I loved this. Sometimes it’s the best thing to do to think twice about decisions we make. Our choices can affect generations! Every person’s influence matters!
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Lessons Gordon B. Hinckley Learned as a Boy. A timeless lesson. A treasure to be remembered.
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This video moves my soul.
Whether we need help finding our faith or help to simply strengthen our faith, I think these reminders are good for us. In our busy world, taking time to review what makes the most difference to our soul is important–and often forgotten.
I hope you’ll find something just right for you. I found hope to carry on and encouragement to do so.
Every day there is room for thanks-giving (gratitude).
May you enjoy this beautiful song by Nichole Nordeman.
Lyrics:
Send some rain, would You send some rain?
‘Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud?
Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid
But maybe not, not today
Maybe You’ll provide in other ways
And if that’s the case . . .
(Chorus)
We’ll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to thirst for You
How to bless the very sun that warms our face
If You never send us rain
Daily bread, give us daily bread
Bless our bodies, keep our children fed
Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight
Wrap us up and warm us through
Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs
Let us slumber safe from danger’s view this time
Or maybe not, not today
Maybe You’ll provide in other ways
And if that’s the case . . .
(Chorus)
We’ll give thanks to You
With gratitude
A lesson learned to hunger after You
That a starry sky offers a better view if no roof is overhead And if we never taste that bread
Oh, the differences that often are between
What we want and what we really need
So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace
Move our hearts to hear a single beat
Between alibis and enemies tonight
Or maybe not, not today
Peace might be another world away
And if that’s the case . . .
(Chorus)
We’ll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to trust in You
That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream
In abundance or in need
And if You never grant us peace
But Jesus, would You please . .
“There is no habit, no addiction, no rebellion, no transgression, no apostasy, no crime exempted from the promise of complete forgiveness. That is the promise of the atonement of Christ” (Boyd K. Packer, “The Brilliant Morning of Forgiveness,” Ensign, Nov. 1995, 20).
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I have been consoling a loved one who is going through agonizing pain. I remember the days, years ago, when my own heart was breaking. I would sit in my green rocker, and while holding my baby and rocking and rocking I would sing this song of hope, commitment and peace (click video) . I struggled to keep my perspective. It was comforting, and wisdom eventually emerged from the pain of long ago. I am grateful for the life, teachings and mission of Jesus Christ–who can set all things right, for the innocent and even for the offenders, if they call upon his name in prayer with humility in their heart and align themselves with His teachings. Hope you enjoy the video.
Full commitment to God is in my heart today. I was very moved by this video. I know there’s people in the world whose own lives feel like a recurring 9/11 everyday. They suffer effects from abuse, addiction, divorce, death of a loved one and other mountainous traumas and want to be happy, whole and healed. They are the Generational ChangeMakers I seek at www.FamilyTreeQuest.com. Watch the looks on the faces of those in this video. Do you know someone with the same look in their eyes? Maybe it’s you. JOIN THE QUEST at www.familytreequest.com Help is on its way.
My heart goes out to those who are entrapped in the vicious cycles of addiction, suffering and pain. Christ is the Master Healer. It’s interesting to me that we try everything to get rid of the physical and emotional feelings that distrub us, yet often forget that it’s our Elder Brother, Jesus Christ (son of God the Father-our creator), who makes the way for us to be healed spiritually so that joy and happiness can once again be ours. It’s my hope that this video reaches those who are forlorn, unhappy and seeking the way back to being whole and healed.
Thank you to Betsy Love who pointed out this video on Facebook.
I am a firm believer in creating positive change. This short film is very powerful.
Exerpts from the short film The Butterfly Circus.
Limbless Man: “Stop it! Why would you say that?”
Showman: “Because you believe it, but if you could only see the beauty that can come from ashes.”
The limbless man is shown some traumatic conditions from which the now happy, talented performers in the Butterfly circus had come.
Limbless Man: But they’re different from me! ”
Showman : “Yes.YOU do have an ADVANTAGE. The greater the struggle, the more glorious the triumph.”
I encourage you to take the time to view this short film.
http://thebutterflycircus.com/short-film/
Story
At the height of the Great Depression, the showman (Eduardo Verastegui) of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape, lifting the spirits of audiences along the way. During their travels they discover Will (Nick Vujicic), a man without limbs at a carnival sideshow, but after an intriguing encounter with the showman he becomes driven to hope against everything he has ever believed. (words from www.thebutterflycircus.com)
INVITATION FROM CAROLYN: If you have a desire to positively impact the lives of others, consider JOINING THE QUEST and becoming a Generational ChangeMaker at my Family Tree Quest site. We are a worldwide group of people who use time-tested, principle centered solutions to strengthen ourselves and our family in THIS generation. We recognize that our decisions in the present influence future generations. We are willing to help each other, heal relationships and grow–in spite of challenges.
