Encircled in the Arms Of God's Love

"We must also see His love in the smallest of things. Don’t underestimate your ability to share His love through a simple, genuine gesture such as sitting next to another sister and making her feel welcome. Do you feel the Lord’s love in your life? How I feel His love may be different from how you experience it. The key is to come to understand how you feel that love. And once you’ve felt it, be willing to share it."  -Sister Bonnie D. Parkin, Eternally Encircled in His Love, October 2006.

But behold, the Lord hath ^aredeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his ^bglory, and I am encircled about eternally in the ^carms of his ^dlove.

2 Nephi 1:15 

Therefore, if you will ^aask of me you shall receive; if you will knock it shall be opened unto you.

^bBe patient; be sober; be temperate; have patience, faith, hope and charity.

Behold, thou art Oliver, and I have spoken unto thee because of thy desires; therefore ^atreasure up these words in thy heart. Be faithful and ^bdiligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my ^clove. 

 Behold, thou art Oliver, and I have spoken unto thee because of thy desires; therefore ^atreasure up these words in thy heart. Be faithful and ^bdiligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my ^clove. Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 

D&C 6:5,19-21

A New Job

I have accepted a new job and internship this week! I am super excited and feel good about it! I am excited for the adventure and to learn more about food and beverage management.

Gratefully Endure to the End

I know I just posted an entry, but I have more I want to write about and want to do it in a different post. This morning as I left for work which was just before seven. I was feeling icky and not excited about being up with the sun and going to work, but as I drove down my street I looked up and saw the sun on its way over the tall wondrous mountains and than as I looked a little to the left there was a hot air balloon near the top of the mountain. It was what I so needed this morning. I'm grateful Heavenly Father places things in our path to show His love, concern, and awareness of us. I love hot air balloons and I love love love our mountains and the awesome sunrises and sunsets that occur each day. I'm thankful when He causes me to look up and see His masterful hand. I love Him and thankful to know He loves me.
Tonight I went to a viewing for a neighbor lady who died last weekend. One of her children said to us she "endured to the end". I've been thinking about that since. "Endured to the end" I want that said of me. And not only at my passing into the next life, but in each trial or challenge I face. Oh how awesome is Our Heavenly Father and His plan! I am thankful for His Son, Jesus Christ who makes it possible to face and overcome every challenge, trail, and heartache we will ever experience. Through Him we truly can do all things. Through Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ we can know what real life is and that it leads to eternal life.  Masaya Ang Aking Puso :)

I Stand All Amazed

I Stand All Amazed, Hymn #193

1. I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me,
Confused at the grace that so fully he proffers me.
I tremble to know that for me he was crucified,
That for me, a sinner, he suffered, he bled and died.

[Chorus]
Oh, it is wonderful that he should care for me
Enough to die for me!
Oh, it is wonderful, wonderful to me!

2. I marvel that he would descend from his throne divine
To rescue a soul so rebellious and proud as mine,
That he should extend his great love unto such as I,
Sufficient to own, to redeem, and to justify.

3. I think of his hands pierced and bleeding to pay the debt!
Such mercy, such love and devotion can I forget?
No, no, I will praise and adore at the mercy seat,
Until at the glorified throne I kneel at his feet.

Text and music: Charles H. Gabriel, 1856–1932
Mosiah 3:5–8
John 15:13

Happy Golden Birthday to my Bestie!

infamous sunglasses photo

Tomorrow is my bestie's golden birthday! I am so grateful for her! She is always willing to listen and share good, funny, random stories, experience fun, good, random, and crazy adventures with, will eat unique, new, and familiar foods with me, she is kind hearted and super creative. She stands firm in what she believes and knows and is there for me when I need to have a good laugh or a good cry.  I am very blessed to have such an awesome awesome sweet person as my bestie! Heavenly Father leads us to places to meet people who will teach us, be there for us, and connects us for eternity. Kris-to-the-Tina Happy Golden Birthday! I know this year will be full of awesomeness and happiness! Masaya Ang Aking Puso :)

Preparing to Learn and Teach

Tuesday begins my 10-day seminary teaching experience. (it's actually 5 days because of how long the class period is) I am super excited to be back in the classroom with those kids! I have been working on lesson plans- asking the Lord and thinking about them and what they need. I learned many things from the first time I taught- from the students and from the experience of teaching. I am looking forward to this experience and what more it will teach me. This is the right thing to be doing right now. I am grateful to Heavenly Father for His guidance, care, and the experiences I am having. He has more than "my back"- He's got me fully covered! I love Him and will do what He asks of me. I am thankful for prayer- knowing I get to talk to Him anytime, anywhere, about anything gives me peace, happiness and direction. Masaya Ang Aking Puso :)

Grateful Today

• quality na quality time with Cowboy
• the sky this morning was beautiful
• catching myself smiling during class or walking down the hall as I remembered something from last night
• hearing "I knew it was you"
• a very sweet bestie who I was able to have a nice long chat with today
• carrot cake
• sweet, quiet answers and reassurances
• institute this morning
• a call from Rebekah
• reading the predictions for the bracket- March Madness is almost here!
• new notebook
• the quote in my email that said, "patience is bitter, but the fruit is sweet"

Some Enjoyments

So far this week I have enjoyed-

• a long phone chat with the bestie
• quality time with Cowboy
• wearing purple tights
• chicken bacon tacos
• Japanese class
• close parking
• sunrises in shades of cotton candy pink, sherbet orange, with robin egg blue
• light snow falling that looked like glitter
• wearing boots