Beneath the Wraps

  In his “Teaching With Power” John 2-4 video, Brother Wilcox shares this slide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ7QShWWP7U with the challenge to find a way to use an object as part of a lesson on teaching the scriptures or more importantly, Christ.   I then turned to “Don’t Miss This” where Emily Freeman compared a discarded titanium bicycle that one might see as worthless.   She talked about the value in restoration and compared this to the “worth of souls” as viewed by the others and how the Savior sees us before we are restored.   Even in our "discarded" state, the Savior knows us and what (or who) we can become   I have accepted Ben Wilcox’s challenge and am excited about this quest.   I may create some posts about how I would use each of this (though the rubber duck seems to be stumping me the most of these)  It may take a while.  I hope to be guided by the Spirit as I embark this journey.

                  President Nelson created a video ( here ) which many have watched and have accepted the challenge. Facebook was flooded with posts of gratitude.   How wonderful that was to read such positiveness on the home page rather than backlashing, politics, the virus, etc.   Many of the posts were written by people from my past – some who have not been on facebook for years, some of which I had no idea I was even friends with.   How great it was to connect with gratitude.         I had started this month posting the 30 days of gratitude creating some new thankful favorites and perhaps duplicating what I had posted last year ( here ) but will not make a comparison until later on.          Jenna tried to accept the challenge but may be feeling as grateful as Corrie ten Boom had been for fleas (see here ) and had written: ...

Yesterday I was watching a movie on Hallmark.    The movie title is one I have seen before – but with a different description.    I enjoyed the 2019 version of “Christmas Town” starring Candace Cameron Bure ( here ).              The movie starts out with the focus on a man and his little girl.    He is struggling with some health issues.    The tree has been put up and decorated and he somehow loses his balance causing the angel to fall and breaks off a wing.    He promises that he will send it off to have it fixed.    If he had just used a form of Elmer’s or Gorilla glue, we might not have the story that takes place roughly twenty years later. Lauren has recently accepted a teaching position in Springfield, Mass. and is anxious to leave behind her life in Boston. We learn that she has a boyfriend and a promised relationship, but her wants and his wants are not the same.   ...

Jenna's been in a slump I wish I knew how to fix the situation surely as my mom wished she could when I was the age that Jenna is now   I don't believe mom had gone through this slump when she was thirteen. Her parents were newly divorced and she was a latch key kid trying to support her mom and help look after her brothers She didn't have time to get bored Jenna gets bored I got bored. How unfortunate. I think my mom had it harder than I do. Jenna still allows herself to be disappointed whenever plans don't work out or promises get broken. When I was thirteen, I had already fixed my mind into believing that I didn't care It was a lot easier to not care than be hurt all the time Lonely.   We both needed good friends. And actually I was in a better position as far as contact goes.   There were fewer working mothers and houses close together.   I could walk up or down the street and spend some time with either Julie or Janeen. J...