Worth of a Soul

"Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God;"(Doctrine and Covenants 18: 10).  How great we may ask?  It is so great that He gave His life for all of us.  "For, behold, the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh; wherefore he suffered the pain of all men, that all men might repent and come unto him.  And he hath risen again from the dead, that he might bring all men unto him, on conditions of repentance.  And how great is his joy in the soul that repenteth!"(Doctrine and Covenants 18: 11-13).

Our Savior's Call

I am so thankful for the call of the Savior.  Christ has given us the call to, "come forth unto me."(3 Nephi  11: 14).  He also calls, "Follow thou me."(2 Nephi 31:10).  The invitation of the Savior is to come and follow Him. He wants to bless and change us!  The question is, how do we come and follow Him?

Do We Know Christ, Or Do We Just Know About Christ?

Do we know Jesus Christ?  I am not saying know about him, but do we know our Savior?  How can we really know our Savior?

What's In Your Garden?

How do we get what we want?  Is there a sure way to get good in return?  What must we do to be happy?  These are some big questions, especially in a world that may feel like nothing is certain.  Today I would like to write a little about a few things we can do that will certainly wield rewards we can count on.  I have been reading the New Testament.  The other morning in my studies, I came across a few verses of scripture in Galatians chapter six.  It is simple, but has such a powerful message.  Verses 7-9 read,

"7Be not decieved; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

 8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

 9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

The Greatest Act Ever Done

I wish to write about the Atonement.  This is the single most important act in all human history.  There is so much I could say about this, but I will only write just a little.  With reverence I wish to address this topic.  First I would like to address why it is so important.  Jacob, a Prophet from the Book of Mormon, wrote,

"Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement—save it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more. O the wisdom of God, his mercy and grace! For behold, if the flesh should rise no more our spirits must become subject to that angel who fell from before the presence of the Eternal God, and became the devil, to rise no more. " (2 Nephi 9:7-8)

An act that can change a life

I have a lot to be grateful for.  I have had an experiance I would like to share.  To be honest, this is an experiance that happens quite frequently.  This morning I had a lot weighing on my mind.  Everyday all of us have lots of things that we know needs to be done or stress or whatever it is.  This morning I was kneeling down and praying to my Heavenly Father.  I just told him what was on my mind and asked for help.  What happened next is something I am grateful for.  I felt at peace.  This is something money cannot buy.  I am amazed how Heavenly Father, God, will listen to the needs and concerns of somebody imperfect and almost insignificant as I.  The cool thing is that he always does.  I can testify of the power of prayer and the love of a Father in Heaven.  He is very mindful of us and he wants to help us.  This is something I know of a surety for myself.  If we ever have troubles or are just haveing a rough start to a day, pray.  It works!

One Wild Day

This is an interesting picture.  It is of course a stop sign, but it has a different way of saying it.  I really like this stop sign because it is different.  The day this picture was taken has an interesting story behind it.  As you can see looking at me, my tie is tucked away inside my suit pocket; this is because of the events that happened before this photo was taken.
Elder Thomas and I were teamed up doing missionary work this day.  We were on the way to some people we wanted to try.  Earlier this week, as you can see, it snowed.  It snowed quite a bit but that wasn't the worst part.  The wind here in Billings can get blowing good, so one thing we have to watch out for is drifts of snow that appear in the road, especially back roads.  Well, as we were headed to try some people we hit one of these drifts going pretty fast.   We hoped we would brake through it, but to our great disappointment, it was a very big drift and we got stuck.  Because of our momentum, we made it far into the drift and we were high centered and stuck. 
We tried to dig and push our way out, but we weren't going anywhere.

Shining Moments

One thing about Glasgow is that it has beautiful sunsets; last night I caught this view across the prairie.  I love seeing the nice colors the sun makes as it sets at nights.  No two sunsets are the same.  Sunsets are amazing, beautiful events that happen everyday.  Some days we may miss the sunsets because of cloud cover, and others we miss just because we don't look.