Friday, February 7, 2014

Don't Give Up What You Want Most For What You Want Now



Today's scripture:

"Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, will lift up mine hand   to the  Gentilesand set up my standard to the people;   and they shall bring thy sons in their armsand thy   daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders."

                    -- 1 Nephi 21:22

From reading in 1 Nephi 21.

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Cheerio!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Let Us Be Men And Climb To The Top Of The Tree


Today's scripture:

"O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments--then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea."

                                     -- 1 Nephi 20:18

From reading today in 1 Nephi 20.

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Cheerio!

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

If You've Never Failed, You've Never Tried Anything New


Today's scripture:

"And I, Nephi, have written these things unto my people, that perhaps I might persuade them that they would remember the Lord their Redeemer."

                            -- 1 Nephi 19:18

From reading in 1 Nephi 19 and Leviticus 26-27

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Cheerio!

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

You Must Do The Things You Think You Cannot Do.



Today's scripture:

"Nevertheless, I did look unto my God, and I did praise him all the day long; and I did not murmur against the Lord because of mine afflictions."

                  -- 1 Nephi 18:16

Another remarkable example to each of us from Nephi!  From reading today in 1 Nephi 18 and Leviticus 24-25.

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Cheerio!

Monday, February 3, 2014

Believe You Can And You're Halfway There



Today's scripture:

"And will also be your light in the wilderness; and will prepare the way  before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments; wherefore,  inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall be led towards  the promised landand ye shall know that it is by me that ye are led."

                     -- 1 Nephi 17:13

The Lord will be the light in the wilderness we face in our lives as well, if we keep His commandments, including praying always.  From reading in 1 Nephi 17 and Leviticus 20-23.

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Cheerio!

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Enders Are Few



Today's scripture:

"And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the pointers which were in   the ball, that they did work according to the faith and diligence and          heed which we did give unto them."

                                   -- 1 Nephi 16:28

We work according to the faith and diligence and heed we give the Lord too.

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Took a Sunday rest day from walking today.

Cheerio!

Saturday, February 1, 2014

This Time More Intelligently - Henry Ford


Today's scripture:

"Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?—If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you."

                          -- 1 Nephi 15:11

From reading today in 1 Nephi 15.  I made it to the century mark in 2014 walking miles today, for a map and pictures, please click here.

For more on today's picture/quote, please visit:  http://www.pinterest.com/pin/310678074266470415/.  As a personal side note, I became interested in reading biographies when I read one on Mr. Ford in elementary school to write a report on him.  I was fascinated with how much I could learn by observing what others had experienced.  Henry was a powerful mix of a personality, some of the things that stood out to me at age 11 included his persistence through a lot of obstacles, and his bucking industry wisdom and paying workers the then unheard of sum of five dollars per day to work in his automobile factory, while figuring out how to make the car affordable to those workers.  Totally changed our world forever.  He himself liked some of those changes, and didn't like others.

Those recollections from a half century ago are still vivid and make his quote about failure and opportunity truly meaningful to me.

Cheerio!