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!

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

Testimony

I'd like to spend a minute and share my testimony. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the true church restored on the Earth today. That God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith personally. They told him that none of the churches were true.
Joseph Smith is a true prophet and that he did translate the Book of Mormon by the Power of God. We do have a prophet on Earth today. His name is Thomas S. Monson. He tells us what God wants us to know and what we should do. He and The Apostles testify of modern idolatries that destroy families and destroy lives. As we listen to them we can be safe from the wiles of Satan. That Satan has no power over us as long as we obey Gods Commandments.
God loves us. He knows everyone personally. We know this through the restored gospel as God spoke of His son Jesus proclaiming "Joseph, this is my beloved Son. Hear Him. He knows our problems and he knows our weakness's. As we let God guide our lives he can make those weak things strong.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He came to do the will of His Father. He loves us all that he would lay down His life for us. He wants us to return to God. We have that opportunity as we choose to obey the commandments that He's given us.
I love the Gospel and the peace that it brings and i leave my testimony in the name of Jesus Christ amen.