Song: Search, Ponder, and Pray

How to Feel the Healing Power of Gratitude

1. Turn social media into your own gratitude journal

2. Say a prayer of thanks.

3. Build your relationship with Jesus

More information located at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Thank God for Everything

I posted this on my Facebook page on November 17, 2020. I will share it on my blog too.

This is in Spanish but I'll mention the most important part of it. Pray to God everyday. "Gracias a Dios por todo". And for that he was happy. No matter what the sitation was he said, Thank you God for everything. Y por lo tanto volió a ser feliz y cambió lo que le quedaba de vida. ... And so he was happy again and changed what was left of his life. 

This bird was thankful for everything no matter what. If we remember to be like this little bird and not give up in life. Make life happy. Change what our life is like to make something happy in it. Find the positive in everything no matter how sad or frustrating it might be. If we are negative then we won't be happy but if we are positive then we will be happy and everyone else will be happy too. Trust me, it is hard but worth the effort. Just remember to thank our Heavenly Father for everything everyday and he will bless you. He will make it a bit easier to handle. He will help you through your hard times. This world will be a better place with happiness radiating from one person, to another person, and then to everyone around us. Remember to pray, be happy, and make someone happy today!!!

You can find the video on a Facebook page.

Children of Christ's Light - Gracias Dios por todo!

Your Mind is a Cupboard

I remember Thomas S. Monson saying the following quote years ago in General Conference. Let us remember this in our daily lives.

I like this thought: “Your mind is a cupboard, and you stock the shelves.” Let us make certain that our cupboard shelves, and those of our family members, are stocked with the things which will provide safety to our souls and enable us to return to our Father in Heaven. Such shelves could well be stocked with gospel scholarship, faith, prayer, love, service, obedience, example, and kindness." 

(Thomas S. Monson, "Constant Truths for Changing Times", April 2005)

We Are Not Alone & Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease

“We are not and never need be alone. We can press forward in our daily lives with heavenly help.” (Elder David A. Bednar, “Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease", April 2014)

The story in this General Conference talk is one that I remember in Elder Bednar's talk. We are never alone. Our Heavenly Father will help us in all that we do. Pray, prayer is the answer. It may not come right away but it will sometime even it it takes years. Let us learn from those experiences we may have when our answers to our prayers do come. If it doesn't then there is a reason. Let us be strong and remember Our Heavenly Father loves us no matter what.

A Child's Prayer

One of my favorite children's songs is called A Child's Prayer. In this song you can hear a girl and a man singing this beautiful song. The first verse it starts with, "Heavenly Father, are you really there? And do you hear and answer ev’ry child’s prayer?" The second verse it starts with, "Pray, he is there; Speak, he is list’ning."

Spiritual Treasures and President Nelson's Challenge

President Russell M. Nelson gave the women of the church a challenge to do before the next conference. It was his talk at the Women's Session of General Conference in October 2019 "As you exercise faith in the Lord and His priesthood power, your ability to draw upon this spiritual treasure that the Lord has made available will increase." He gave some powerful words in this talk. He talked about Joseph Smith and the restoration of the priesthood power. He also talked about Emma Smith, Joseph Smith wife. This is part of what he said to the women, "The Lord instructed Emma to expound the scriptures, to exhort the Church, to receive the Holy Ghost, and to spend her time 'learning much.' Emma was also counseled to “lay aside the things of this world and seek for the things of a better” and to hold fast to her covenants with God. The Lord concluded His instruction with these compelling words: 'This is my voice unto all.' ”

You can read and hear his talk at Spiritual Treasures. This is also the talk that President Nelson announced eight new temples around the world to only the women of church. Yes, to the women of the church. We must be very important to our Heavenly Father and our prophet. They love us very much.

Here are the challenges. Every member can take upon them these challenges that President Nelson gave the women.

1. "I invite you to study prayerfully section 25 of the Doctrine and Covenants and discover what the Holy Ghost will teach you."

2. "I entreat you to study prayerfully all the truths you can find about priesthood power. You might begin with Doctrine and Covenants sections 84 and 107. Those sections will lead you to other passages."