James got the priesthood Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so proud of him! And I got to watch him pass the sacrament!
I remember the first time John passed it... he caught my eye and we both had a hard time not laughing. We decided we couldn't look at each other when he's being goodly like that.
James looked So handsome with the other deacons. I have such good looking brothers.

I'm so thankful for the Js in my life. They're all so handsome and such amazing worthy priesthood holders. They're such good examples to me. I love them so much.

It's soo....

Beautiful! Life is just so beautiful.

It's so green outside. I think the grass outside the info-commons is almost long enough that I could go swimming in it. It certainly looks lush and tempting enough to go lose myself in it. I need to go hiking in a forest or something again soon.
When I delivered my papers this morning, it had just stopped raining. It smelled Soo good. And all through my neighborhood are trees so covered with blossoms it kind of makes me wonder how many more they could possibly hold. It was almost overwhelming in some places with all the beautiful scents in the air. Like another scent I love can be sometimes...
I think I found the most amazing band recently. They're a Christian rock band called Superchick. I Adore them. I ..click I guess... with so many of their songs.
Like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAhtLeP4rUk&feature=PlayList&p=1C6DEC5980359F80&index=1&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL

It's really positive. But the song that I found that made me Start liking Superchick is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlXlUgHUc60&feature=PlayList&p=1C6DEC5980359F80&index=7

Anyways, I wasn't planing on raving about Superchick... Well, I kind of wasn't planning anything... hm.. is there anything I need to clean up or clarify lately??
I don't Think so, but I do need to catch up on my journal, and map this one thing out, so I'm going to go to that. It requires paper, not a screen.

Stake Conference

Stake Conference today was Amazing! We had a huge brodcast from the conference center in SLC. Elder Lund conducted and spoke, then the primary President, Elder Bednar, and President Eyring.

It was Soo spiritual. President Eyring spoke about the prophets he'd known and told of their huge capacity to love. He described just How Much our prophets really do love us. I could Feel it through his words. It was amazing. I think everyone should find a copy of that talk. It's so forceful.

Priesthood Light

I am So thankful for the Priesthood in my life. We had a lesson in YW yesterday about the Priesthood, and it's influences in our lives. My teacher told us a story from a woman she knew who married outside of the church.She told her about how different it was, living in a home without the Priesthood power. She said it was empty. Her marriage and her husband just felt empty. Empty of power, empty of strength, empty of light.
My Sunday school teacher from when I was in primary feels like that. I used to love learning in his class. He was so passionate about what he taught. He loved the Lord, and he loved the gospel and you could Feel it. He used to bare his testimony periodically. You Knew the he knew.
Now he's inactive. He seems extinguished. He doesn't shine anymore. It's really sad.
I'm going to try to get him to come to church again. I called him Sunday morning to see if he would come. I think I'm going to keep that up. Eventually he'll get sick of me and either start coming, or yell at me to stop. I really hope he starts coming.

Conference Quickie

I absolutely LOVE Conference. It is So comforting to know that God still gives us Revelation in our day! We learn So much truth through listening to God's servants.

Hope

I am so thankful to be a member of the Church. I'm so lucky that I have the gospel in my life. It would be completely unbearable if I did not. I am kind of prone to losing hope. When I read my scriptures, or go to church, or talk to my Heavenly Father through prayer, I Feel His love for me. It is absolutely Amazing that He loves me for Me. Just because I'm his daughter. I Can do this. And I Can live life and be happy and enjoy every moment He has given me!

Sunrise and Sunsets

Lately, the sun has been rising earlier, and the sky is clearer, so we can See it. In the mornings, the sun comes right as we start from Northridge in the bus. It is Beautiful! The bus fills with orangish morning rays and warmth shines of the seats.
I love watching sun rises. They are always So beautiful.

These days, Everyday, I look around me and feel how completely marvelous this world is. I seem to sense some of the majesty of it, as though I'm getting a Glimpse. An entire landscape just a glimpse. I'm telling my father in heaven of my gratittude for being here. I Love this earth. And I Love living!

