Thursday, July 14, 2011

*~Feeding the Multitudes~*

Matthew 14: 14-21 Matthew 15:32-38
How many people were present? 5,000 men beside women & children 4,000 men beside women & children.
What did they need? Food, strength, energy Food, strength, energy
What were they able to offer in order to meet that need? 5 loaves, and 2 fishes. 7 and a few little fishes
What words or phrases describe the Savior’s feeling toward the multitudes in their time of need? Moved with compassion, healed their sick, I have compassion on the multitude, I will not send them away fasting.
What words or phrases describe what the Savior was able to provide for the multitudes? And they did ALL eat, and were filled. And fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they did ALL eat, and were filled. And they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

Ok so my chart is not working, I am not sure how to fix the graph. So... The first answer to every question is to the first story and the second to the second story. It is amazing to me how the Savior works, and also how he uses repetition to us. In Romans 3:23 it tells us that "All have sinned.and come short of the Glory of God." Without our Heavenly Father's love and forgiveness and without our Savior giving his life for our sins, we would all fall short of reaching our eternal goals. I know that I have some very special people in Heaven that I miss every single day and I hope that I can always remember to try and live better. And when I fall short
I need to always remember to ask the Savior for help because He is always right there when we ask.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Parables, Gospel, and Good Vessels!

Hey Everyone! So this week in New Testament class we learned able the parables. It was really interesting to read these stories. The reading assignment was Matthew 11, 13, Mark 4-5, and Luke 7-8.

My favorite verses and principle for this week come from Luke 8:46. It is the story of the woman that touched His garments to become clean again. This verse made me think of just how virtuous the Savior was. He could tell that someone had touched Him, because he said, he could tell that virtue had gone out of Him. I think it is very important for us to remember how important virtue is and always remember to hang around people that will lift us up and not tear us down.

The student Choise Assigment for the week is as follows: Choice #2
- In your own words, define Parable.
* I think the word parable means to use materialistic things to explain a spiritual concept.
-What describes the future growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
*Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:24-30)
-Why does the church send out so many missionaries?
*Parable of the Gospel net (Matthew 13:47-50)
-How do you explain the remarkable growth of the church, considering that it is fairly new compared to most world religions and started small in the American frontier?
* Parable of the Mustard seed (Matthew 13:31-32)
- Why are some members of the Church willing to sacrafice so much worldly wealth and recognition in order to maintain membership in the church?
*Parables of the Treaure and the Pearl of Great Price (Matthew 13:44-46)
-Why do some members choose to leave the Church?
* Parable of the Tares( Matthew 13:24-30)
-Considering the parables of the treasure and the pearl of great price (see Matthew 13:44-46)what sacrafices would you be willing to make to obtain the treasure of the gospel? What sacrafices have you or those you know already made for the gospel?
*I think we are so blessed to live when we do. We are not required to give up very much to live the gospel and do what is right. We are challenged more to keep ourselves spiritually worthy, than actually having to sacrifice something physical. Knowing the comfort the Gospel gives us, I think that I would be willing to sacrafice alot. I know that I want to spend eternity with my family and I will do what is asked of me in order to be with them. I know personally the comfort that we can receive from the Atonement and I will sacrafice what I need to in order to have those blessings.

-What does the net represent in the parable of the net cast into the sea? (see Matthew 13:47) What does it mean to be gathered into the net? What is represented by the action of gathering the good into vessels and casting the bad away? (see Matthew 13:48-50).
* In verse 47 it says that the net is like the Kingdom of heaven. I think the visual of a net being thrown into the sea is cool. It is like our church. We are asked to be in the world, but not of the world. So, throughout our lifetime we are in this net in the sea. When it is time, Heavenly Father will draw in His net and we will all have to account for what we have done on this earth. The good will be seperated from the bad.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Week #2 of New Testament

