During my years of recovery through the Atonement of Christ, I have awakened to the amazing truth that I can have a Christmas morning as many mornings out of the year as I chose. He’s there waiting for me every time I am willing to look to Him for counsel, for comfort, for guidance and […]
Read More Christ, Christmas, grace, Holy Ghost, journaling, personal revelation, scripture study, spirit, writingThis morning, I had been laying in bed awake since 2:10 a.m. After about 30 minutes I decided to accept the reality of sleeplessness as a gift—a chance to experience some deep solitude. As I pondered on this, the voice of the Lord came into my mind and I perceived these words: Thank you, Colleen, […]
Read More choice, gift, patience, spirit, trustSome people have acclimated so well to this world, to this lower, telestial glory that is based on practical, physical performances and possessions. Unfortunately, this glory that is sufficient for so many people’s needs, leaves other souls nearly undone with confusion and longing These confused, undone ones are the addicts—people whose sense of acclimation here, […]
Read More challenges, Christ, faith, imperfection, personal revelation, spirit, weaknessA short and common definition of codependency is fearing others more than God. We could just as easily replace the word fearing with the word believing. Codependency is believing others more than we believe God. For example, we may have troubled, angry, hurting parents who, due to their own pain, tell us negative things about […]
Read More codependency, delivery, love, peace, spiritIn our sacramental prayers, we covenant to always remember God. (D&C 20:77, 79) Some people think that to always remember our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ, they would have to go up on a mountaintop, like a guru or shaman. Or perhaps live a monkish life, spending every moment on their knees in […]
Read More charity, Christ, grace, love, redeeming love, spiritLately it has become fashionable to expose the weaknesses of the founders of our country, claiming them to be adulterers, homosexual, power-hungry, and generally not worthy of our esteem. But the Book of Mormon silences those voices. I know this: The Lord chooses righteous men to accomplish His great purposes. I do not believe that […]
Read More challenges, humility, imperfection, mortality, spiritTo those who would say that we are supposed to copy the example of Christ, but we are not to expect personal communication and communion with Him on a frequent or continuous basis, I would ask this question: Which five minutes of your life would you prefer to live without God’s constant companionship? Which five […]
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