I read something that really made me think last night...I am now onto Stephen E Robinson's 2nd book Following Christ (thank you Julia!!) and it is as amazing as the first one! I am not on commission (lol) but seriously these books will change your life...you have to read them!
Anyway he was talking about trusting in the Saviour. In the pre-exsitence we trusted Jesus Christ so much that we were willing to come down here to earth, knowing that if He didn't do what He said He would do, we were in REAL trouble. We would never make it back home again!! BUT we knew the Saviour and we trusted Him enough, we knew He wouldn't let us down. That is some amount of faith isnt it?
So why do we struggle so much now? If only we could just believe and trust that He has ALWAYS done what He said He will do - not once has He let us down and He is not going to now. He went through the most immense pain and trauma and distress for me and for you, so He will not let us down now, no way. How we must have rejoiced that the plan was complete and we could one day come home again!
What a tender mercy that is :-) To have the sure knowledge of a Saviour who is always there. I trusted Him before, I will trust Him now.
On smaller mercies....a wonderful visit from my VT together with chocolate cake, a task at work which was just perfect for me on a very tired day, a crafty evening and an evening with my little Beaver Scouts to look forward at Pets R Home!! Yay...life is happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Monday, 28 November 2011
Magic Moments...
This weekend was so busy this is my first chance to catch up - but it was a weekend full of magic moments :-) So here where the highlights of the tender mercies...
* We had a SA day on Saturday. It was fabulous fun, I met new friends, was served an amazingly yummy Christmas dinner (including chocolate dessert!! yum yum), topped off by an inspiring fireside. BUT what was best of all was the knowledge that even in a family orientated church (as it should be!) there is always a place for me!!! It doesnt matter that we dont always meet the 'ideal' what we are is good enough. We have a wonderful stake presidency who showed us that :-)
* Sunday got even better!!! I had asked 3 of my Sunday School class to bear their testimonies to the class of how they felt their Saviours love :-) Oh my goodness - they were amazing and had the entire class in tears. Sarah as she told of how the Lord was directing her life to places she could find happiness and joy. Sue as she talked of how she was told to place her hand in the Lords and He would lead her home. And Jeremy - please dont go and eat worms, we love you!!! He bore such a touching testimony of when life seems to be getting at you from all angles it is the love of the Lord that gets us through. The spirit they brought was amazing. When I look at the members of my class - I feel overwhelmed that the Lord put me there to teach them, when they are such special, and righteous people. I am gonna miss my class so much come January :-(
* So how do I know the Lord loves me....well of course at the top of the list is the Saviours sacrifice for me, and even more so that in Gethsemane He chose to know exactly HOW I feel in every moment. He chose to go through it all, not just my sins but my illness, sadness, discouragement - absolutely EVERYthing. Closely followed by this plan of happiness, so I really can go home one day. But its all the little things, the invites to come stay at friends homes and be pampered, the little messages I get every day, the scriptures - oh most definetly the scriptures, the fact I have knowledge of it all, my family who stand with me through it all, that I am of the House of Isreal, that I have the comfort of the Holy Ghost and day by day learn to recognise and feel it even more, General Conference, Local leaders who are just fabulous, a bed to sleep on, food to eat, a beautiful world to live in...does it get any better. Does He love me...you bet He does.
Does He love you? Just start counting the ways - you will be amazed!!!
* We had a SA day on Saturday. It was fabulous fun, I met new friends, was served an amazingly yummy Christmas dinner (including chocolate dessert!! yum yum), topped off by an inspiring fireside. BUT what was best of all was the knowledge that even in a family orientated church (as it should be!) there is always a place for me!!! It doesnt matter that we dont always meet the 'ideal' what we are is good enough. We have a wonderful stake presidency who showed us that :-)
* Sunday got even better!!! I had asked 3 of my Sunday School class to bear their testimonies to the class of how they felt their Saviours love :-) Oh my goodness - they were amazing and had the entire class in tears. Sarah as she told of how the Lord was directing her life to places she could find happiness and joy. Sue as she talked of how she was told to place her hand in the Lords and He would lead her home. And Jeremy - please dont go and eat worms, we love you!!! He bore such a touching testimony of when life seems to be getting at you from all angles it is the love of the Lord that gets us through. The spirit they brought was amazing. When I look at the members of my class - I feel overwhelmed that the Lord put me there to teach them, when they are such special, and righteous people. I am gonna miss my class so much come January :-(
* So how do I know the Lord loves me....well of course at the top of the list is the Saviours sacrifice for me, and even more so that in Gethsemane He chose to know exactly HOW I feel in every moment. He chose to go through it all, not just my sins but my illness, sadness, discouragement - absolutely EVERYthing. Closely followed by this plan of happiness, so I really can go home one day. But its all the little things, the invites to come stay at friends homes and be pampered, the little messages I get every day, the scriptures - oh most definetly the scriptures, the fact I have knowledge of it all, my family who stand with me through it all, that I am of the House of Isreal, that I have the comfort of the Holy Ghost and day by day learn to recognise and feel it even more, General Conference, Local leaders who are just fabulous, a bed to sleep on, food to eat, a beautiful world to live in...does it get any better. Does He love me...you bet He does.
