So I feel pretty confident about putting this on my blog, since it is not read very often. But just in case, this is an experiment to see if I have the process of putting a video on the internet. katie has the cutest video of Ryan and she sent it via the phone so I'm learning how I could put that on the big screen. Meanwhile, this is Max up at Stanley Idaho this summer. What a great time we had.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
It's November
So I am trying to be more creative with my posts. There is quite a learning curve here for me. Heidi tried to show me how to up load pictures so they are not all on the side. Still trying to get that, and as I read the younger generations blogs I'm envious of how clever you all are! Especially all you young newly weds, new mothers or mothers to be! I could barely get the laundry done and do dinner, and there is no way I would be able to do all that you juggle. I guess that's why there is a season for all of us to do what we do.
What a big week we have had in our nation! A new President, a bit of history. Now whether you voted for Obama or not, it was pointed out to me by a daughter that it is cool to have someone to believe in. She said that my generation has had Kennedy, Reagan, and others that have been an inspiration in the political world. But that her generation has always been a bit embarrassed by the leadership they have seen and that now there is excitement and an unknown to Pres. elect and the hope for good leadership and inspiration. I sure hope so. All of us need to do more to insure our freedom and be part of the changes that we want to see in our country. Recently as I get mad while reading the newspaper I have be emailing papers, TV stations, and politicians about my opinion. Our opinions count! And we need to use our free speech for the benefit of our lives, our country's future and that of those to come to this land. We have so much and need to protect those values and freedoms that we already have. I urge you all to do your part in using your voice to better this country and your futures.
I've included a quote from one of the leaders of our church that tells it like it is.
Elder Maxwell made these statements at a BYU devotional in 1978. His talk was then published in the Ensign in February of 1979.
"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.'
"This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.
"Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened....Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was,till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat.--Elder Neal A Maxwell
What a big week we have had in our nation! A new President, a bit of history. Now whether you voted for Obama or not, it was pointed out to me by a daughter that it is cool to have someone to believe in. She said that my generation has had Kennedy, Reagan, and others that have been an inspiration in the political world. But that her generation has always been a bit embarrassed by the leadership they have seen and that now there is excitement and an unknown to Pres. elect and the hope for good leadership and inspiration. I sure hope so. All of us need to do more to insure our freedom and be part of the changes that we want to see in our country. Recently as I get mad while reading the newspaper I have be emailing papers, TV stations, and politicians about my opinion. Our opinions count! And we need to use our free speech for the benefit of our lives, our country's future and that of those to come to this land. We have so much and need to protect those values and freedoms that we already have. I urge you all to do your part in using your voice to better this country and your futures.
I've included a quote from one of the leaders of our church that tells it like it is.
Elder Maxwell made these statements at a BYU devotional in 1978. His talk was then published in the Ensign in February of 1979.
"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.'
"This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.
"Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened....Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was,till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat.--Elder Neal A Maxwell
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