An amazing opportunity

One of the key beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is that we believe a modern prophet walks the earth. In Revelations we learn much about the last days before the second coming of Christ. These are things that the whole Christian world try to make sense of. Well we are in the last days, and I do not know a single Christian who would disagree. Well Revelations tells of prophets and witnesses of Christ who will walk among men before his return. Even of three that will loose their lives. So why would so many Christians think that God has left us alone with no guidance in these the last days. Well as a Mormon we believe in one sure knowing fact, he has not! There is a Prophet on the earth and he is assisted by 12 Apostles just as Jesus was. He is not the head of our church,Jesus is. However he guides us and directs us just a Moses or Noah. His name is Thomas S Monson. And this weekend the whole world has an amazing opportunity to hear his words.
General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will be broadcast via satellite on Saturday and Sunday. It will air on public access, Byutv on cable and live streaming from lds.org. It starts at 10am MT both days along with a 2pm MT session. Each block is 2 hours. For those who have a hard time with timezones that is 9am and 1pm Pacific Time. The talks will touch your heart and the music will move your soul.
I implore each of you to take the time this weekend and listen to the words of men & women called of God and to seek out the words of a modern prophet. We have not been left to wander alone we are guided in these days just as in biblical times. This is my promise, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

For More information visit
http://lds.org/church/events/181st-general-conference-of-the-church?lang=eng

Thoughts this Sunday

So I have been gone for a while and I have put a great deal of thought and prayer into the direction of this Blog. I feel very good about the things I want to share here and I hope I can touch any of my readers as they need.

For this week I am going to leave it very simple....
I discovered during my journey the last year that I have done a huge disservice to many of my friends and family members over the years. I have reached out to the specific ones I feel prompted to at this time but I feel I must also reach out here. Whether you are a reader who knows me in real life or just a casual reader I want to first say thanks for reading and welcome. Next I want to say...Yes I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This makes me a Mormon. As my previous posts have shown being LDS is not the only denomination of Mormon's out there. Many different Denominations claim to be Mormon's and also perpetuate Negative and Fictional Facts about the LDS church (the largest of the Mormon denominations). Due to events in American History that are pushed aside as unimportant many many churches feel that they need to perpetuate falsehoods and Myths about the LDS church. A Great deal more people feel the need to pass their sources off as doctrine in their churches. I have sat in more services than I can count were the Pastor or Minister has preached the evilness and falsehoods of my church without even knowing or researching the truth. Last summer I had the pleasure to have a great discussion with a Pastor at a very small church. This was the first step in my realizations of disservice. This Pastor had taken time to study the truth of things and was very open minded. He shook my hand and told me it was a treat to have a true follower of Christ visiting his church and that He is sorry for what other Pastors and Ministers (who he has never met) have said and done. He said while it was not for him he gives great credit to my church for their family values, scripture study and Christlike service to others. This made me realize that I have just sat back and let others find out about what I believe from other sources and It has hurt friendships and family relations when I could have set the record straight with just being me. This Pastor who I met for 2 hours on Sunday told me to share what I believe and don't let others assume or be lead astray. He pointed out that when Christ is Present so is Satan to work against him. And If I have a true Testimony and conviction Satan will work that much harder on my friends.

With all this said I am going to be honest and direct as I have always been but deal directly with things that are commonly heard.

The basis of my believe is this...I believe that the Lord has modern Prophets and that he still speaks to and directs his church on earth as foretold. I believe that Joseph Smith was the First Prophet of the final Dispensation of Christ as foretold in the bible and That today the Prophet is Thomas S Monson. I believe that at the Head of the Church is Christ and that Prophecy still exists. I also believe that every person on earth is entitled to Personal Revelation if they just ask Heavenly Father he will answer and show you the truth of all things. It matters not anything else but We were promised to be guided by Prophets and that we would not be left alone in the last days. We have that Prophet and He speaks on the Lords behave for us and to guide us in these final days. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen....

Daily Reflection

So I got this great little book for Christmas....
A Lamp Unto My Feet: a Daily Reflection on the old testament by Lloyd D Newell and Robert L Millet.

So I opened it up for today's reflection and this is what I found:

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Zechariah 9.9
President Gordon B Hinckley Said; "Put on they beautiful garments, O Daughters of Zion. Live up to the great and magnificent inheritance which the Lord God, your Father in Heaven, has provided you. Rise above the dust of the world. Know that you are daughters of God, Children with a divine birthrights. Walk in the sun with your heads high. Know that you are loved and honored, that you are part of His kingdom, and that there is for you a great work to be done which cannot be left to others" (Ensign, November 1983, 84). It is gospel light that gives us comfort and direction, peace and contentment in this life. An abiding testimony of the Father's great plan of happiness for us, his children, empowers us to climb the mountains of morality with courage and steadfastness. Yes, we'll have our sorrows and setbacks, and we'll have our joys and triumphs. Surely the Lord will strengthen us as we rise to the divinity within us.

If found this to be incredibly fitting. I totally expected a reflection on Isaiah or something of the sort to do with Christmas, but you know this was exactly what i needed to share today. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints we fully believe that we are the literal children of our Heavenly Father. We believe that when the bible tells us we were known before we were born we really were. We believe that our spirits were created by Heavenly Father and therefore he is our Father. He loves each of us and he provided a way for all of his children to return home. We believe that we lived with our Father in Heaven before this earth life and that we made a decision to follow him and to come to earth to receive bodies and be tested. We believe that as his children we are entitled to a divine inheritance and that if we do everything we can in this life then through the Atonement of Jesus Christ that all will be saved and that we will return to our home in heaven.

I have been reading another wonderful book all about Eve in the Garden. And even she had a diving purpose that only she could fulfill. Just like her each of us have our own purpose here on earth. We have not inherited some horrible sin of Eve's just because we are women. Eve may have transgressed but it was not a Sin. She had been told that she needed to multiply and replenish the earth. In her wisdom she knew that to remain in the garden in a pure state would not allow her to fulfill her commandment from Heavenly Father. She chose to enter mortality that all of us might be. Just like her we have our own choices and ability to think for ourself. We have the ability to understand the consequences of all actions good or bad and we are Daughters of a Diving Heavenly Father and As long as we remember that we are divine we will succeed.