My thanksgiving list from the 1st- 13th.
November 1st: I am grateful for my home and modern luxuries, i.e. washers, dryers, dishwashers. All the things that make our work load easier so we can do other things.
November 2nd: I'm grateful for a day to do all the things I want and need to do, i.e. temple work, grocery shopping, voting, and spending a fun couple of hours with friends.
November 3rd: I'm grateful for the little angel that I babysit who plays so well with my little girl so when I over do it one day and need to rest and take it easy the next I can.
November 4th: I'm grateful today for my amazing friends who cleaned my house before I got home from the hospital and the dinner we received from one of them.
November 5th: I'm grateful today for a to rest and that I'm still pregnant and for good teachers for my almost 10 year old who help her succeed and get excited about her progress.
November 6th: I'm grateful that I'm still pregnant and for a wonderful husband who is making sure I stay pregnant and is doing all the things I should be doing.
November 7th: This is Sunday and I'm grateful for the gospel and the ordinances of the gospel and for fast and testimony meeting. This was a special week for some families in our ward which made for a very spiritual fast and testimony meeting. We had two baptisms and confirmations which means church membership and the gift of the Holy Ghost. One family was able to finalize the adoption they had been working and fighting for for the past year and take the little one to the temple to be sealed to them forever and then blessed her in church. The father who had been in Afghanistan since March was able to come home for two weeks for all this to be possible. Wonderful day today.
November 8th: I'm grateful to still be pregnant. I'm grateful because of great friends to be able to rest and lay down so my contractions stopped. I'm also grateful for my visiting teacher who called in the morning and checked on me and then brought me dinner that night. I'm also grateful for my brother who is 14 months older than me who's birthday is today.
November 9th: I'm grateful to still be pregnant. I'm also grateful for my 12 year old daughters teachers who love her and are concerned about the things I am and want to do whatever they can to help her. I'm also grateful my ward members and friends who work all day and still brought us dinner that night.
November 10th: I'm grateful to still be pregnant. I'm grateful for my wonderful neighbor whom I love who brought us dinner tonight. I'm grateful for my husband who came home from scouts only to do dishes and laundry. I'm grateful for friends one who spent the day with me one who came by for a little while with her daughters who made treats for us.
November 11th: I'm grateful to still be pregnant. I'm grateful for my children who are so willing to help me out and work without crying and throwing tantrums. I love my 4 beautiful daughters.
November 12th: I'm grateful to still be pregnant and for the good night sleep. I'm grateful to feel good and not have contractions and still spent the day in bed because my awesome husband worked from home and did the things I was supposed to do so I could stay feeling good.
November 13th: Today I'm grateful to still be pregnant. I'm grateful to feel good again. I'm grateful for helpers who helped make breakfast and clear off the table. I'm grateful that my amazing husband and brother-in-law went to the store twice for me today.
I have been so spoiled this first half of the month. Even with going on bed rest as ordered by my loving husband so I can have a healthy baby boy which I am also sooo grateful for, blessings have come from family members especially from my husband and from good friends who also happen to be ward family members. I love and appreciate you all. I'm grateful for the knowledge I have that God lives and that He is watching out for us and helping us and continually blessing us. In the name of Jesus Christ amen.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thanksgiving, Gratitude
On FB friends of mine have been posting things they are thankful for daily because of Thanksgiving, I'm sure. I have not posted for a long time and am now 12 days behind. So I thought I'd catch up by posting to my blog.
Today, I want to share with you some quotes from the Prophet (President Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint). His Sunday morning conference talk was entitled “The Divine Gift of Gratitude”.
After telling the story from Luke chapter 17 the ten lepers, he said “My brothers and sisters, do we remember to give thanks for the blessings we receive? Sincerely giving thanks not only helps us recognize our blessings, but it also unlocks the doors of heaven and helps us feel God's love.”
President Gordon B. Hinckley said 'When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit and egotism, you walk with a spirit of thanksgiving that is becoming to you and will bless your lives.'"