Take a step outside into the sunshine and take a deep breath. Can you feel that refreshing energy flow through you. Take a few minutes and run through a field of flowers or grass. I promise it's worth it. Tonight, lay down on your lawn, or in the sand if there's a beach nearby, and look at the stars. If you can, put aside enough time to watch the sun set, and the sky slowly darken. Watch as stars wink into existance one by one.

Can you really comprend it? Can you see how incredible Vast creation is? Can you thank your Heavenly Father for that? Thank him, because after Alllllll of that, He loves You.
Yes, YOU! He knows You. Your likes, your dislikes, the way you part your hair, the way you like your Cheerios in the morning, and guess what. Listen Closely, I'm telling you something you already know. He Love All of You. You are his son or daughter.

Just Think About It.

Stand A Little Taller Feb 18th

Stregthen Faith and Testimony
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? -James 2:20
Faith and testimony are like the muscles of my arm. If I use those muscles and nourish them, they grow stronger. If I put my arm in a sling, and leave it there, it becomes weak and ineffective, and so it is with testimony.

So my dad hasn't been going to church until sacrament meeting lately. I thought it was just cause of how tired he is all the time. He works an odd schedule. However, he doesn't work Friday or saturday, so that Should give him enough time before church on Sunday, right? Yea! It turns out, he's uncomfortable going to elder's quorom meetings because everyone else is younger than him. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little disappointed. My mom when we were walking to church yesterday. She pointed out that he Does believe, and have a strong testimony. I snapped back, "Faith without works is dead, Mom." I felt bad about it, but I'm not sure I shouldn't have my dad read today's thought. If I go to my dad, and tell him he needs to go to All of church, it will just make him feel incompetent, or inadequate. What do I do to Motivate him to do better? When I try to Help him, it ends up being counter-productive. I have a really good father. I walked in on him and Mom praying this morning. That's not something every kid can claim.
I just wish he'd go to church.

President Hinckley Died Yesterday

I heard my mom shout it through the house just as I was getting in the shower.

I wasn't actually sad at all. I felt instant peace when I heard the news. He's with his wife now, and I know he really missed her. Now they are together again. Not only that, but they are with God.

I thought it was strange that I wasn't sad. Normally death hits me really hard. I remembered being a little kid when President Hunter died and not knowing what was going to happen next. I have a stronger, smarter testimony now. I know that Christ head the church, not his spokesperson. The leadership of the church isn't gone.

Think of the welcome President Hinckley must have recieved in heaven. Think of all those people grateful to him for building temples for their temple work to be done. I love President Hickley. He is a great man.He is Home now.

Alot of people in my school dress up in respect for him. We talked about it in seminary. My teacher said his daughter came and asked him what would be appropriate to do. He asked her what she thought President Hinckley would want her to do. He would rather she Change her life for the better because a Prophet encouraged her to

Don't dress up because he died. Live better, because He Did.

YW lesson

Today in Young Womens I taught the lesson. It wasn't as bad ad I thought it would be. It was so easy! Especially when compared with teaching boyscouts. My lesson was on drawing closer to Christ. I hope I got the message across. I truely think the lesson was more for me than anyone there. I learned more teaching it than they did from me.

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I'm so thankful for Families, and for family home evening. I love being able to feel the spirit with my family. It is ... Healing.

Snow Prayer

Today I woke up really early for papers. I was still pretty late because of all the snow and ice.
....and the fact that I got the car stuck in a pile of snow at the end of a drive way. It was Aweful! But I finally got smart and said a prayer. It took a very short time after that. Then today, when I was trying to drive home after school, my car wouldn't move because of snow again. This time I said a prayer straight off. I Love having a loving Father who is looking after me.

Thankful for

I'm thankful for:

My feet so I can move.
My pain cause I can feel.
My family because they love me.
Seminary because it's brought me closer to home.
My class because of all they've taught me.
My school because it's helped me learn to learn.
My friends who help me learn compassion, love, and patience.
जेल्लो who has help motivate me to be a better person.
And find the beauty in life.
And see things through others' eyes.
And gain confidence in myself.
And helped me to feel Christ's love for me?