The reason I have decided to start this blog is because of some powerful words given by two men, called by God.
It this last General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, President Eyring of the First Presidency spoke on 'remembering'. He has given many moving addresses on this topic that have impacted my life. This one proved to be just as powerful. President Eyring posed the question that is the title of this blog to all of us. He contiues to expound of the purpose of such a question by saying "My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God’s kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may not keep a journal. You may not share whatever record you keep with those you love and serve. But you and they will be blessed as you remember what the Lord has done. You remember that song we sometimes sing: “Count your many blessings; name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.”
It won’t be easy to remember. Living as we do with a veil over our eyes, we cannot remember what it was like to be with our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, in the premortal world; nor can we see with our physical eyes or with reason alone the hand of God in our lives. Seeing such things takes the Holy Ghost. And it is not easy to be worthy of the Holy Ghost’s companionship in a wicked world.
That is why forgetting God has been such a persistent problem among His children since the world began. Think of the times of Moses, when God provided manna and in miraculous and visible ways led and protected His children. Still, the prophet warned the people who had been so blessed, as prophets always have warned and always will: “Take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life.”
And the challenge to remember has always been the hardest for those who are blessed abundantly. Those who are faithful to God are protected and prospered. That comes as the result of serving God and keeping His commandments. But with those blessings comes the temptation to forget their source. It is easy to begin to feel the blessings were granted not by a loving God on whom we depend but by our own powers." http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-775-24,00.html
I also recently read a talk by Elder M. Russel Ballard where he encouraged us to use blogs and other forms of 'new media' to add to all the conversations that are out there about the church and to continue to fight against the sea of filth that is out there. http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/apostle-urges-students-to-use-new-media
So, this is my feeble attempt to follow the counsel of these great men. I have been keeping a log of how the Lord has blessed me, I will now just add it here in efforts to help the work that is going forth.
It this last General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, President Eyring of the First Presidency spoke on 'remembering'. He has given many moving addresses on this topic that have impacted my life. This one proved to be just as powerful. President Eyring posed the question that is the title of this blog to all of us. He contiues to expound of the purpose of such a question by saying "My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God’s kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may not keep a journal. You may not share whatever record you keep with those you love and serve. But you and they will be blessed as you remember what the Lord has done. You remember that song we sometimes sing: “Count your many blessings; name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.”
It won’t be easy to remember. Living as we do with a veil over our eyes, we cannot remember what it was like to be with our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, in the premortal world; nor can we see with our physical eyes or with reason alone the hand of God in our lives. Seeing such things takes the Holy Ghost. And it is not easy to be worthy of the Holy Ghost’s companionship in a wicked world.
That is why forgetting God has been such a persistent problem among His children since the world began. Think of the times of Moses, when God provided manna and in miraculous and visible ways led and protected His children. Still, the prophet warned the people who had been so blessed, as prophets always have warned and always will: “Take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life.”
And the challenge to remember has always been the hardest for those who are blessed abundantly. Those who are faithful to God are protected and prospered. That comes as the result of serving God and keeping His commandments. But with those blessings comes the temptation to forget their source. It is easy to begin to feel the blessings were granted not by a loving God on whom we depend but by our own powers." http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-775-24,00.html
I also recently read a talk by Elder M. Russel Ballard where he encouraged us to use blogs and other forms of 'new media' to add to all the conversations that are out there about the church and to continue to fight against the sea of filth that is out there. http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/apostle-urges-students-to-use-new-media
So, this is my feeble attempt to follow the counsel of these great men. I have been keeping a log of how the Lord has blessed me, I will now just add it here in efforts to help the work that is going forth.
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