A trip to Utah

I am way behind on posts... but I really NEED to get some pictures posted from my little trip to visit mom and dad. I drove up there the day after graduation with my mother in law, June 11 (Devin's Bday) and was able to stay thru Father's Day!!! Here are a few fun pics from the trip... My cute daddy sitting on the couch Okay, time for a rest... While I was there my sister in law and my cute neices worked in mom and dad's back yard. We dug around all the fruit trees and put some cement rounds and nice dirt and some bark around them. It will make it much easier for my sweet nephew to mow and it will be better for the trees too! Here are a couple of pics that mom took of us... Here is dad, coming out to see what we had done! While I was there dad was scheduled to have his biliary tube replaced. He has this done about every 3 months. Here is a picture of him in the recovery room. Also while I was there Brad, Dallin and Chad went up to the Bergquist's family reunion. They didnt take many pictures, but here are a few. All of my boys love little babies! Their oldest cousin had twins and this was the first time that the had seen them! Here is a picture of the group that was there this year... a pretty small group this year! After the reunion, Brad and the boys came back down to my parents house for a few days. Here are some pics of my brother's oldest son, Jack. Dallin and Grandpa My parents have a huge tree on their side yard and we all enjoy going and sitting out under it... My brother's youngest... she is darling, and boy does she have a personality! Then for FHE on Monday evening we had a BBQ. Brad got dad's grill out and guess what??!!! THERE WERE TONS OF WASPS NESTS in it!!! YIKES! I took a few pics of Bradly boy getting rid of the nests and wasps, it was actually fun to watch him swing the fly swatter and jump so not to get stung, lol... glad he didnt get stung, that might not have been so funny! Chad shucking the corn... Taking a break... WHERE'S THE BEEF??? Oh, yummy, almost done! I do have to say, Bradly boy makes the BEST burgers around, he seems to season them just right! Opps, something funny! Right out the nose! Derek and Devin have been giving grandpa his hair cuts but unfortunately they werent there! So, Brad stepped up to the plate... Grandma noticed little trees growing in the rain gutter, so Dallin got a ladder and got them out! LOL, this is the funniest site ever... the rest of the crew watching "the show"! Of course Brad and the boys always find time to play a little golf! And a little bike ride... A very tender picture ~ grandpa doing his home teaching. Yep, his companion AND the people he teaches comes over so he can fulfill his calling! There is some really wonderful people in their ward! Dallin, Grandpa, and Chad It was a very fun trip up to visit family! We had some good times! I plan on going back next month! I love you mom and dad... see ya soon!

Just a quickie

Dallin got his AP test scores in the mail today! Can you read them? He got a 4 on his English Language Test, and a 5 of his Statistics test! CONGRATS Dallin!!!

Graduation and A Birthday

I am way behind... Remember, this is my journal so it will be long... here goes!

Dallin graduated Wed. night (June 10th) and then on Thursday (Devin's Birthday) I headed out to Utah so I havent posted Graduation pics Or a HAPPY BIRTHDAY message to Devo, so sorry, but know that I love you guys!!!

Dallin's Graduation announcement, he designed them himself!

GRADUATION
With dad so ill mom and dad were not able to come to Cali for Dallin's graduation... They were really sad to not be there WITH us but they picked out one of dad's Bolo ties and mailed it to Dallin. Dallin is dressed like a cowboy for Grandpa! Here he is ready to go... Filing in... That is him towards the left with the gold sash... On their way to the stage! Brennon, Dallin and Ricky! Getting the diploma! (You can totally see Grandpa's Bolo Tie!!!) HAHAHA, think Chad is bored? It is done! Filing out of the stadium... Dallin got tons of leis! Siuta, one of my former Seminary students made him several! The beautiful blue/purple one, and the a few candy ones, look at the starburt one!!! THANK YOU, Siuta!!! Oh, here is another one! Thank you, Kathy!!! Brothers! Grandma and Grandpa Bergquist Dallin and a fe of his friends wore there boots for Grandpa Measles! Tanner and Tony came to support the graduates! Dallin and Ricky. Ricky lives straight across the street from us... great friends forever! Mike and Dallin, I remember when his mom and I were both prego together! Again, great friends forever! Dallin and THE GIRLS Dallin and Kaitlin

BIRTHDAY
Devin turned 24 on June 11th! HAPPY Belated BIRTHDAY Devo!!! LOVE YOU!!!
It was so cute, Diana, his darling wife gave him a 24 Birthday party! My boys are major Laker fans, and Kobe's number is, yep, you got it.... 24! Here are a few pictures of "The Party"!
And, yes, the Lakers gave him a wonderful gift... THEY WON!!! Devin is quite the Herper, go here to see some of his adventures, he and his cousin have started a Herping blog! Devin and Diana found this great museum too... Diana is such a good sport!
They are currently living in N.M. installing security systems, Love you and miss you both!!

