Challenges Are Growth Experiences

"The challenges you face, the growth experiences you encounter, are intended to be temporary scenes played out on the stage of a life of continuing peace and happiness. Sadness, heartache, and disappointment are events in life. It is not intended that they be the substance of life. I do not minimize how hard some of these events can be. When the lesson you are to lea... Read More

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I was very active in my lutheran faith. I attended Sundayschool every Sunday from teh age of 4 to around 10 dragging my poor friends out of bed at 9.30 Sunday morning! I red the NT when I was 14. I become a sundayschool teacher when I was 17. At 17-19 I also was a member of the youth leadership of our congrigation. I was in summer conferances of the youth. I also held summer camp for kids at the age around 20.  My grandfather was the Dean of theology in Helsinki university all my family... Read More

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Darkness Before the Dawn

This has been helpful for me to remember especially when I make a mistake. There are times when it is easier to feel like the caterpillar especially after a error is made and self defeat is allowed to set in replacing our real value before God.  The Master will always help us get through hard times

Just as... Read More

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For Our Good?  

If you get discouraged at times and feel alone in your efforts to overcome a weakness or an affliction, do this. Remember the words of the Lord to the Prophet Joseph Smith when he was having that great test of his faith in the Liberty Jail. The Lord said to him,

"If thou art called to pass through tribulation …" and then the Lord called to mind a series of possibilities that would test... Read More

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Sometimes you just have to stop for a moment and look at life in general and ask where your focus is.  This week several people have come to me and said all they see is trouble, problems and no where to turn to.  I guess I have been thinking a lot myself lately, with everyone around me struggling so hard, and with jobs closing everywhere, farmers going bankrupt, and people losing hope.  

I just wanted to send a reminder out for those who are struggling this week or feelin... Read More

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