Does He love you? Just start counting the ways - you will be amazed!!!
Friday, 25 November 2011
How Firm A Foundation....
Blogging a bit early tonight...Do you know what my life has really changed completely from reading the book Believing Christ..I know, I know I keep going on about this book but it has made me think through the atonement in such a different way :-)
Do you know we are linked with the Saviour and that whatever we manage to do, as long as we have tried is enough!! If I can manage 25% that is Ok cos the Lord is ready and willing to make up the rest, but if my best is just 2% thats still Ok, cos He will still make it up :-) Did you know we have already been accepted into the Lord's kingdom and will make it, unless WE choose to opt out and why on earth would we? So no longer do we have to worry that our best is not good enough. As long as we try - sincerely try - and don't choose to opt out we are promised exaltation. How jolly and amazing is that !!!
I had a wonderful prayer this morning and it started off an amazing day!
On a nice drive into work I was singing along to myself as I often do (be glad you are not there is is not a pretty sound but I dont mind - lol) and into my head came the hymn How Firm A Foundation. And one single sentence stood out to me today..."As thy days may demand so thy succor shall be".
Succor is one of those words I love, the idea that when you need Him the Saviour will come running to assist you, if you will just turn to Him. But this phrase taught me today that the Saviour is in it for the long haul :-) So when I am having a good day and He doesnt have to come running quite so much that's great...but when I am having one of those days when things seem to be coming apart at the seam, then thats still ok - if my day demands more succor, more rescuing, more running too thats ok too - cos the Lord is in for the long run!!! He is with me no matter what !!!
But it didnt stop there...at work I sit next to a lovely man from India who at lunchtime shared a tragic event in his family with me that occured just a few months ago and he sat there testifying of His God - how lovely to hear that in what is usually such a worldly atmosphere.
But the tender mercies are all around us - I am thankful I felt pretty well today, that I ate some Maltesers with my lunch (yum yum - my fav!), that I have wonderful friends who send me uplifting messages, that I have a mobile phone where I can carry a church bookshop, scriptures, and General Conference with me, that I have an evening where I can curl up inside all cosy, that the grocery shopping is done for the week and of course that the weekend has arrived!!!!!!
Am I blessed? I think I am :-) But what is he VERY best thing of all is that I am starting to realise just how much !!!
Yay !!!
Do you know we are linked with the Saviour and that whatever we manage to do, as long as we have tried is enough!! If I can manage 25% that is Ok cos the Lord is ready and willing to make up the rest, but if my best is just 2% thats still Ok, cos He will still make it up :-) Did you know we have already been accepted into the Lord's kingdom and will make it, unless WE choose to opt out and why on earth would we? So no longer do we have to worry that our best is not good enough. As long as we try - sincerely try - and don't choose to opt out we are promised exaltation. How jolly and amazing is that !!!
I had a wonderful prayer this morning and it started off an amazing day!
On a nice drive into work I was singing along to myself as I often do (be glad you are not there is is not a pretty sound but I dont mind - lol) and into my head came the hymn How Firm A Foundation. And one single sentence stood out to me today..."As thy days may demand so thy succor shall be".
Succor is one of those words I love, the idea that when you need Him the Saviour will come running to assist you, if you will just turn to Him. But this phrase taught me today that the Saviour is in it for the long haul :-) So when I am having a good day and He doesnt have to come running quite so much that's great...but when I am having one of those days when things seem to be coming apart at the seam, then thats still ok - if my day demands more succor, more rescuing, more running too thats ok too - cos the Lord is in for the long run!!! He is with me no matter what !!!
But it didnt stop there...at work I sit next to a lovely man from India who at lunchtime shared a tragic event in his family with me that occured just a few months ago and he sat there testifying of His God - how lovely to hear that in what is usually such a worldly atmosphere.
But the tender mercies are all around us - I am thankful I felt pretty well today, that I ate some Maltesers with my lunch (yum yum - my fav!), that I have wonderful friends who send me uplifting messages, that I have a mobile phone where I can carry a church bookshop, scriptures, and General Conference with me, that I have an evening where I can curl up inside all cosy, that the grocery shopping is done for the week and of course that the weekend has arrived!!!!!!
Am I blessed? I think I am :-) But what is he VERY best thing of all is that I am starting to realise just how much !!!
Yay !!!
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Believing Christ
What an amazing day - absolutely bursting full of tender mercies of the very best kind...