I'm Home!!!

It was so wonderful to see my mom and dad for so long... but now I am back home doing laundry and weeding my flower bed!!! Oh, yes, AND trying to play catch up on my blog!!! I have tons of pictures to post and I need to come visit YOUR blog!!! Give me time... I am playing catch up but I am very anxious to see what all you have been up to!!!

Bragging Rights

Last night was the Sr. Awards Night at our High School. Dallin was awarded the$350.00 Hal Pfeiffer Memorial Scholarship (football), President's Education Awards program, High Honors Award, California Scholarship Federation, BYU Scholarship! CONGRATS Dallin!!!

This is his football coach awarding him with the scholarship.

This is one of the councilors presenting him with the President's Education Award. This was sent to him from the White House and has our President's signature. To earn this you have to have over a 3.8 GPA AND be in the top 10% scores in the nation on the ACT or SAT tests.

I was really bummed but the picture I took of him getting the Gold Cords to wear with his cap and gown tonight at graduation was blurred. To earn these cords you have to have over a 3.5 GPA. To be honest I was bummed that they didn't give a different cord to the students that had over a 4.0! Oh, well...

Here is Dallin being presented with the embroidered honor stole for the California Scholarship Federation. (again for grades)

They also announced his scholarship from BYU. Here are a few pics that we took after the Awards assembly...
Grandma & Grandpa Bergquist, thank you for coming! Obviously Grandma & Grandpa Measles couldn't come, but dad sent him one of his Bolo Ties to wear tonight at Graduation. In fact... Dallin and many of his friends are wearing BOOTS tonight for Grandpa!
These kids have been REALLY close all thru middle school and high school. They are all graduating together tonight!!! GOOD JOB GUYS!!! WE are so proud of you and wish you only the best in your college experiences!!! We love you!!!
Siuta made Dallin this beautiful lei!!! It is the prettiest one I have ever seen! THANK YOU Siuta!!!

Sorry if this came across as a little "braggy" but this is my journal!!!

I want to thank everyone that has helped mold Dallin into the man he has become... his grandparents, his siblings, his leaders and teachers (including seminary and church!!!), and his GOOD friends (they have been a wonderful group of kids that have helped support and encourage each other to be the good people that they are today!)

Congratulations, son! You truly are amazing! I love you!!! ~mom

Emma Said...

"Strength isn't something you have. It is something that God helps you find, and usually, we have to find it one day at a time."

FuN wEeKeNd!

My cute daughters in law called last week and said that the boys are going to be working in Yuma for the weekend and was wondering if I was busy or if it would be okay for them to come a couple of days early and play... (Yuma is only about 3 hours away) HECK, are you kidding me??? IF my daughters in law are coming to town I would drop everything anyway, busy...??? NOT me! COME ON DOWN!!! It was so fun to see them! They are just darling! I get to play mom to GIRLS!!! FUN!!! They got here Friday afternoon and we had a great time. I think the thing that we enjoyed the most was going to get froyo (frozen yogurt) every day! Well, every day except Sunday of course. There is a new place here in town that has 14 different flavors of frozen yogurt and tons of toppings to choose from including lots of yummy fresh fruits and then cookies, candies, and cereals, etc. You build your own and weigh it to pay! It is delicious!!!!

On Saturday Brad and I had a sealing to go to.
The kids did a little photo shoot outside the temple while waiting for us... Peace and Love! Chad looks like he is the same heigth as Diana. WAIT. Let's measure them... NOPE. Not quite.
After the sealing we went to lunch and then had a little scare!
Sunday Dallin graduated from Seminary! I had to speak... Dallin was 1 of only 2 Seniors that had perfect attendance for ALL 4 years! They were given a gift certificate so that they could buy new leather bound scriptures! CONGRATULATIONS Dallin and Aimee! Br. Kerr was the kids teacher this year... he was awesome, THANK YOU BR. KERR!!!
Monday the girls went shopping and the boys played golf! THEN, we had carne asada for dinner! YUMMY! I failed to mention that Brittany and Chad made us some deLicious banana bread!
And, of course with 5 boys at home there HAS to be a LITTLE rough housing... It was WONDERFUL having ALL the kids home, even if it was only for a couple of short days! I love my family!!!

