Moments

I just likes the feeling I had watching this video and thought that maybe another person out there might enjoy it. The little girl on the swing made me smile. Just take a moment and watch this video and see how you feel. There is a good message in it- Don't let the moments pass you by, especially when it comes to doing what matters most.

When I was growing up one thing that I remember from my childhood was going to the grocery store with my mom. It is quite a task to take a child to store and especially where there is food and even worse when there is candy. Every time without fail I would ask for some candy bar or chips or just something that I wanted, Well without fail the reply I would receive from my mom was not today. At the beginning I would think that there was hope in this statement thinking that next time I would ask I might just get what I wanted. Trip after trip to the grocery store would soon prove that not today meant never. As a young kid I never understood the budget was tight and we had to get the needs not the wants but my little heart would break knowing I wasn't going to get the candy. The Parallel is that our Father in Heaven asks us to choose Him everyday. He knows we are busy with things that we label as a priority, but unlike me as a young kid with the candy, He knows that it is for our good. It seems as though we, like my mother at the store, give the reply not today. The danger is that this becomes our reply daily and we get in the habit of thinking we are doing whats right when really He who provides true happiness is left out of our lives. Still our Father is there and day after day He offers us the choice, knowing that it will lead to our eternal happiness. As the scriptures often say, "His hand is stretched out still". The question is today who will I choose?

Recognize the Source

Heman is sweet. Let's just start off with that well known fact. This childhood hero of so many kids including all my brothers was unstoppable. I mean Heman was the most powerful man in the universe. He could take on anyone and pretty much do anything. It really doesn't get better than Heman. Here is the cool thing about this man, he recognized the source. It was all by the power of greyskull. Without that power Heman was not the most powerful man in the universe, nor could he take on anyone, but by the power of greyskull there was no match for Heman. Lately things have been going pretty good for me. I am being blessed like crazy. I am by no means the most powerful man in the universe but yet I feel like I can do things that before I would not have had the ability to do. I am sure others have felt an extra boost in their lives at times. Here is the danger I face; I don't want to get to thinking that it's me. Just like Heman with the power of greyskull there is a power and a source not of my own. I know that the source of this success and the source of this ability is from the Lord. I have found that when I have my relationship with God where it is pleasing to Him then it seems as though I get this boost. I have of course learned this by sad experience. There were times I got prideful and took the credit. I have had times when I thought it was me. I know a little better now and I am grateful I do. It truly is all God. Whenever we have blessings in our lives we have to make sure we give credit to the Lord. All credit needs to go to the source. I love the lessons you can learn from Heman. Its awesome. So learn with me what Heman is teaching- That, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians 4:13)  or "by the power of greyskull!" Whats even better yet is that when we recognize the source we get more power or the ability to do things that before we couldn't or thought we couldn't. It's the best thing ever people and we learn from the scriptures and even Heman.

Makes me feel so Good!

Last night the greatest thing happened. I witnessed something that is easily called a miracle. It is what a Book of Mormon prophet called "a mighty change of heart". When someone comes to have this change and they see that God loves them and they are able to recognize truth I get the greatest feeling ever. I feel like jumping up and clicking my heels. I know that these changes can only come from God through His Spirit. The happiness that we are intended to have in this life is unreel. I cannot even come close to imagine how it will be like in Heaven. The gospel is great. It really is the Good news and when someone does what the Good news says they get the Good feelings and when we keep getting those Good feelings and following them we get the Good reward and we are told, "Well done, thou Good and faithful servant....enter thou into the joy of thy lord."(Matt25:21) And that is what it is all about. Its that simple really; just choose the good stuff, the really good stuff. Don't take the sand paper when you have 3 ply toilet paper right there! It says in Moroni 7:13, "But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do Good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do Good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God." Isn't that great we just go for what is Good and by doing that God then blesses us and those around us and more Good comes into our lives to the point where you are sure you can't possibly get anymore blessings and then God pours down even more; and it makes me feel so GOOD!