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There is another explanation. Not everyone properly inquires of the Lord about whom to put into these trusted positions. They think, oh, so and so would be great, they feel good about it right then, but it's their own reasoning that causes the feel good feelings and not the Spirit, but they assume it's the Spirit directing them, so they skip the part where they should pray about their decision. In the case of the Seminary teacher it could be that he was having issues, started talking to a sympathetic ear, his student, which led to an inappropriate relationship. It could be that the girl was also vulnerable, confused, because of her family problems which made it more likely for the relationship to start. But it must be noted that most family problems, and most marriage problems, are a result of not observing to keep commandments. In the case of the Bishop, well, pedophiles are very good at deceiving people. They always seem like nice, lovable, wonderful, trustworthy people. Or maybe he always had a secret problem and thought he could handle it. It is cases such as these where I think it is perfectly within someone's rights, male or female, to have a private discussion with a leader, such as a Bishop, with someone trusted present. Male OBGYN's always have to have a nurse with them when conducting examinations so the Doctor has a witness that the exam was conducted professionally. While these cases are not the majority, it does present concerns for the future, especially since we know that in the Last Days many of God's elect will fall. The fact of the matter is, in my opinion, we take for granted our Gift of the Holy Ghost. We do not actively seek out the Holy Ghost, we just assume that we'll be warned of danger, maybe even in a sort of boot to the head fashion, and when we don't get that clue in we think everything's fine and dandy. We do not pay enough attention. We do not listen to our children. How many parents ignore their kids when they really really don't want to do something? How many parents will say, "now now, you need to talk to the Bishop for xyz reason" and force them to do it, assuming that the kid is just rebelling against God? This isn't a simple matter of praying for something and getting it. Most people passively pray. They do not do any work afterwards to give God something to work with. He's not going to just give it to you easy peasy. Oliver Cowdrey made that mistake when he wanted to translate the plates. The idea of search, ponder, and pray isn't just for translating the word of God. If you want your child to be safe, then you do everything in your power to make sure your child is safe. You also teach your child how to deal with situations when someone chooses to do evil against them, keeping lines of communication open. That is part of keeping your child safe, teaching them correct principles so they can govern themselves and teaching them how to face adversity. Then, and only then do you leave the rest up to God in faith These are the Last Days. If you do not keep your personal and family religious observances and constantly seek the Holy Ghost's companionship then you will fall when the fiery darts of hell assail you. God will not force you to do these things. But if you don't it affects more than just you. It affects your entire family. Disclaimer: All you's are general.

How is it that you can believe that there will be no polygamy in the Celestial Kingdom? Men whose wives have died and remarry to a woman not previously sealed can marry her in the Temple. Doctrine and Covenants 132

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Cingulate people are very difficult, they're cingulate gyrus is over active, is in, it makes them extremely contrary, so when you say to such a person, "Hey, I'm going to the store would you like to come with me?" They say, "What? I'm busy, can't you see I'm in the middle of something and I don't have the time to go with you?" You're then stuck being disappointed and saying "Oh okay then." So instead you say, "Hey honey, I'm going to the store, I know you probably don't want to go with me. . . " They say, "What do you mean I don't want to go with you? Of course I want to go with you!" Then you can say, "Okay, great. Let's go." Right now, unfortunately youtube is doing some maintainnance. If you go to my user account which is YouTube - ruthiechan's Channel you'll find a playlist called "Dr. Amen" as soon as that function is back up and running. You'll then get to hear Dr. Amen speak on this.

You're very welcome. It was a pleasure.

Yes, you are spot on. Snow, I thought you were being facetious, hence I didn't think to answer your question.

The problem with bipolar is that you feel normal while on medication, and you feel so fine you can't imagine how you weren't fine before and you start thinking you don't need the meds anymore so you get off them and for a while you may be okay but then you're not anymore until you finally get on the meds again. Rachelle think of the meds as glasses. I have glasses, and no matter what I do, no matter how hard I try, no matter how well I see with them on, without them I can not see. It's the same with your brain. If your brain doesn't work right, you won't work right. Also, I disagree with not allowing him to move back in with you. I don't think it's cut and dry the way some are making it sound. I feel that you should ask the Lord what to do about it. Ask Him if you should allow him to move back in, and he'll tell you yay or nay. You will need to be on your knees every day praying for guidance on what to do you RIGHT NOW for your marriage. It will help him and you. It's so easy to go right back into your pain, your suffering, your whatever. It's so easy to get distracted. You need lots of focus and getting on your knees in prayer and reading your scriptures will enable you to keep that focus. Power of the Spirit. Here are 50 Brain do's and don't's. 50 Brain Dos and Brain Don’ts | Amen Clinics Here are 7 ways to optimize your brain. Seven Ways To Optimize Your Brain and Your Life | Amen Clinics Here are some chapter-lets on brain function. At the very least look at the pictures in Images of Normal Brains to see what normal is supposed to look like and then go to the one on Bipolar and Schizophrenia so you can better appreciate the difference. SPECT Atlas | Amen Clinics Show it to your husband as well. You and your family are in my prayers.

