Based on the talk given by Elder Ronald M. Barcellos I was thinking about what I would write this morning as I showered and the song “A Great Work” by Strive to Be and Nik Day came on. It was originally written for youth. One line struck me. “If you give Him your heart He’ll show you who you are,…

Based on a talk given by Elder Kearon I was really excited when I heard Elder Kearon’s talk in April. There is often a lot of talk about the gifts of God, but much less on what it means to receive them. It is a subject I have pondered on deeply.  I first started thinking about it at a baptism…

Based on the talk given by President Camille N. Johnson This talk made me think. I pondered on it deeply. It made me think of the differences between healing, being healed, and being made whole. Healing is a process that we are intimately involved in. Being healed, and being made whole are the end result of the healing process. However…

Based on the talk given by Emily Belle Freeman Part 2 To continue, I would like to circle back to something that was said earlier. “Did she also wonder about her place in the plan, her purpose in His kingdom, and her potential in the eyes of God?” 1 Her place in His plan The Lord reminded Emma and indeed…

Based on the talk given by Emily Belle Freeman’ Part 1 This is a talk that stuck with me and I have been pondering on for a while now. I think a lot about covenants and the power they bring into our lives when we live them on a daily basis. Sister Freeman teaches us not only of the importance…

There’s a lot to be said about the miracles of Jesus, and that’s putting it rather lightly. I could recount the many miracles He performed while in His mortal ministry, but that isn’t my focus. I want to focus on how you can have His miracles in your life. In his conference talk “Holiness to the Lord in Everyday Life”,…

Based on the talk by Elder David P. Homer In his talk, Elder Homer tells a story of Louisa Pratt and the choices that she faced. Whether it was the daily decisions in caring for her family with her husband serving a distant mission, or the decision to travel on her own with her small children across the country.  Each…

Thinking celestial is “being spiritually minded”. We are told this by President Nelson in his talk Think Celestial. So what is being spiritually minded? How do we think celestial in our day to day lives? The place my mind went when told to think celestial was to think like Christ. In Isaiah 55:8-9 we are told, “For my thoughts are…

In Jacob 1:5 Jacob is talking to the people and he says, “Because of faith and great anxiety.” That these two words were put together struck me deeply. I work to have great faith and I live with anxiety. We are told continually in the scriptures to fear not. I have always taken this to mean not only fear but…