growth outside the box

The Things of My Soul- My Relationship with God

Good morning brothers and sisters, what a beautiful day this is. I feel blessed and humbled to have the opportunity to speak with you today. I can only imagine the thoughts that crossed Brother Richards’ mind last week when he called me and I didn’t answer the phone. To be fair, I didn’t recognize the […]

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The Atonement – My Understanding of It a Year after I was Baptized

Written February 21, 2014 I had totally forgotten about this, it was the very first prepared talk I gave during sacrament meeting. I had only been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for a year at that point and the day before I actually sat down to write out my […]

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Desire

If there is anything we truly wish to know it first begins within us as a desire. When it comes to learning of Jesus Christ we must have within us a desire to know about Him. As that desire grows we come to want to know more. More about Him, who He is, His life, […]

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Moving 2.0 & the Hand of The Lord

Even before my husband and I were married we talked about moving from his home. He wanted us to have a place of our own. No memories from a previous relationship gone wrong to haunt us as we began our journey together. We each wanted to have a place where we would feel we truly […]

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What it Means to Me to Take Up Thy Cross & Follow Him

Scripture

I have come to not question why my scriptures open at times where they do, rather I am extremely grateful. Sometimes it is the answer to a question that has been weighing on my mind, sometimes quiet reassurance, direction, guidance or in this instant it has caused me to ponder, followed by a flood of […]

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The Heart of My Understanding

Often times we become so caught up in our day to day lives that we become consumed. Sometimes we lose sight of why we are really here, what really matters and we lose sight of the real and true answers to the questions we have, our questions on life, love, our trials and efforts. When […]

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Embracing Pain to See the Light of Christ & His Love for Us

original post date: January 11, 2018 Sitting here, minding my own business, trying not to get lost in my own thoughts I hear this song and it speaks not only to my spirit, my soul but also my life. It causes me to ponder things in a new way and hear the words in a […]

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