…”We all have experienced times when our focus is on what we lack rather than on our blessings. Said the Greek philosopher Epictetus, 'He is wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.' …”Regardless of our circumstances, each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings.”
…”This is a wonderful time to be on earth. While there is much that is wrong in the world today, there are many things that are right and good. There are marriages that make it, parents who love their children and sacrifice for them, friends who care about us and help us, teachers who teach. Our lives are blessed in countless ways.”
...”If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes it place among the noblest of virtues.”
President Joseph F. Smith, sixth President of the Church, provided an answer. Said he: 'The grateful man sees so much in the world to be thankful for, and with him and the good outweighs the evil. Love overpowers jealousy, and light drives darkness out of his life.' He continued: 'Pride destroys our gratitude and sets up selfishness in its place. How much happier we are in the presence of a grateful and loving soul, and how careful we should be to cultivate, through the medium of a prayerful life, a thankful attitude toward God and man!' “President Smith is telling us that a prayerful life is the key to possessing gratitude.”
“Do material possessions make us happy and grateful? Perhaps momentarily. However, those things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us. Unfortunately, these are some of the things we allow ourselves to take for granted.” ...”We often take for granted the very people who most deserve our gratitude. Let us not wait until it is too late for us to express that gratitude.”
“A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives. This requires conscious effort- at least until we have truly learned and cultivated an attitude of gratitude. Often we feel grateful and intend to express our thanks but forget to do so or just don't get around to it. Someone has said that 'feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.'
...”When we encounter challenges and problems in our lives, it is often difficult for us to focus on our blessings. However, if we reach deep enough and look hard enough, we will be able to feel and recognize just how much we have been given.”
He ended his talk with this “My brothers and sisters, to express gratitude is gracious and honorable, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven. As I close this morning, it is my prayer in addition to all else for which we are grateful, we may ever reflect our gratitude for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. His glorious gospel provides answers to life's greatest questions: Where did we come from? Why are we her? Where do our Spirits go when we die? That gospel brings to those who live in darkness the light of divine truth.
He taught us how to pray. He taught us how to live. He taught us how to die. His life is a legacy of love. The sick He healed; the downtrodden He lifted; the sinner He saved.
Ultimately, He stood alone. Some Apostles doubted; one betrayed Him. The Roman soldiers pierced His side. The angry mob took His life. There yet rings from Golgotha's hill His compassionate words: 'Father, forgive them, for they know what they do.' 'Who was this 'man of sorrows,... acquainted with grief'? 'Who is this King of glory,' this Lord of lords? He is our Master. He is our Savior. He is the Son of God. He is the Author of Our Salvation. He beckons, 'Follow me'. He instructs, 'Go, and do thou likewise'. He pleads, 'Keep my commandments'.
Let us follow Him. Let us emulate His example. Let us obey His words. By so doing, we give to Him the divine gift of gratitude.
My sincere, heartfelt prayer is that we may in our individual lives reflect that marvelous virtue of gratitude. May it permeate our very souls, now and evermore. In the sacred name of Jesus Christ, our Savior, amen.”
Today, I want to share with you some quotes from the Prophet (President Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint). His Sunday morning conference talk was entitled “The Divine Gift of Gratitude”.
After telling the story from Luke chapter 17 the ten lepers, he said “My brothers and sisters, do we remember to give thanks for the blessings we receive? Sincerely giving thanks not only helps us recognize our blessings, but it also unlocks the doors of heaven and helps us feel God's love.”
President Gordon B. Hinckley said 'When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit and egotism, you walk with a spirit of thanksgiving that is becoming to you and will bless your lives.'"
…”We all have experienced times when our focus is on what we lack rather than on our blessings. Said the Greek philosopher Epictetus, 'He is wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.' …”Regardless of our circumstances, each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings.”
…”This is a wonderful time to be on earth. While there is much that is wrong in the world today, there are many things that are right and good. There are marriages that make it, parents who love their children and sacrifice for them, friends who care about us and help us, teachers who teach. Our lives are blessed in countless ways.”
...”If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes it place among the noblest of virtues.”
