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What a week… for me at least… I'm sure you can say the same. Although I can feel Christmas break creeping up behind me as I begin to realize that I only have a few weeks left- including Thanksgiving Break- of this 2014 Fall Semester at Snow College. Some of my classes are even ending before the semester's final week! That's quite crazy. I'm… in shock by how fast this year has gone by. But I am anxious for the smell of pine and hot chocolate lingering in the air at our house! :) For stats on my hubby, check out the NJCAA website by clicking the hyperlink. It is the most incredible thing to see my husband and the team play. In high school, I never went to basketball- because swim season was at the same time! I think it is just so funny… I sometimes imagine that my in-laws think I don't know sports- but I know some! :) I have been getting better by sitting by my father-in-law at some games that he has been to lately! Tonight, Snow Basketball is playing Impact Academy at Snow's Richfield Campus, so if you are interested in watching, watch live by clicking the hyperlink! Gosh I love Hyperlinks! :) The Thanksgiving season is my favorite and I love being at home. I particularly love being with my family because of all of the fond childhood memories I had with my siblings. It was so great to have my younger siblings here for this past weekend, because my parents were in Hawaii and… heck, I love my siblings and wanted them to see a game or two of Chris! I love my little siblings, because they remind me of how to be little, and to have an open imagination. They teach me so much about how to be a better older sibling because- they're little! Well… not so little anymore… but their minds are still innocent and hilarious! I mean… just look at them climbing this here tree!! :) And it's colder than it looks in the picture… I wish to say that I am completely grateful for the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ- because it's through the gospel that I know that I will be with my family for forever! What a blessing that is to know that my family will be with me after this mortality is over! In particular, I am so grateful for my husband, who shows me, daily, his love for me and the relationship we have! Ah! *Heart* I fall further and further in love with him every day… just when I think I can't fall any further… Marriage is great! :) Anywhosers, keep in touch! I like writing on this blog, so I might be frequent! It's like… a journal that is my social life that I would have because I don't have one outside of Chris! Have a beautiful fall day! GO Hi there peaches! I absolutely love the life that I live, may I just say? It has been a great, cold day here in Ephraim. My Hubby is so sweet to me when it comes to maintaining the goal for us to go to the Activity Center to work out. He has so much patience as I struggle to wrap up warm for the freezing weather that grabs at our jackets and lingers around the house. Monday and Wednesday school schedules are always so awesome because I spend my first class in Institute with my Husband. Gosh, we had an awesome lesson. We did it based on Mosiah chapters 1-5, and covered conversation about righteous King Benjamin's "General Conference" talk he gave to his people. We were asked to study a block of scripture, and what I studied was Mosiah 4: 16-30. (Click on reference to follow along). And as I read this block, perhaps the most profound verse that struck me, as would anyone, is the popular verse, and commonly said by prophets today- Mosiah 4:19. It says, "For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the sustance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have to of every kind?" Then the verse following: (20) "And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on his name, and begging for a remission of your sins. And has he suffered that ye have begged in vain?" "Nay;" "he has caused that your hearts should be filled with joy," "and has caused that your mouths should be stopped that ye could not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy." Perhaps this is the scripture that I find most accurate to how I feel towards my Heavenly Father every day. Words lack what emotions emulate as I recognize the work and power of my Heavenly Father, as he guides with his steady hand daily. Applying the Atonement that His Son, Jesus Christ, did for me moves me even more. Enough to make me feel like I am as dust (which in a sense, I guess we all are) But gosh... it's not enough to say that I am a beggar... because the Lord has fed me, clothed me, and has come to my aid beyond number. It's degrading. My cup runneth over with happiness, as I look at my life, and seeing what God has blessed me graciously with. I am overcome, and am so invigorated by this truth- about how we all are beggars. It's scriptures like these that I love to read- that puts me in that mindset to serve others, to shake the dust off, and to be 'anxiously engaged in a good cause.' There is so much I have, and I too must give and share. I am so grateful for this gospel and for the truth and peace it brings to my life. There is so much balance as I go throughout a day having read the the words of the prophets- both of old and now. If you have the time, please listen to Jefferey R. Holland's recent General Conference talk, titled, "Are We All Not Beggars?" he gave this past October about service and about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I promise you will be uplifted just as I have this day! You're All Peaches and Cream! Have a sweet day!
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