Okeedokee, Alanna is here... we are going out for a little froyo, did I mention... I think I am addicted!

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Growth

Lasting growth does not come by constant ease.

Daddy

It has been about 9 months since dad was diagnosed with bile duct cancer. They told him he had about 3-6 months, he has been doing really well with the exception of having to replace his tube that drains the bile out of his body and getting a few infections. He is thin and weak but eats and has a great attitude!

The last week or so mom had been telling me that he is sooooo much weaker and that his stomach was really hurting him. He was taking more pain killers, lol, still not much, he was up to 2.5 a day! Dad doesn't like meds! I talked to him on the phone on Sunday night and he seemed to get a bit confused. The nurse came in on Monday morning to change his bandage and flush his tube. She took his temperature and it was 98. When she was ready to leave she asked that mom to come outside and tell her about some of her flowers she had in her garden. Really, she just wanted to talk to mom about dad. She said, "He is really confused, did the Dr.'s let you know that it would get like this?" Mom told her yes.... and she said, "it will just get worse..."

After the nurse left mom went in and sat on the chair by the window. She had the window open letting some fresh air in, she said it felt so good, but then she looked over at dad laying on the couch and his teeth were just chattering, he was COLD. She went and got him a couple of blankets and took his temperature again, it was up to 103. (That was FAST!) Dad was confused and a bit agitated... mom called my brother who thankfully only lives 2 doors down. Dad had been up all night throwing up, and now his temperature was up and he was confused, they decided they needed to take him to the hospital.

When they got him to the ER they gave him an IV and antibiotics. They ran some blood work and told them that he, again, had an infection. It seems that every time he gets an infection his gets a high temperature and a bit delirious. After they got it down to 99.9 they let him go home. I talked to mom after he got home and he seemed to be better. Shortly after I talked to mom ~ probably about 2 hours or so she called me back crying telling me that his temp was back up to 103 and she and Dirk were taking him back to the ER. (it was 104.7 when they got to the hospital) They again, gave him an IV and antibiotics. They really liked the Dr. that was there. They kept him over night... I just talked to them at about 11:30 (my time) and they had just gotten home. My sister in law had taken mom to pick him up. Dad sounds GREAT and mom sounds much better too!!! (the blood work and other tests should be in tomorrow eve)

It is really hard being so far away when things like this happen. Brad, being the wonderful man that he is, gathered us together and we had a sweet prayer for dad (and mom)... I am grateful for my dear brother and his good wife that are always there for my parents. It is a big relief for me to know that my parents are so well taken care of! I am grateful for tender mercies from our Father in Heaven.

Hang in there dad... I love you!!!

Athlete of the Year!

All of the various coaches at the different high schools nominate the student that they feel should earn "Athlete of the Year". Dallin was nominated and won for our high school! Yesterday the athletic director took him to the "Outstanding Athlete Luncheon". There were 12 leagues (77 high schools) all represented at the luncheon. Dallin was a 3 sport Letterman this year and last year. Football, soccer and golf. They also take into consideration the students GPA (which is great, he got a scholarship to BYU).

Dallin is a wonderful son! He is motivated and works hard. We are VERY proud of him! Congratulations son!!! Way to put your mind to something and succeed!!!

Here is the patch that he was presented and the program...

Wordless Wednesday

Sr. Pics

Kaitlin did a great job... Thank you, Kaitlin!!!
I know there are a LOT of pictures here... but we are trying to narrow it down to 3 pics... 1 of each sport. I would love any suggestions you have!!!