President Joseph F. Smith, sixth President of the Church, provided an answer. Said he: 'The grateful man sees so much in the world to be thankful for, and with him and the good outweighs the evil. Love overpowers jealousy, and light drives darkness out of his life.' He continued: 'Pride destroys our gratitude and sets up selfishness in its place. How much happier we are in the presence of a grateful and loving soul, and how careful we should be to cultivate, through the medium of a prayerful life, a thankful attitude toward God and man!' “President Smith is telling us that a prayerful life is the key to possessing gratitude.”
“Do material possessions make us happy and grateful? Perhaps momentarily. However, those things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us. Unfortunately, these are some of the things we allow ourselves to take for granted.” ...”We often take for granted the very people who most deserve our gratitude. Let us not wait until it is too late for us to express that gratitude.”
“A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives. This requires conscious effort- at least until we have truly learned and cultivated an attitude of gratitude. Often we feel grateful and intend to express our thanks but forget to do so or just don't get around to it. Someone has said that 'feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.'
...”When we encounter challenges and problems in our lives, it is often difficult for us to focus on our blessings. However, if we reach deep enough and look hard enough, we will be able to feel and recognize just how much we have been given.”
He ended his talk with this “My brothers and sisters, to express gratitude is gracious and honorable, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven. As I close this morning, it is my prayer in addition to all else for which we are grateful, we may ever reflect our gratitude for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. His glorious gospel provides answers to life's greatest questions: Where did we come from? Why are we her? Where do our Spirits go when we die? That gospel brings to those who live in darkness the light of divine truth.
He taught us how to pray. He taught us how to live. He taught us how to die. His life is a legacy of love. The sick He healed; the downtrodden He lifted; the sinner He saved.
Ultimately, He stood alone. Some Apostles doubted; one betrayed Him. The Roman soldiers pierced His side. The angry mob took His life. There yet rings from Golgotha's hill His compassionate words: 'Father, forgive them, for they know what they do.' 'Who was this 'man of sorrows,... acquainted with grief'? 'Who is this King of glory,' this Lord of lords? He is our Master. He is our Savior. He is the Son of God. He is the Author of Our Salvation. He beckons, 'Follow me'. He instructs, 'Go, and do thou likewise'. He pleads, 'Keep my commandments'.
Let us follow Him. Let us emulate His example. Let us obey His words. By so doing, we give to Him the divine gift of gratitude.
My sincere, heartfelt prayer is that we may in our individual lives reflect that marvelous virtue of gratitude. May it permeate our very souls, now and evermore. In the sacred name of Jesus Christ, our Savior, amen.”
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
To Take Offense or Not to Take Offense that is the Question
A friend of mine posted a few days ago a quote by Elder David A. Bednar a member of the quorum of the 12 apostles that said "To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else."
I was reading in the book of Mormon and in the Old Testament and also the New Testament, how Heavenly Father's people will love and serve Him for a time but inevitably fall away into sin and apostasy. But why? What happens to them that in such a short period of time desires to do whats right and a love for our Father in Heaven disappear. Well the Book of Mormon gives us insight into what takes place. I won't quote any scripture because there are too many. Every time they become wicked it tells the same story as to why and this is it, because of contentions and dissensions among them. Well what does that mean. They argue, they disagree, sometimes about doctrines, but they begin to disagree and then THEY TAKE OFFENSE. And Satan starts to work and soon they are no longer doing those things that brought them happiness and peace (which is what righteous living brings to you.)
So as I was pondering today about what is going to make me different. How do I keep my testimony burning bright and stay converted to the gospel when all of these people couldn't. The answer came as this. Besides "watching and praying always, "I CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE OFFENSE." When the choice is laid before me I have to choose love and understanding not anger and offense. The price of taking offense is too high. It leads to feelings of dislike, then hate, then loss of the spirit, then loss of any desire to do right, then loss of testimony and ultimately I am left to navigate through the trials and temptations of the last days with my own knowledge and abilities. I am left without power from on high, and without that I can only fail. The price is too high.