Someone recently suggested to me that I should read the book Believing Christ by Stephen E Robinson - all I can say is WOW!!!!!! If you have ever wondered how you can possibly make it back home to Heavenly Father, how you can possibly find someone who understands how to make things right, who loves you immeasurably just as you are...if you have days when everything feels too much and you never think you will manage to be the person you need to be, you HAVE to read this book :-) It has touched me to the very core and given me hope :-)
I love my Saviour, I love Him - Jesus Christ - my Elder Brother, my Redeemer. I just Love Him. And together arm in arm I will get home again, because He knows the way and I am sticking right by His side :-)
I also was told today of a dear friend who prays for me every day and it means the world to me and on top of all that loveliness today my Home Teachers came to see me, with a lovely spirit and care.
And they even had Hersheys chocolate kisses on offer at Asda today - yum yum.
Tender mercies...it seems when you look for them they fill your every single day - how amazing and exciting is that :-)
Someone recently suggested to me that I should read the book Believing Christ by Stephen E Robinson - all I can say is WOW!!!!!! If you have ever wondered how you can possibly make it back home to Heavenly Father, how you can possibly find someone who understands how to make things right, who loves you immeasurably just as you are...if you have days when everything feels too much and you never think you will manage to be the person you need to be, you HAVE to read this book :-) It has touched me to the very core and given me hope :-)
I love my Saviour, I love Him - Jesus Christ - my Elder Brother, my Redeemer. I just Love Him. And together arm in arm I will get home again, because He knows the way and I am sticking right by His side :-)
I also was told today of a dear friend who prays for me every day and it means the world to me and on top of all that loveliness today my Home Teachers came to see me, with a lovely spirit and care.
And they even had Hersheys chocolate kisses on offer at Asda today - yum yum.
Tender mercies...it seems when you look for them they fill your every single day - how amazing and exciting is that :-)
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Amazing friends...
Well...tender mercies of today. I have been most blessed indeed with an abundance of people who care about me - even though I can assure you that I do not deserve it !!!
I haven't always made the best choices in life, and today I am grateful for a special friend who had the courage to tell me some harsh but true words. Who told me things as they really are - harsh to hear sometimes but has enabled me to ponder and think about how to be the person I want to be :-) Where on earth would we be without friends!!!
Lunchtime today was very special - lunch with 3 amazing women. Each of them shows me an abundance of love and care. One, THE most caring lady I know, she is one of my dearest friends - if anyone is in need she will the first on the spot, how I wish to be more like her! One who loved me enough to speak those harsh words and has made a real difference to me today. I adore her. The other, my newest friend in whom I see courage and love in all she does and overcomes - how I look forward to learning to be more like her too :-) I admire her already!!
Tender mercies indeed :-)
I haven't always made the best choices in life, and today I am grateful for a special friend who had the courage to tell me some harsh but true words. Who told me things as they really are - harsh to hear sometimes but has enabled me to ponder and think about how to be the person I want to be :-) Where on earth would we be without friends!!!
Lunchtime today was very special - lunch with 3 amazing women. Each of them shows me an abundance of love and care. One, THE most caring lady I know, she is one of my dearest friends - if anyone is in need she will the first on the spot, how I wish to be more like her! One who loved me enough to speak those harsh words and has made a real difference to me today. I adore her. The other, my newest friend in whom I see courage and love in all she does and overcomes - how I look forward to learning to be more like her too :-) I admire her already!!
Tender mercies indeed :-)
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Welcome...
Well here goes, my first step into the world of blogging !!!
I read a wonderful article by a leader of our church yesterday - Elder David A Bednar spoke of 'The tender mercies of the Lord' and it touched my heart. Tender Merices are those amazing blessings that come to us from God - those tiny things that happen each day that could so easy be sidelined as consequences, but actually make our life so amazing and lovely.
Life has a habit of throwing some hard things our way...so in my jolly way I have determined enough is enough...the world can do what it likes but my focus is going back to those wonderful, joyous blessings that come every day :-)
So what happened that was jolly today....I had the best nights sleep I have had in weeks, I had a nice peaceful drive into work and then various notes and messages from friends showing they care. Does it get any better than that? Well that remains to be seen....lets see what tender mercies are in the pipeline for tomorrow...
Come and join me in my world of jolliness and spread a bit of joy - and please let me know the tender mercies in your day..... Remember Gratitude turns what I have into enough.
I read a wonderful article by a leader of our church yesterday - Elder David A Bednar spoke of 'The tender mercies of the Lord' and it touched my heart. Tender Merices are those amazing blessings that come to us from God - those tiny things that happen each day that could so easy be sidelined as consequences, but actually make our life so amazing and lovely.
Life has a habit of throwing some hard things our way...so in my jolly way I have determined enough is enough...the world can do what it likes but my focus is going back to those wonderful, joyous blessings that come every day :-)
So what happened that was jolly today....I had the best nights sleep I have had in weeks, I had a nice peaceful drive into work and then various notes and messages from friends showing they care. Does it get any better than that? Well that remains to be seen....lets see what tender mercies are in the pipeline for tomorrow...
Come and join me in my world of jolliness and spread a bit of joy - and please let me know the tender mercies in your day..... Remember Gratitude turns what I have into enough.
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