Photo Shoot

Kaitlin is Dallin's good friend that is getting REALLY good at photography. She got a new fancy camera for Christmas and has been taking a photography class. Yesterday she did a photo shoot for Dallin for his Sr. pics! I went with them... 1st we went to the golf course and then back home so he could change and we went over to the end of the cul-de-sac and took some more soccer and football pics. She is still doing some editing but here are some that I took of HER taking pics...
Here is one that I happened to catch that I like... obviously it is not one that we will use on his graduation annoucement but I like how I got the sand "in the air"...
Here are a couple of "goofing off" shots... Kaitlin and I were trying to decide WHAT picture/pose to do next... Dallin was just bouncing the ball up and down...
Then, he started bouncing it and then would hit it... like a baseball...
And, here is one of my favorite shots that I took...
I am really excited to see the pictures that sweet Kaitlin took!
THANK YOU KAITLIN!!!

I cleaned my closet!

I had let my closet go... again.
It was time.

So, this morning, I went thru everything and threw out some things I never wear. I know I should have thrown out more, but it is hard! Maybe tomorrow I will go thru everything AGAIN. I keep thinking... well, I MIGHT wear that sometime.... HAHAHA

So, here is the mess.... I was sorting and had a pile of hangers on the floor!

6 bags of clothes loaded into the car to take to the D.I. trailer...

At the D.I. trailer... good bye clothes... I hope you find a good new home!

When Bradly Boy came home, he went up to change... and he came to the top of the stairs and he said, "WOO, what did you do to my closet?!!!" LOL, I think he was happy! He even put together another shoe shelf for me and loaded it with all my flip flops and flats! Thank you honey!

How often do you clean out your closet?
And, how do you organize it?

Sr. Prom

Saturday night was Prom! Lots of pictures....

Dallin, Tanner (graduated last year), Mike, Brennon, and Ricky (he lives straight across the street!) These boys are all in our ward, they have been good friends FOR.EVER.
Messing around!
Laker colors... Go Lakers!
Silly boys!

THE GIRLS
Lauryn
Kaitlin
Kelli
Aimee
Amanda, she is a good friend of the kids and is going to start the missionary discussions!!! We are so excited!

Dallin was going to go to Prom stag this year but Farryn asked him... Here they are! (Funny Dallin REALLY wanted to wear purple this year! So, he did... she had purple shoes and purple jewlery! He wore a silver/grey tie and hankie)

The Party Bus
Showing off their shoes...
Speaking of shoes... aren't these the cutest shoes you've ever seen! (They are Kaitlin's)

A Sunday Thought...

This is our one and only chance at mortality...
opportunities come and then they are gone.

Ramblings

Okay, just doing some journaling... some catch up... LOTS of pics (so if you are not interested, lol, that is totally fine!)

Derek & Brittany, Devin & Diana, and Blake are all in Tucson for the summer. The boys are installing security systems and the girls are working at a BBQ restaurant. Here are a few pictures I have snagged from their blogs and their face book accounts. I guess I should tell you that my son Devin is WAY into herps! He and Jeff are the original herpers! They just started a blog with pictures of the herps they catch this summer. Dallin does a little herping too! A boy on the golf course last week saw a snake and freaked, he yelled SNAKE! Dallin went RUNNING over there and saw that it was just a garter snake, picked it up and carried it off into the brush and let it go. The boys were all freaking out, asking how he knew it was not poisonous and stuff, LOL... but if Devin is your brother, you know these things! Devin, the herper and his cute assistant, Diana!
Yep, that is a rattlesnake! Here is a pic of Devin "catching it"
Then they caught a gila monster, and yes they too are poisionous!
Everyone deserves a little ice cream, after all, Arizona IS hot! AND, she IS a great assistant! (And a great sport!)
They also went to the fair!

Dallin was invited to the Cheer Banquet... waiting for his ride... and TELLING me I do not need to take pictures ALL the time... one day they WILL thank me! °Ü° Dallin and Farryn
Dallin and Kaitlin
"THE GROUP" These 5 kids have done everything together since middle school... it is actually going to be hard seeing them graduate and head off in different directions! I love you all! You are like my own! Ricky, Farryn, Aimee, Kaitlin, Dallin

