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Another Unskilled Morning

These last few days have been rather irritating, so first of all I am so unskilled at resolving problems.  Jake my roommate who  I do think is a great guy, is unskilled in remembering or being in the habit of cleaning up after himself.  So after a few days his stuff is everywhere, then about half of it will be cleaned up.  I don't understand why he feels so entitled to make the living room his bedroom. Well getting on to what I was really going to talk about, we kind of had an argument.  I had turned off the TV before I left, because it is rarely turned off so I just took it to myself to turn it off.  I should have asked him if he was going to continue to watch it.  I think that I am part of the problem with all of these arguments.  I have had one with two of my roommates.  I guess I don't think it was wrong that I asked him to clean up after himself, but I was very unskilled in the way I did it.  I am excited about next semester.  I am excited about meeting new people and having new experiences.  I am so grateful for this semester.  I have met a lot of great people, my Brazilian friends I would try and spell their names with out looking on facebook but I know I would butcher them well I will try, Vanessa, Tammi, Camilla, and Mayra are all great people! My FHE sisters are also great even though they prolly think I am less active, well at FHE at least, I have probably missed a few too many times, don't get me wrong, I like FHE most of the time but I just got busy.  I need to fix some things before next semester, try and figure out some things.  I am so excited about seeing some of my friends this upcoming year.  My friend Susie is coming back from Jerusalem.  As well as my friend Christine, who is an amazing woman.  Well I feel better now.  TTFN 

A new commandment

As explained in John 13:34-35 Others can know if we are disciples of Christ by our examples, and if we love people as he did. There are many times where we should act as a disciple of Christ for example if someone we know is ridiculed or made fun of because of the way they dress, I could see a disciple of Christ going and giving comfort to that person, I think the comfort would be very situational. Perhaps there was a new person at church, I could see a disciple welcoming that person, and making them feel as comfortable as possible.  I guess at times we all have to start to think what can I do that shows someone that I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.  I live with my roommates and they are the people that I have most contact with, because a disciple of Christ really loves someone, I could serve them, one thing that I do that I could see a disciple of Christ doing is writing thank you notes showing appreciation and gratitude for a person.  I should do that with my roommates, its kind of hard when you still need to fill masculine.

The second coming

In reading Mark 13 several versus stand out in telling us to “heed” and “Watch”.  Just to clarify to heed means to give careful attention to. Some of the things that we are told to heed or watch concerning the second coming they are as follows:

Take heed lest any man deceive you (vs. 5)

Take heed to yourselves… (vs. 9)

Take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. (vs. 23)

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. (vs. 33)

Watch ye therefore for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning” (vs. 35)

And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. (vs.37)

There are other scriptures that talk about the Lord’s second coming including D&C 87:8 which says to “stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come:” I think this is pertinent in letting us know how to prepare for the second coming.

The Widow's mite

Mark:12:41-44

41(21-12) Mark 12:41–44. What Was the Significance of the Widow’s Gift? “In the accounts kept by the...edit (21-12) Mark 12:41–44. What Was the Significance of the Widow’s Gift? “In the accounts kept by the...edit ¶And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

 42And there came a certain ^apoor widow, and she threw in two ^bmites, which make a farthing.

 43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this ^apoor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

 44For all they did cast in of their ^aabundance; but she of her ^bwant did ^ccast in ^dall that she had, even all her living.

 (21-12) Mark 12:41–44. What Was the Significance of the Widow’s Gift? “In the accounts kept by the recording angels, figured out according to the arithmetic of heaven, entries are made in terms of quality rather than of quantity, and values are determined on the basis of capability and intent. The rich gave much yet kept back more; the widow’s gift was her all. It was not the smallness of her offering that made it especially acceptable, but the spirit of sacrifice and devout intent with which she gave. On the books of the heavenly accountants that widow’s contribution was entered as a munificent gift, surpassing in worth the largess of kings. ‘For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.’” (Talmage, Jesus the Christ, pp. 561–62.)

In Mark 12: 28-30 is said:

“28¶And one of the ^ascribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

 29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, ^aHear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

 30And thou shalt ^alove the Lord thy God with all thy ^bheart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy ^cstrength: this is the first commandment.”

I believe that the widow, was scared when she gave all that she had to the Lord.  I believe that she did Love and trust God, that’s why she gave all that she had to him.  In verse 44 it said she “did cast in all that she had, even all her living.”  The difference between the wealthy men and her is that she did cast in all that she had, they cast in of their abundance.  It was the sacrifice that was different.  I feel when we put only a part of us into a relationship, a job, school, only a portion of our love to our God, we are missing out on opportunities.  I remember reading a talk, and it talked about when you pray, pray, when you work, work.  We should do the best in all that we do, put our whole souls into that, and sanctify it to God. President Monson said, “you can never love the Lord until you serve Him by serving His people.”  When we do these things we are serving our God.  I think that I can better follow the example of the widow’s sacrifice and obedience by thinking less about how things affect me.  I think many times I am too concerned about how this matter, or that matter, will affect me.  I want to try to think how it will affect others.  I can’t think of any other ways to better follow the example of the widow but I hope that some are made known to me.