Mi Testimonio muy simple

I wrote this out while in Mexico to practice to give it in sacrament meeting... jaja :)

Yo sé, con ninguna duda, que esta iglesia es la iglesia verdadera. Sé que José Smith fue un profeta llamado por Dios, y que nuestro profeta actual es Tomás S. Monson. Sé que el libro de mormón es un libro verdadero y la mejor guía para la vida que existe. Es la palabra de Dios. Sé que Dios nos ama mucho y conoce a cada persona íntimamente e individualmente. Sé que Dios oye nuestras oraciones y es consciente de nuestros problemas, y Dios quiere bendecirnos con todo. Sé que Jesucristo es el Salvador, nuestro hermano mayor, y el hijo de Dios. Sé que por la expiación de Cristo, todos puedan salvarse, si obedezcan las leyes del evangelio, guarden los mandamientos, y escuchen a la voz del espíritu santo. Estoy muy agradecida por las bendiciones que Dios me da.

translation: I know without a doubt that this is the true church. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet called of God, and that our current prophet is Thomas S. Monson, I know that the book of Mormon is a true book and the best guide to life that exists. It is the word of God. I know that God loves us very much and knows each person intimately and individually. I know that God heard our prayers and is conscious of our problems, and God wants to bless us with everything. I know that Jesus Christ is the Savior, our older brother, and the son of God. I know that through the atonement of Christ, all can be saved, if they obey the laws of the gospel, keep the commandments, and listen to the voice of the holy spirit. I am very thankful for the blessings which God gives me.

Safety for the Soul, Jeffrey R. Holland

This is meant to be watched.

(It's in 2 parts.)

What a powerful testimony.

Happiness, Your Heritage, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Link

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before."

"You may think you don’t have talents, but that is a false assumption, for we all have talents and gifts, every one of us. The bounds of creativity extend far beyond the limits of a canvas or a sheet of paper and do not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano. Creation means bringing into existence something that did not exist before—colorful gardens, harmonious homes, family memories, flowing laughter."

"The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create."

"President Lorenzo Snow:.. “When you find yourselves a little gloomy, look around you and find somebody that is in a worse plight than yourself; go to him and find out what the trouble is, then try to remove it with the wisdom which the Lord bestows upon you; and the first thing you know, your gloom is gone, you feel light, the Spirit of the Lord is upon you, and everything seems illuminated.”

"In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance. Let us open our eyes and see the heavy hearts, notice the loneliness and despair; let us feel the silent prayers of others around us, and let us be an instrument in the hands of the Lord to answer those prayers."

Remember Lot's Wife, Jeffrey R. Holland

Read the whole devotional HERE.

"...I plead with you not to dwell on days now gone, nor to yearn vainly for yesterday however good those yesterdays may have been. The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we experienced, then we look ahead, we remember that faith is always pointed toward the future -- faith always has to do with blessings and truths and events that will yet be efficacious in our lives."

"There is something in us, at least in too many of us, that particularly fails to forgive and forget earlier mistakes in life -- either mistakes we ourselves have made or the mistakes of others. That is not good. It is not Christian. It stands in terrible opposition to the grandeur and majesty of the Atonement of Christ. To be tied to earlier mistakes -- our own or other people's -- is the worst kind of wallowing in the past from which we are called to cease and desist."

"...it is not right to go back and open up some ancient wound which the Son of God Himself died trying to heal."

"If something is buried in the past, leave it buried. Don't keep going back with your little sand pail and beach shovel to dig it up, wave it around, and then throw it at someone saying, "Hey! Do you remember this?" Splat! Well, guess what? That is probably going to result in some ugly morsel being dug up out of your landfill with the reply, "Yeah, I remember it. Do you remember this?" Splat. And everyone comes out of that exchange dirty and muddy and unhappy and hurt, when what our Father in Heaven pleads for is cleanliness and kindness and happiness and healing."

"God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are, and with His help, where you are willing to go."

"Faith is for the future. Faith builds on the past but never longs to stay there. Faith trusts that God has great things in store for each of us and that Christ is the "high priest of good things to come."

I love to see the temple

I attended the broadcast dedication of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple today. It was beautiful and the talks touched me deeply. I realized that 1) I want to attend more, and 2) I have seen up close/been in/been to open house/been to the dedication of, so many! I am a blessed and lucky girl for sure.

Boise, Idaho
Provo, Utah
Manti, Utah

Rexburg, Idaho
Salt Lake City, Utah
Bountiful, Utah

San Diego, CaliforniaIdaho Falls, Idaho
Los Angeles, California
Nauvoo, Illinois

Palmyra, New York

Manhattan, New York
Houston, Texas
Madrid, Spain
Draper, Utah
Merida, Mexico
Oquirrh Mountain, Utah

An Apostle's Easter Thoughts on Christ

Draper Temple Dedication

I just got back from attending the broadcast of the dedication of the Draper, UT temple. It was so wonderful! The dedicatory prayer was beautiful, I love doing the Hosanna shout, and the singing of The Spirit of God was so powerful.

Here is an article about temples that I appreciated, thank you Salt Lake Tribune.

I love to see the temple.
I'm going there someday
To feel the Holy Spirit,
To listen and to pray.

For the temple is a house of God,
A place of love and beauty.
I'll prepare myself while I am young;
This is my sacred duty.

I love to see the temple.
I'll go inside someday.
I'll cov'nant with my Father;
I'll promise to obey.

For the temple is a holy place
Where we are sealed together.
As a child of God,
I've learned this truth;
A fam'ly is forever.