Now... a little golf! Dallin's team took league again this year, Congratulations guys! Adding up the score...
Dallin and his dad!
So, now I have to tell you a funny story. (Although, it is one of those, "You had to be there" stories!) THANK goodness Dallin did NOT see this happen!!! Anyway, Kaitlin came to watch the match and so THREE of us were squeezed into the cart. I was driving (I LOVE to drive the cart, and yeah... so, sometimes I go up and down the hills at a NOT SO GOOD ANGLE) Well, you might have guessed by now... we were going (at a bad angle and a little TOO fast) down a hill, I got nervous and instead of using the brake to slow down I turned up the hill well, yeah, I fell OUT of the cart and rolled down the hill!!! WHEN I stopped rolling, I turned to look up at the cart and Kaitlin was rolling down the hill!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! We were laughing our heads off!!! We couldn't even get up, we just laid there LAUGHING! (Brad, being the guy that he is... was a tad bit embarrassed and just slid over, took the wheel, and continued on to watch the match!!!) SO, while Kaitlin and I laid there on the ground laughing our heads off, one of the coaches came over and asked us if we were okay!!! LOL!!! He said he didn’t see the whole thing, but when he looked over he just saw hair going everywhere, LOL!!! We had a fun, fun day!!!

Here is a cute picture of our little Chad boy... gotta love this sweet guy!


BLAKE. We need pictures of you!!! Miss you... Love you...

Tree of Life part 2

In 1 Nephi 14:18-27, Lehi tells us that John will write and tell us more... therefore we get more info in Revelations...

Okay, hope this helps with the questions that were asked...

In Rev. 22:2, the tree of life is said to have twelve branches with "twelve manner of fruits," evidently representing the twelve tribes of Israel. Its leaves are "for the healing of the nations," reminding us of God's promise that the nations of the world would be blessed through Abraham's seed (Gen. 12:3;22:18). Hugh Nibley, Since Cumorah (john A. Tvedtnes), FARMS Review of Books, vol. 2 (1990), p.179

The FN to the 12 tribes is this:
Cf. the parable of the twelve olive trees in D&C 101:44-45.

This is what the student manual says:
Revelation 22:2,14
After the Fall of Adam and Eve, the way to the tree of life was closed so that they would have a time to repent, be tested, and in all ways prepare themselves to partake of this great blessing (see Alma 12:22–26; 42:2–5; Moses 4:31). John saw that the fruit of the tree of life was available to all in the celestial world. Having the tree of life available shows that all of the effects of the Fall have been overcome in this place. The Tree of Life New Testament Student Study Guide, p. 178

Ridges says the fruit is the benefits of living the gospel and the healing is what the gospel can do for nations

We cannot always tell which items are literal and which are figurative. That is, we do not always know when the scriptures are giving us symbolic imagery or when they provide a record of literal events. We know, for example, that there was an Adam and an Eve, that there was a Garden of Eden, and that the Fall was an actual historical event. But what of the "rib story?" Was Eve really created from Adam's rib, or is the scripture pointing to a greater doctrinal reality? And what of the trees in the garden and the fruit? Elder McConkie has written: "As to the fall, the scriptures set forth that there were in the Garden of Eden two trees. One was the tree of life, which figuratively refers to eternal life; the other was the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which figuratively refers to how and why and in what manner mortality and all that appertains to it came into being. . . . Eve partook without full understanding [see 1 Timothy 2:14]; Adam partook knowing that unless he did so, he and Eve could not have children and fulfill the commandment they had received to multiply and replenish the earth." In short, to say that Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit is to say that they "complied with whatever the law was that brought mortality into being." Robert L. Millet, The Power of the Word: Saving Doctrines from the Book of Mormon, p.652.

Imagery, too, helps teach memorably and vividly the covenants of the Lord. Repeated references to literal or figurative images such as trees (especially the tree of life), water, dust, light, and fire confirm the purpose and power of covenants. The Book of Mormon, Designed for Our Day, FARMS Review of Books, vol. 2 (1990), p.14

Tree of Life...

Did YOU know that the Tree of Life bares 12 DIFFERENT fruits?
Did you know that the leaves are used for healing?

Revelations 22:2
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations?

Mortality

The course and the training program will be unique to each of us!