This week we studied Matthew 5-10, and Chapter 12, Mark 2-3, and Luke 5-6

There were so many good verses to choose from. During the first part of the week we are asked to pick our favorite and most powerful principles from the lesson. I am shocked at how many different principles there are in the scriptures. And it is so weird to me that depending on the day and what I need the spirit directs me to a different footnote or scripture that I need and I find new principles everytime I read. This week one principle that stood out to me most is found in Matthew 5:14-16. The principle to be learned is that we are the Light of the World. It talks about how we would not put a candle under a bushel and waste it, but rather we would put it out in the open so that it can light the darkness and help us accomplish our tasks. I compared that to us. We are so lucky to know the things we do and have the comfort of knowing the Plan of Salvation. For me, often times it is not the fact that I am "doing something wrong" but rather I am just not doing the BEST things possible. I have two little brothers and a lot of friends that I look up to a lot. I hope that I can be a good example to them. It is so easy to get caught up in our our activites and lives and forget about the needs of others. We each have great opportunities to teach the people around us, whether it be at home, work, school or other places. I have been working really hard this year to write in my Journal. I have started a new challenge this week and encourage you all to join in. So... Here's the Challenge! Do one thing kind for someone else throught your day, then write about it! Somedays it has been really easy and other days not so much. It can be something as simple as a genuine conversation with someone. I promise you it will help. It will make us all think about the things we do and say to others and will help us to be more in tune with the Spirit. I notice such a difference in my personal happiness when I am helping others. I know that by doing kind things to others we will stand out as a Light to the World and we will encourage others to come to know the truth for themselves.
I am excited for this personal challenge to Blog about what I am learning. It is out of my comfort zone, I have never done something like this before. I am excited to strengthen my own testimony and hope that I can share something that will help you out to! :) And this is some other stuff I learned!!! <3
I could not get the chart to work on my blog so this is how it goes....
Reference, Miracles of the Lord, Who Demonstrated Faith
Matthew 8:1-4, He cleansed a leper, The Leper had to show great faith because he came unto the lord.
Matthew 8:5-13,He healed the mans servant that was home sick with palsy, The Leper needed to have faith that he could heal his servant
Matthew 8: 14-15,Healed Peter’s wife,Peter and his wife both had to have faith
Matthew 8:16, He cast out the devils and healed the sick, The sick and those with devils had to have faith
Matthew 8:23-34, He cast out devils, Those who were overcome with the devils
Mark 5:25-34, He made the diseased woman whole, The woman showed amazing faith Matthew 9:27-31, He healed the blind men so they could see, The blind men
Mark 2:1-12, He healed the sick of palsy, The friends/family of the sick

New Challenge, and Where has the Time Gone?!

Hey Everyone!! So I know it's been a while! I am so aweful at updating my blog.Life is crazy and seems to be flying out from under my feet. I have been going a million miles an hour as always! :) I finished another semester of school in the fall (barely) and survived the winter (nasty!) I think there are signs of spring in Eastern Idaho.... and I have broke out the Capris and Shorts even if its not warm enough! :) I started a new sememster of school 2 weeks ago! 12 Credits online and still working 45ish hours a week! Life is crazy! One of our weekly assignments in our religion class is to post on our blogs about what we learn.... so GUESS WHAT?! For the next 10ish weeks you will get to learn what I learned in my New Testament Class! So.... Here goes! :)

Friday, November 19, 2010

*~Blog Worthy~*

I can do hard things...... ♥

This has been my motto in life for the last few months. Mabry and I have had this joke going
for a long time that the pictures we take need to be "blog worthy"...... Clear back from the day that we went to get corn- it was the same day I created my blog. As I look back on all of our memories and all the fun times we had, I realize that everything we did was "blog worthy" I used to hear people say "a picture is worth a thousand words" and I never really thought about it much..... but now I will let the pictures do the talking! Words cannot come close to doing justice explaining how much I love and miss this girl every day.









And there you have it peeps...... I love this girl! We have so many fun memories and I so badly miss our late night conversations. I will forever carry Mabry's loving friendship with me. She has always been there for me from eating my spinach when we were youngin's to letting me share her bed with her almost everynight so I didn't have to drive so early. Mabry is a great example to me and I will always look up to her. She had this magic about her that she could make you feel like the most important person in the world. I loved that she always tries to find the best in someone, and always encouraged me to be the best person I could be. We loved to pick on all of our younger siblings and have created lots of lasting memories. To say the least..... our Friendship is "Blog Worthy!" ♥

*~Spring and Summer 10 in a nutshell!~*

I am beyond aweful at this blogging thing, but I have been a busy woman. :) Let me just give you a real fast update on the Summer of 2010. These are the important things that I want my children to read about in 30 years :)
* I survived my second semester of college- barely!
* I went to lots of High School rodeos to watch Mabe- Lots of fun memories made :) including but not limited to
~Chasing horses at 1 am in Butte
~ Bowling
~ EATING
~Snuggling up with Camas, Talyn, and Mabe talking into the VERY early hours of the morning
~Misty taking me and Mabe's phones until we got the camper cleaned out
~ LOTS of fun memories made!
*We walked in the Relay for Life cancer walk. This was a LONG night, but so much fun!


*I turned 19!

*We celebrated the 4th of July! and I experienced my first ever "Hamer Celebration" I think I may become a regular :)
* We had a fun time roasting marshmellows and lighting off some fireworks with me, kyler, keegan, Mabe, Camas, Talyn,Billy Kate, and Dena and Rodger.

* Went to Lava with Madi and Kylee!

*Went to Lots of Chuckar's games....

*Went to the Drive In!!

*Went to Mack's Inn with the Single's branch


I am sure that I am missing several important things that I did this Summer, but these are most of the highlights. I had so many fun times and created memories that will last a lifetime. I have the best friends and family a girl could ask for and I am perfectly happy being right where I am :)

Monday, July 19, 2010

ARE WE THERE YET?!?!

Well........ I am pretty much aweful at this blogging stuff!! Life goes SO fast!! I cannot believe that I am almost done with my second semester of college!! Classes have been pretty good, and I am almost done!! I have an awesome post coming in the near future, so check back for everything that I have been up to lately!! As the semester comes to a close and I get super stressed out, like I always do, I am once again reminded how good my friends and family are. I love them so much and I am grateful for each of them in my life! I have finished my Fitness Class and I finished my Education class this morning.... 2 down, 4 to go!! Back to the Library for me!!