Day 40: My heart is full. Over the last 40 days I have shared with you things that I know to be true. Things that bring me great happiness and peace. Things that give me joy and understanding. I have struggled to put them down in just the right words but the spiritual confirmation I have received about these things is so much stronger than words. It is beyond mortal words. I have done my best.
I have only begun to share what this gospel means to me. It is a continual process of learning and relearning and diving deeper as I understand it a little better each day. I hope you understand me a little better and why I do/live the way I do. Because it is a process Of continual growth, I'll probably be back at some point sharing something more that I have learned.
I want to leave you with my final testimony of the Gospel of Christ. I recorded it a few days ago and have gone back and forth over the idea of posting it or not. I can't deny the feeling I get that it needs to be shared.
It's not perfect. There is nothing fancy about it- except that I did fix my hair and put on some make-up. That's about as fancy as I get. It's me. It's from my heart.
And, if nothing else, it's here, saved for my children and their children. They are the ones who I desire most to know these things. I share my testimony with them as the opportunity arises, but now it's all recorded.
♥ Ann #40daysoftruth #LentChallenge2014
I have only begun to share what this gospel means to me. It is a continual process of learning and relearning and diving deeper as I understand it a little better each day. I hope you understand me a little better and why I do/live the way I do. Because it is a process Of continual growth, I'll probably be back at some point sharing something more that I have learned.
I want to leave you with my final testimony of the Gospel of Christ. I recorded it a few days ago and have gone back and forth over the idea of posting it or not. I can't deny the feeling I get that it needs to be shared.
It's not perfect. There is nothing fancy about it- except that I did fix my hair and put on some make-up. That's about as fancy as I get. It's me. It's from my heart.
And, if nothing else, it's here, saved for my children and their children. They are the ones who I desire most to know these things. I share my testimony with them as the opportunity arises, but now it's all recorded.
♥ Ann #40daysoftruth #LentChallenge2014
Jenny Barrow shared a link.
Day 40: Fall into the hands of the living God, receive all that God is trying to give you.
In Hebrews 10:31 Paul uses the phrase, "Fall into the hands of the living God." I love the imagery of that phrase. The trust involved in falling, the hope involved in being caught. We need to trust in God, we need to have hope in God.
On Day 39, I shared the first obstacle to receiving revelation, we feel unworthy. The second obstacle is pride. The feeling that we can do it ourselves, we don't need anyone to help us. We can learn all the truth there is to learn on our own. We don't need to hope in anything or anyone, because we are good enough on our own. We don't need a belief in God.
God is trying to give us so much. But we often refuse to receive it, our pride causes us to refuse God. Trust and hope are natural removers of pride. Trust is letting down our defenses and believing in the promises someone is extending to you. Hope is an action of belief in a better future, a better reality. Hope causes you to focus outward. Pride causes you to focus inward.
God is extending His love towards you in so many ways. He is willing to receive you. You just have to choose to receive Him.
Give and receive. Give yourself to God, receive what He wants to give you. God has promised He will receive all who honestly come to Him. He is after all the giver of good gifts. The best gifts. His love. His glory.
This video goes with this final thought. I love it for a variety of reasons, so I am sharing it now.
Thank you for reading these posts. I know they were long at times (and poorly punctuated). They are just the tip of the iceberg of my thoughts and feelings on God and truth.
I wish we were able to discuss these things more openly without people tensing up and turning away. I promise I will go back to more socially acceptable behavior. But I think it is a little sad. I would love to read your thoughts on truth and God someday too. I would love to have an honest discussion about these things. Thank you again.
I know everything I shared this past 40 days is true.
#40daysoftruth #LentChallenge2014
In Hebrews 10:31 Paul uses the phrase, "Fall into the hands of the living God." I love the imagery of that phrase. The trust involved in falling, the hope involved in being caught. We need to trust in God, we need to have hope in God.
On Day 39, I shared the first obstacle to receiving revelation, we feel unworthy. The second obstacle is pride. The feeling that we can do it ourselves, we don't need anyone to help us. We can learn all the truth there is to learn on our own. We don't need to hope in anything or anyone, because we are good enough on our own. We don't need a belief in God.
God is trying to give us so much. But we often refuse to receive it, our pride causes us to refuse God. Trust and hope are natural removers of pride. Trust is letting down our defenses and believing in the promises someone is extending to you. Hope is an action of belief in a better future, a better reality. Hope causes you to focus outward. Pride causes you to focus inward.
God is extending His love towards you in so many ways. He is willing to receive you. You just have to choose to receive Him.
Give and receive. Give yourself to God, receive what He wants to give you. God has promised He will receive all who honestly come to Him. He is after all the giver of good gifts. The best gifts. His love. His glory.
This video goes with this final thought. I love it for a variety of reasons, so I am sharing it now.
Thank you for reading these posts. I know they were long at times (and poorly punctuated). They are just the tip of the iceberg of my thoughts and feelings on God and truth.
I wish we were able to discuss these things more openly without people tensing up and turning away. I promise I will go back to more socially acceptable behavior. But I think it is a little sad. I would love to read your thoughts on truth and God someday too. I would love to have an honest discussion about these things. Thank you again.
I know everything I shared this past 40 days is true.
#40daysoftruth #LentChallenge2014
http://history.lds.org/media/interview-with-artist-brian-kershisnik?lang=eng#1
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