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Today is my sweet mom's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! I wish I was there to celebrate with you! But, know that I am thinking of you all day long... you were/are/and always will be THE BEST MOM EVER!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!! I LOVE YOU!!! This is a cute picture of my mom and dad the day they got married!!! They were both raised in good old Texas! My mom and dad have 2 children, me and my brother. They have 9 grandchildren, 2 that are married... no great grandchildren YET... Here is the WHOLE group.
They live in Utah now. My mom loves it there. She is closer to the grandchildren and she loves being close to BYU, my mom and dad have really enjoyed going to Education Week there and all the other wonderful things they offer. They served in the temple there... and my mom worked in the genealogy library and my dad at the cannery. Utah has been good to them! We love having them closer to us... LOVE Texas but a LONG ways to drive, we can do Utah MUCH quicker! Mom worked and retired from Southwestern Bell where she had many dear friends! She has a sister that lives just about 15 or so miles away, they have lots of fun together! You should see them laugh! Mom and Aunt Sue!
Here we are under the big tree that they sit under often, mostly in the summer! Mom loves being outside, I called yesterday and she was out weeding... speaking of... she LOVES pansies! Mom, if I were there today I would plant you some pansies ALL over your front yard and then I would take you to Cafe Rio, oh, wait. THAT is MY favorite place, oops. I would take you to Chuck-A-Rama and then of course we would have to do a little shopping!

Happy Birthday Mom! I love you!!!

Addicted!

Omigosh, okay, so I am trying to drop a few LB's before summer REALLY sets in!!! So, I have been looking for "healthy choices". I don't know if YOU have an El Pollo Loco in YOUR town, but if you do you NEED to try the 99 cent Loco Salad and get the 69 cent chicken taco, dump the chicken from your taco into your salad, add some house salsa and their YUMMY spicy avacado dressing!!! YUM!!! TO DIE FOR!!!

There are songs in everyone...God can hear all of them. ~ Emma Smith

The Gossard's Came to Town!

It was Spring Break in Utah this past week and so my SIL and her family came to town! It was fun, we had a great time! On Thursday we let our boys miss school and go with their cousins to Magic Mountain!
Chad got his picture taken with the Joker, looks like he doesn't like that Batman cape Chad has on, hahahaha!

Then on Friday we went to the Rainbow outlet and got new flip flops and then pedicures. On Saturday we went to the Orange County Swap Meet (if you have NEVER been, you must add this to your to do list, there are 1100 vendors!) Then we went to Laguna Beach and got new toe rings...
Pedicures, new flip flops, and toe rings, what more could a girl want? A purse you say? Well, they got that at the swap meet so... ALL needs were met! °Ü°
Then we met the guys at the beach!



Uncle Greg went with the kids to the tide pools and they found some star fish!




Does your family hide from you when you take pictures???
Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Greg...

I LOVE the beach!!! There is no better place on Earth! The sun on your face... the breeze in your hair... the sound of the waves... the sand between your toes... HEAVEN!

Emma said...

Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere. ~Emma

Sweet Emma again...

Prayer changes things. Trouble is, most of us have to keep learning the same lessons over and over until it finally sticks.

Emma and love one another...

Emma said... "When the Spirit of truth touches our heart, then there is no room for doubt."


For my Institute class tomorrow night I am concentrating on "Love One Another". We are in John. If you read John he says this over and over... and it was said time and time again by our Savior.

John 2:10
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light..."
John 3:11
"For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another."
John 4:7
"... love one another: for love is of God"
John 4:11
"Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another."
John 4:12
"... IF we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us."
John 4:21
"And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also"

AND, a warning....
John 4:20
"If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?"

In Matt. we are told that we are also to love our enemies... (Matt. 5:44)
"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you"

Again, we are warned... Matt. 24:12
"And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Just hours before He began the painful physical and spiritual processes of the Atonement, the Savior met with His Apostles to partake of the Feast of the Passover—His Last Supper—and to give them the final instructions He would give them in mortality.
St. John 13:34-35
"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."

There is a great talk HERE by Elder Ballard on this topic if you have the time to read it...

Jesus gave us the parable of the good Samaritan... a wonderful example of "loving one another".

"Someone has written, "Love is a verb." It requires doing - not just saying and thinking. The test is in what one does, how one acts, for love is conveyed in word and deed." ~David B. Haight

I think we ALL want to be known as His disciples... SO, my question to you is this... HOW do you SHOW your love to your fellow men??? I would love for you to share any examples you feel comfortable with... quotes... anything that I might be able to use for my lesson tomorrow night. THANK YOU!

easter

Emma Smith said...

Strength doesn't come through seeing, it comes through faith.

I was a bad girl today!

But, look how well it will match the Rainbow flip flops I want!!!! Don't you agree???

Do you like purses or shoes??!!!

Or am I the only sick one out there? Wait. DON'T answer THAT!