I was reading in the book of Mormon and in the Old Testament and also the New Testament, how Heavenly Father's people will love and serve Him for a time but inevitably fall away into sin and apostasy. But why? What happens to them that in such a short period of time desires to do whats right and a love for our Father in Heaven disappear. Well the Book of Mormon gives us insight into what takes place. I won't quote any scripture because there are too many. Every time they become wicked it tells the same story as to why and this is it, because of contentions and dissensions among them. Well what does that mean. They argue, they disagree, sometimes about doctrines, but they begin to disagree and then THEY TAKE OFFENSE. And Satan starts to work and soon they are no longer doing those things that brought them happiness and peace (which is what righteous living brings to you.)
So as I was pondering today about what is going to make me different. How do I keep my testimony burning bright and stay converted to the gospel when all of these people couldn't. The answer came as this. Besides "watching and praying always, "I CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE OFFENSE." When the choice is laid before me I have to choose love and understanding not anger and offense. The price of taking offense is too high. It leads to feelings of dislike, then hate, then loss of the spirit, then loss of any desire to do right, then loss of testimony and ultimately I am left to navigate through the trials and temptations of the last days with my own knowledge and abilities. I am left without power from on high, and without that I can only fail. The price is too high.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Horton Hears a Who a lesson in Charity
Tonight for Valentines day we watched Horton Hears a Who as a family. This month in sacrament meeting we are talking about Charity. As I watched this movie I realized that Horton is full of Charity and can teach us some important lessons. First, he shows us charity, pure love, by trying to save a speck that has people he can hear but doesn't really know. So to save them he is going to walk a long way to give them a safe place. At first his journey is pretty easy and he seems to be having fun. Then he is told by a friend that a kangaroo who isn't nice to him at all is hiring someone to come after him. Now instead of speaking ill about this Kangaroo to his friend he just hurries on to try and save these people because, “a person's a person no matter how small”. Well a scary Buzzard or vulture comes and tries to take the “clover” the speck is on and Horton does his best to keep the speck safe but the Bird gets them and drops them in a huge field of clovers. Horton cries when he sees where the bird has dropped the “clover”. He hopes that they are ok but worries they are not. Then Horton proceeds to spend hours and hours looking for his “clover” in the midst of all the others. A needle in a haystack for sure. But he does not quit until he finds them. Then he starts on his journey again. Well next he encounters the entire jungle of Nool coming after him and they tell him that everone will go away and leave him alone if he will just deny that there are any people on the speck and let them smash it or throw it in a boiling pot of beezlenut oil. But Horton can't because he loves the who-ville people and wants to help them so he says no. Then they rope him and cage him and take the speck and the flower and drop it, luckily at the last minute the little kangaroo, son of the other kangaroo saves the speck and gives it back to Horton because they finally heard the whos and believed Horton. Now the people love Horton and surround him and a bunny brings him cookies, but off by herself is the mother Kangaroo who tried so hard to stop Horton. Now Horton once again shows his love for people because instead of telling her “I told you so” or leaving her to herself because she had been so mean, he goes up to her gives her a cookie, forgives her and accepts her. He could have held a grudge and the too could have been enemies for life but Horton loved people more than himself or at least the same and their comfort and needs and wants were more important than his own. He had charity. When we give of ourselves to help those around us not for compliments from others but because we love and want to help and can see that everyone is important and we all are the same, children of God, no matter our size or shape or what we believe, then we too will have charity. He knew that he needed to lift and help and love others and showed us this by everything he did. May we live more like Horton and follow the example of our Savior Jesus Christ as Horton did. In the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Greatness of God evidenced through Swine flu.
My 3 year old daughter had swine flu (h1n1) a few weeks ago and the lessons learned from that were great. 1st lesson God loves me and us (His children) and is there for me and us (His children) and His goodness and mercy are beyond my comprehension. 2nd lesson the blessings that are mine and those that are members of His church are awesome, amazing, priceless, and wondrous. Lesson 3 the things that people (the world) fear do not need to be my or our (people of His church) fears. 4th lesson He has not left me or us (His children) alone powerless in this world. He gave us tools to help us on our journey and come back to Him and get through the rough and great and terribleness that is the last days.
