Eternal Choices

"Now we see coming into focus the responsibility to choose, that inevitable crisis at the crossroads of life. He who would lead you down waits patiently for a dark night, a wavering will, a confused conscience, a mixed-up mind. Are you prepared to make the decisions at the crossroads? I can’t stress too strongly that decisions determine destiny. You can’t make eternal decisions without eternal consequences."
--President Thomas S. Monson, "CES Fireside for Young Adults", November 6, 2005

Sunday Thoughts

Do we go through times of adversity or do we make those times go through us?

Adversity is like chewing on hard candy; the more you chew on it, the more you savor the sweetness and goodness of it.

A prophet once said that blessings come from our responses to our afflictions.

Godly Sorrow Vs. Worldy Sorrow: Godly sorrow hurts, gives peace, purges us, is not imposed externally, motivates us to change, may hold us back by judging ourselves instead of forgiving ourselves. Satan sows an unforgiving heart. We must forgive in order to progress. If we find it troubesome to forgive or feel we cannot, we must recognize we can't forgive them by ourselves, and pray for our enemies...pray for the help to forgive.

Sunday Will Come

"Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays. But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come. No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come."

--Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Sunday Will Come", Ensign, Nov. 2006, 28

Softly and Tenderly

This morning I was listening to some music on the WMP while studying my math. This song came on and I've been playing it on repeat since. It has stuck out to me especially with the events that transpired last night (see my family blog for today's post). We've been praying for the mother and her children. It was funny, bc my first choice of words in our morning prayer was "please bless the family we ran into last night." (I know! Bad choice of wording) Afterwards, Randy said it should more be us praying "to bless the family you sent to us last night." Well, it's not exactly the words themselves that make me think of last night, but the thought sequence and where my chain of thoughts have been going through. Here are the lyrics: (Sung by Josh Turner)

Softly and tenderly,Jesus is calling
Calling for you and for me
See,on the portals he's waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me

Come home,come home
Ye who are weary,come home
Earnestly,tenderly,Jesus is calling
Calling,O sinner,come home

Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
Coming for you and for me.

Come home,come home
Ye who are weary,come home
Earnestly,tenderly,Jesus is calling
Calling,O sinner,come home

O for the wonderful love he has promised
Promised for you and for me
Though we have sinned,he has mercy and pardon
Pardon for you and for me

Come home,come home
Ye who are weary,come home
Earnestly,tenderly,Jesus is calling
Calling,O sinner,come home

Calling,O sinner,come home

I couldnt find an actual video of Josh Turner singing it, but here is the song over someone's picture slideshow. Just listen to it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K3hOg61q7zg