did.

Xihuitl: I thought K-c would apologize. It just takes him a little while.

Emeraulde: So why are you making him gather roses?

Xihuitl: What do you mean, sweetie?

Emeraulde: Kakashi #4 said it was Kyo-clone's punishment for making Equus cry.

Xihuitl: ^/^ Really?

Sano: You're merciless, Xihuitl.

Xihuitl: He just needs to work on his manners.

Emeraulde: He's nice to me.

Xihuitl: Yes, he is. And he has improved. I'm just saying he can make some more improvements.

Kurama #3: Everyone can.

Sano: Including you, Xihuitl.

Xihuitl: Heh. ^^; True. Well...I'll go help K-c.

Equus: *meep* *runs back across the room with another armload of stuff*

Sano: Honey, watch out--

*CRASH!*

Haru #8: Are you all right, Miss Equus?

Equus: *in middle of pile o' stuff* Yes...o.o

Kurama #3: If you will please excuse us, we're going to help Miss Equus.

Sano: Come on, up you go. *helps Equus to her feet* Are you okay?

Equus: Mm-hmm. *hugs Sano, nuzzles his shoulder, and starts scrambling around again picking stuff up*

Xihuitl: *through window* Did somebody feed her sugar?

Sano: ^^;

Emeraulde: Here are your pocket hugs. Take care. ^_^

Equus: *pokes head in from kitchen* Whichever person you want, Refi-chan. Love, all!

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Fact of the day: I don't know...Some Border collies show working instict at 4 months old, or even sooner! (My mom told me that today. ^_^)

God be with you! He and Jesus Christ love you. Take care!

We stand ready to assist you in any way that we can.[...]
"Ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son. . . .
"And now, . . . after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.
"Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life" (2 Nephi 31:18–20).
~ President Gordon B. Hinckley, "A Perfect Brightness of Hope--to New Members of the Church," Liahona and Ensign, Oct. 2006, 2–5

"When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read. Do not let too much time pass before reading a verse, a thought, or a chapter."
~ President Boyd K. Packer, “The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ—Plain and Precious Things,” Ensign, May 2005, 8
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