So here is the story that taught me all these things. Monday January 25, 2010 my 3 year old gets a fever around 2:00pm. She had been fine all morning and all of a sudden she began to wine and cry so I picked her up to comfort her and she was burning up. I gave her medicine and had her lay down. The fever did not go away. That night before we sent her to bed I took her temperature it was 102.5. I gave her some more medicine and she slept on and off through the night. The next morning she was burning up again or maybe still. I gave her some more medicine and contemplated taking her to the doctor. Usually I don't like to go to the doctor right away. I like to wait and if no improvement is made in 3 or 4 days then take them in. Well while I was thinking of taking her or waiting the thought came to me that I should take her in. Jon (my husband) and I took her in to the doctor a couple of hours later. Her fever was down to 100.7 after 2 hours on Tylenol. She had no energy and just sat on my lap. The doctor thought it was a cold virus that had been going around. They hadn't seen the swine flu (h1n1) for a few months so he didn't think it was that. After asking us a few more questions he decided to test for it anyway and sure enough it was. I truly believe he was prompted to test for it as we were prompted to take her in. So we got the Tamiflu and were sure she would be better in a few days because we caught it early and the tamiflu would knock it out. She was so sick to her stomach she was not able to take the tamiflu. So Wednesday night, my husband and Brother Young (a wonderful neighbor) gave her a priesthood blessing for the sick. They laid there hands on her head and gave her a blessing from Heavenly Father. In her blessing she was blessed that she would have energy, that she would be able to keep her food and medicine down, and that the sickness would eventually leave her body. They closed the blessing in Jesus Christ's name and both of them had to run off to scouts so they were not witnesses to the miracle of the blessing. But my little 3 year old who had been laying around or carried if she wanted to move got up off the chair and Started running circles around it. She was able to drink liquids and keep them down the next day and eat a little bit of food. The medicine she hated and would not take it so I gave up on that. She was feeling great through the weekend she just had a cough and then by Friday of the next week Febuary 5, she was fine and back to normal.
Heavenly Father has blessed us with so much here on earth. He loves us and wants us to return to Him. He has given us the Holy Ghost to guide us through times of trouble and uncertainty and through all the things the last days has in store for us. We have priesthood power which is the authority to act in God's name, given to the Faithful men of His church to bless His children here on earth. We have tools and His love and we don't have to be afraid of anything if we strive to keep His commandments and do all that He asks us to do, the blessings waiting for us are so great and numerous. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is His church His Son Jesus Christ is the head of it and He leads it through a living prophet today, Thomas S. Monson. His love and blessings are there for us if we can exercise faith in Him and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.
So here is the story that taught me all these things. Monday January 25, 2010 my 3 year old gets a fever around 2:00pm. She had been fine all morning and all of a sudden she began to wine and cry so I picked her up to comfort her and she was burning up. I gave her medicine and had her lay down. The fever did not go away. That night before we sent her to bed I took her temperature it was 102.5. I gave her some more medicine and she slept on and off through the night. The next morning she was burning up again or maybe still. I gave her some more medicine and contemplated taking her to the doctor. Usually I don't like to go to the doctor right away. I like to wait and if no improvement is made in 3 or 4 days then take them in. Well while I was thinking of taking her or waiting the thought came to me that I should take her in. Jon (my husband) and I took her in to the doctor a couple of hours later. Her fever was down to 100.7 after 2 hours on Tylenol. She had no energy and just sat on my lap. The doctor thought it was a cold virus that had been going around. They hadn't seen the swine flu (h1n1) for a few months so he didn't think it was that. After asking us a few more questions he decided to test for it anyway and sure enough it was. I truly believe he was prompted to test for it as we were prompted to take her in. So we got the Tamiflu and were sure she would be better in a few days because we caught it early and the tamiflu would knock it out. She was so sick to her stomach she was not able to take the tamiflu. So Wednesday night, my husband and Brother Young (a wonderful neighbor) gave her a priesthood blessing for the sick. They laid there hands on her head and gave her a blessing from Heavenly Father. In her blessing she was blessed that she would have energy, that she would be able to keep her food and medicine down, and that the sickness would eventually leave her body. They closed the blessing in Jesus Christ's name and both of them had to run off to scouts so they were not witnesses to the miracle of the blessing. But my little 3 year old who had been laying around or carried if she wanted to move got up off the chair and Started running circles around it. She was able to drink liquids and keep them down the next day and eat a little bit of food. The medicine she hated and would not take it so I gave up on that. She was feeling great through the weekend she just had a cough and then by Friday of the next week Febuary 5, she was fine and back to normal.
