It was touch and go there, but I survived my all nighter. :)
Before promptly coming home and crashing for six hours afterwards lol.
I basically spent all night...putting stickers on everything. Weeeeee lol.
Anywho. It's the last day of the year! We survived 2012!
Now to 2013! :)
And...because I'm still a bit foggy from the all nighter....
Here, as usual, are some highlights of Conference. :)
Gordon B. Hinckley -The Church Is on Course
- We have moved without hesitation when there is well-established policy. Where there is not firmly established policy, we have talked with the President and received his approval before taking action.
- Can there be two separate bodies with equal authority, without confusion? Yes.
- "The duty of the Twelve Apostles of the Church is to preach the gospel to the world, to send it to the inhabitants of the earth and to bear testimony of Jesus Christ the Son of God, as living witnesses of his divine mission. That is their special calling and they are always under the direction of the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when the presidency is intact, and there is never at the same time two equal heads in the Church--never."
- "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you."
- I am confident that no man was ever called as a General Authority of this Church, certainly none I have known, who did not get on his knees, confessing his weaknesses and pleading with the Lord to safeguard him against temptation and any wrongdoing, and asking for the strength and the wisdom and the inspiration to perform well that which he is called upon to do.
- It is unique in its organization. It is a system under which, if one man is unable to function, the work does not stumble or falter.
- Instead of enjoying the countless edifying experiences, precious wholesome relationships, and the wondrous beauties of the earth the Lord has given for our happiness, do you pursue excitement beyond the bounds He has set? Do you seek transitory stimulation, even recognizing that it is always followed by powerful negative feelings?
- Though you publicly defend strongly your actions, privately in moments of sober contemplation you may have recognized that you are in trouble.
- You may be tired of others trying to run your life--always telling you what to do. After all, you have the right to make your own choices. That is correct. You have that right. It is your agency. The secret to solve problems in your life will be found in understanding and using the eternally beneficial interaction of your agency and His truth.
- "Light and truth forsake that evil one."
- One must use his agency to obey truth.
- No one can change truth. Rationalization, overpowering self-interest, all of the arguments of men, anger, or self-will cannot change truth.
- Satan strives to persuade us to live outside truth by rationalizing our actions as the right of choice.
- We do not have the right to choose the consequences of our acts.
- Please understand, no one has the privilege to choose what is right. God reserved that prerogative to Himself. Our agency does allow us to choose among alternate paths, but then we are bound to the consequence God has decreed. Later, if we don't like where the path takes us, the only out is through repentance.
- Satan removes the power of truth from one's life so he can take that soul captive.
- "The best way out is always through."
- You must face the challenge and conquer it.
- He will help you when you do it His way.
- It takes time to build a reputation that overcomes the effects of past deliberate decisions to deceive and to take advantage of others--but it is worth it.
- A true friend is not one that always encourages you to do what you want to do, but one who helps you do what you know you ought to do.
- May he give you the courage and strength to begin to be healed now.
- Our Heavenly Father desires that all mankind be led by the light, but that blessing will not be imposed upon anymore. Christ stands at the door and knocks; those who wish to have him enter and sup with them must hear his voice and "open the door."
- We must choose; we are the decision makers, and he will not relieve that responsibility.
- If we find truth in broken fragments through the ages, it may be set down as an incontrovertible fact that it originated at the fountain, an was given to philosophers, inventors, patriots, reformers, and prophets by the inspiration of God.
- "Vital religion cannot be maintained and preserved on the theory that God dealt with our human race only in the far past ages, and that the Bible is the only evidence we have that our God is a living, revealing, communicating God. If God ever spoke, He is still speaking. He is the great I Am, not the great He Was."
- Much that happens to us in this life we cannot control; we only respond.
- If we endure and remain faithful and put our trust in him and are courageous, the Lord will visit us in our afflictions, strengthen us to carry our burdens and support us in our trials. He'll be with us to the end of our days.
- "To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises."
- Being "valiant" in one's testimony of Jesus includes striving to become more like Him in mind, heart, and attributes.
- One common characteristic of the honorable but slack is their disdain for the seemingly unexciting duties of discipleship, such as daily prayer, regular reading of the scriptures, attendance at sacrament meeting, paying a full tithe, and participating in the holy temples.
- Friends who would hold us back spiritually are not true friends at all.
- "Some do not understand duties which do not coincide with their natural feelings and affections. ... There are duties which are above affection."
- Some would never sell Jesus for thirty pieces, but they would not give Him their all either!
- Others find it easier to bend their knees than their minds.
- If we are too easily contented, God may administer a dose of divine discontent.
- Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus!
- Consecration is the only surrender which is also a victory. It brings release from the raucous, overpopulated cell block of selfishness and emancipation from the dark prison of pride. Yet instead of striving for greater consecration, it is so easy to go on performing casually in halfhearted compliance as if hoping to "ride to paradise on a golf cart."
- Heavenly Father is only asking us to lose the old self in order to find the new and the real self.
- Increased consecration is not so much a demand for more hours of Church work as it is for more awareness of whose work this really is! For now, consecration may not require giving up worldly possessions so much as being less possessed by them.
- "Where was a protecting angel?"
- I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.
- Their victories, however slight, strengthen the boundaries through which the history of future generations must pass.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the poetess, wrote: It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with the years, And the smile that is worth the praises of earth Is the smile that shines through tears.
- To all who have suffered silently from sickness, to you who have cared for those with physical or mental impairment, who have borne a heavy burden day by day, year by year, and to you noble mothers and dedicated fathers--I salute you and pray God's blessings to ever attend you. To the children, particularly they who cannot run and play and frolic, come the reassuring words: "Dearest children, God is near you, Watching o'er you day and night."
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
Not surprisingly...I dreamt about placing more stickers on items at the store.
-S.N.D
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