Deep Roots are Not Reached by the Frost

And now for a little bit of extremity: My roommates decided to pick wildflowers and when I was coming home from campus I found them with a basket full of beautiful flowers! We all trimmed and arranged them so their spectacular aesthetics would stun all on-lookers.

Today I got a new calling in my ward! After working through a bit of pride and selfishness I finally saw that this calling will help me become more of what I want to become. Already I've learned a couple of lessons from thinking about it and from my setting apart blessing. Any guesses as to what it is?? I'm the new ward chorister. At first thought I was really disappointed and felt slightly side-stepped. That's not a very good attitude to leave with after an interview with a member of the bishopric. After a few minutes of these feelings I realized that the Lord wouldn't ever side-step me or put me in a position to make me feel inferior or miniscule. That's what I felt had just happened, but once I realized that my heart harbored such feelings I quickly wanted to find reasons that I needed this calling. What can I learn from this? How can I serve in this calling? Why do I feel this way toward this calling? 3 insights: #1: My pride needs to be cut down. I fe...

"Your faith in Jesus Christ and obedience to His commandments will strengthen your character." - Richard G. Scott, "The Transforming Power of Faith and Character," October 2010 General Conference "Righteousness increases the uniqueness of our presence, but sin sinks us into sameness." - Neal A. Maxwell, Of One Heart , pg. 42 "The more one is true to Jesus Christ, the more that person is the unique individual he or she is destined to be. If one is not obedient, that person loses sight of his or her uniqueness and becomes more like others." - Strengthening Our Families, pg. 220-221 The first statement I read this morning in the given conference address and it brought to mind something I'd read in the textbook for my Strengthening Marriage and Family class, which consists of the 2nd and 3rd statements. I then concluded the following: The more obedient to the Lord's commandments, the more we are able to develop into the unique daughter/son o...

Yes, there's a boy in my life. His name is "life." This week I decided to ignore him for the most part and he didn't really like that. He kept telling me not to buy that candy because he knows what candy does to me, and he told me lovingly to pay attention to my reading, and he let me know that I can do it, but I ignored him. I bought that candy. I was lazy and hardly did my reading. I told myself over and over that I just needed a little break, so I watched a movie then didn't have any motivation to do homework after that. We're kind of at odds right now because I was so unproductive this week. It makes him sad to see me wasting time and money, so after much deliberation, I decided next week I'd try to please him a little more. Hopefully we won't get into any huge fights over what my roommates are doing and my reactions, or how long I spend getting ready in the morning....hopefully. He's really happy that I have a job that I have to be on ...