Halo

Taking a journey into the world of Halo. When you play Halo you are Master Chief. He is a character in who kills a lot of alien critters. You play through many different levels in the game. Some that you breeze through and some which want you to throw the paddle on the floor and break your television.
Something that has risen to my mind when playing campaign mode is those awful little creatures called "Grunts".

While your playing the game they are really easy to kill. But they are usually persistant. Groups of them will come at you and that is when things become frustrating because they are easy to kill but yet you just can't survive.
How I relate this to our lives is the little things that come up: a person at work looks at you weird, your friend says something rude that you take offensively, your kids dont clean up their rooms! But as we solve these things with patience and take them one at a time we can become less angry with people and ourselves. As we read and study the word of God we can feel free and happy. Find a sanctuary of safety and peace to pray and ask for help. So lets always have a sniper ready to head shot the "Grunts" in our lives!

The Longboard Of Life.

One of my good hobbies back home is longboarding. I would go to Provo Canyon start at Vivian Park, ride down to the mouth of Provo Canyon with my friends.
As your going down there is very pretty scenery. There is pine trees, wildlife and you pass by Bridal Veil Falls very gorgeous waterfalls. You've got to ride a little bit slower to see the beauty. Longboards can go as fast as they want. It can all be a blur if you never slow down.
So where i'm going with this is that we are riding the longboard. The trail is our life. Slowing down will help us see the beauty of it all. The joys of life. There really is joy to life. Thats why we're here. Going as fast as you can down the trail can lose those precious moments of happiness. The moments that really matter.
It has and is being told to us by the prophets today to slow down and take it easy. Lets follow there counsel. We can take those hikes into the trees maybe have a picnic here and there. Were still going to get down to the bottom. It's my testimony that it will help our lives if we do. The stress will reduce, we will be more in tune with the spirit.
DON'T EVER LET LIFE PASS YOU BY

IT"S 311!

I would like to share with you one of my favorite bands. You might wonder why i'm posting about such a band as 311. One thing that sticks out to me about 311 is that they are positive. I think that is one thing the world struggles with today. The news is always about disasters. Rumors about wars and contentions. It's something our communities struggle with. Finding faults with people and their weaknesses. Last of all it's something our personal lives struggle with. Including me. We are always looking for what went bad that day to tell people. Looking for sympathy.

It's a good time to see how we can bring more positivity in our lives. I know that Jesus can help us with this with a thing called faith. With faith we can look at things from a different perspective than others see it as or as the world sees it. In the words of 311 "One day you'll see the clear blue, BEYOND THE GRAY SKY.

The Importance of a Modern Day Prophet

1. The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything.

2. The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.

3. The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.

4. The prophet will never lead the church astray.

5. The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training or credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.

6. The prophet does not have to say “Thus Saith the Lord,” to give us scripture.

7. The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we want to know.

8. The prophet is not limited by men’s reasoning.

9. The prophet can receive revelation on any matter, temporal or spiritual.

10. The prophet may advise on civic matters.

11. The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.

12. The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the worldly.

13. The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidency—the highest quorum in the Church.

14. The prophet and the presidency—the living prophet and the First Presidency—follow them and be blessed—reject them and suffer.

-Ezra Taft Benson

I would like to share a song that brings great joy into my life. We may stray but He's always there for us in time of need.

The Gift of the Holy Ghost

The Gift of the Holy Ghost is one of the greatest gifts that we've been given.  Somtimes we don't recognize how important he is. As i was reading a talk given in an Ensign, it talked about the difference of the Power of the Holy Ghost and the Gift of the Holy Ghost. The Power of the Holy Ghost can come upon a man before Baptism. He can't be with them constantly but can guide them in where they need to go. Kind of like lightning in the middle of the night. There will be a few flashes in which you could reach your destination. They who have Faith in Jesus Christ, Repent, and are Baptized will recieve the Gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. The Gift of the Holy Ghost can be as like a flashlight. When we recieve him we can carry that flashlight around with us and constantly move to where we need to go.
John 16:7-Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Jesus Christ The Son Of God

I am one of his witnesses, and in a coming day I shall feel the nail marks in his hands and in his feet and shall wet his feet with my tears.

But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God’s Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way.

God grant that all of us may walk in the light as God our Father is in the light so that, according to the promises, the blood of Jesus Christ his Son will cleanse us from all sin.

Bruce R. McConkie