Heavenly Father has blessed us with so much here on earth. He loves us and wants us to return to Him. He has given us the Holy Ghost to guide us through times of trouble and uncertainty and through all the things the last days has in store for us. We have priesthood power which is the authority to act in God's name, given to the Faithful men of His church to bless His children here on earth. We have tools and His love and we don't have to be afraid of anything if we strive to keep His commandments and do all that He asks us to do, the blessings waiting for us are so great and numerous. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is His church His Son Jesus Christ is the head of it and He leads it through a living prophet today, Thomas S. Monson. His love and blessings are there for us if we can exercise faith in Him and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Agency cont.
Last July I posted an entry called Agency. Today, while reading to my children I found some great scriptures that talk about how ultimately we choose for ourselves our final destination and though God is our judge, he uses our choices and desires to pronounce our judgment upon us and if mercy has place for us because of repentance He will use it but if our choices and desires take away mercy because of no repentance than His true justice is what we will find and deserve and it will be just. The scriptures are Alma 41:3-7 "And it is requisite with the justice of God that men should be judged according to their works; and if their works were good in this life, and the DESIRES of their hearts were good, that they should also, at the last day, be restored unto that which is good.
And if their works are evil they shall be restored unto them for evil. Therefore, all things shall be restored to their proper order, every thing to its natural frame- mortality to immortality, corruption to incorruption-raised to endless happiness to inherit the kingdom of God, or to endless misery to inherit the kingdom of the devil, the one on the one hand, the other on the other-
The one raised to happiness according to his DESIRES of happiness, or good according to his DESIRES of good; and the other to evil according to his DESIRES of evil; for as he has DESIRED to do evil all the day long even so shall he have his reward of evil when the night cometh.
And so it is on the one hand. If he hath repented of his sins, and DESIRED righteousness until the end of his days, even so he shall be rewarded unto righteousness.
These are they that are redeemed of the Lord; yea, these are they that are taken out, that are delivered from that endless night of darkness; and thus they stand or fall; FOR BEHOLD, THEY ARE THEIR OWN JUDGES, whether to do good or do evil."
Then verse 8 because I like it: "Now, the decrees of God are unalterable; therefore, the way is prepared that whosoever WILL may walk therein and be saved."
And if their works are evil they shall be restored unto them for evil. Therefore, all things shall be restored to their proper order, every thing to its natural frame- mortality to immortality, corruption to incorruption-raised to endless happiness to inherit the kingdom of God, or to endless misery to inherit the kingdom of the devil, the one on the one hand, the other on the other-
The one raised to happiness according to his DESIRES of happiness, or good according to his DESIRES of good; and the other to evil according to his DESIRES of evil; for as he has DESIRED to do evil all the day long even so shall he have his reward of evil when the night cometh.
And so it is on the one hand. If he hath repented of his sins, and DESIRED righteousness until the end of his days, even so he shall be rewarded unto righteousness.
These are they that are redeemed of the Lord; yea, these are they that are taken out, that are delivered from that endless night of darkness; and thus they stand or fall; FOR BEHOLD, THEY ARE THEIR OWN JUDGES, whether to do good or do evil."
Then verse 8 because I like it: "Now, the decrees of God are unalterable; therefore, the way is prepared that whosoever WILL may walk therein and be saved."
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