Thanks Hemi. Deseretgov, I have questions about some of the ones you highlighted in green as well. I really wish my seminary teacher had provided references as well. Also, how do we know when the spirit will cease to strive with the wicked? At what point does the Holy Ghost give up?

Darn tootin' straight we're strong enough to resist temptation. And the edge? The risk? It's a FANTASY story, and there's always risk in any romantic relationship. There's always the risk of a broken heart. First, all romance starts out with a little bit of infatuation. Second, Edward wanted to drink her blood because she smelled good, not have sex with her. He became curious about her because he couldn't read her mind, and as he learned more about her he started to care for her. Third, Bella liked Edward because he was different, like she was, and because he paid attention to her. Why do any of us eventually choose the person we want to marry? Because that person pays attention to us in ways that no one else does. Fourth, Bella wasn't stuck up, she was a very private introvert who thought of herself rather negatively. If you read Midnight Sun on Stephanie Meyer's site you can better see what Edward saw in her (the mark of bad writing, you have to read extra stuff just to get a better view of the story). She was smart, she noticed things (like his eye color changing), and she was selfless. She moved to live with her Dad to be in a place she didn't to be because she wanted her mother to be able to support her step dad. Oh, the klutz comment was a cheap shot. It's a physical character flaw. Have you read the rest of the series? The infatuation portions recede and becomes choice. I completely disagree with the Love Languages assessment of "in love." What the author is talking about is infatuation. Being in love and being infatuated are two different things. Love is many things, but is fundamentally a strong affection for another human being. Romantic love, in other words, being in love is inspired by such affections.

When my husband had a job we could pay all of our bills, rent, we could buy good quality food, and squirrel some away for emergencies, occassionally do something special, and pay for the car when it broke down. With all that, I still didn't have health insurance (the kiddo was on Healthy Families) because it would have cost another $400 a month which would have remove our ability to eat. That sucked. Now my husband doesn't have a job. Now we have to worry about how we're going to pay rent next month (skip EDD drama here) and that REALLY sucks. Money doesn't buy happiness? Fah. The love of money doesn't buy happiness. Having the money you need to take care of what needs to be taken care of and then have the ability to share your substance afterwards is far better than not having enough money.

I found this list. I've had it since high school seminary. Unfortunately there aren't any scriptural references, and I am not sure if it's actually a complete list. I thought it'd be a neat activity for us to find the sources and see if we've missed anything and to discuss certain aspects of them, like which ones have come to pass and which are upon us, and yet to come etc. As we discuss it I'll make updates to the list. :) 1: Great Apostasy 2: Light of Christ - to live 3: Discovery of Printing Press - 1440 4: Protestant Reformation 5: Discovery of America 6: Colonization of America 7: Bible translation 8: Latter day revelation begins 9: Coming forth of the Book of Mormon 10: Opposition to the Book of Mormon 11: Restoration of the Priesthood 12: Restoration of the Gospel 13: Messenger to Precede 2nd coming 14: Church and kingdom set up again 15: Church growth 16: Gather of Israel 17: 10 tribes to Return 18: Times of Gentiles fulfilled 19: Judah returns to Jerusalem 20: Jews begin to believe in Christ 21: Latter day temples 22: Lord to come suddenly to the Temple 23: Genealogy research 24: Persecution of Saints 25: Persecution of Jews 26: Gospel to all the world 27: Worldly knowledge to increase 28: Scientific progress 29: Disease 30: Elements in commotion 31: Disasters 32: Strikes, anarchy, violence 33: Wickedness 34: Spirit ceases to strive with the wicked 35: No peace 36: Angels reaping 37: Wars and rumors of wars 38: Economic trouble 39: Apostate 40: False churches 41: Refusal of men to believe in signs 42: Signs on earth and in heaven 43: Lamanites to blossom 44: Gather of Adam-Ondi-Ahman 45: Final great war 46: Sorrow and fear 47: Fall of great and abominable church 48: Two LDS Prophets killed 49: Wicked to stubble 50: Final restitution 51: Christ to reign

Annamauren, what frightens you about polygamy? That he'll prefer his second wife over you? That he'll ignore you, or prefer to be intimate with her, that he won't have enough love for more than one wife? It seems to me that women who are bothered by polygamy feel threatened or insecure in some way. This isn't a knock on you, but I've found that sometimes getting to the heart of the matter works. PS: And remember, when polygamy is done the Lord's way, we won't have all the earthly issues that people have in polygamous relationships. It'll be done righteously.

Your kids understand the rule, sure, but every time they see that TV in their room they think about watching a movie and then they want to. You've placed temptation right there in their faces. Remove the TV. If you want to have family TV on weekends then put the TV back in the living room and put a nice decorative cover over it. Then no one sees the TV while doing other things. Put all of your DVDs in drawers instead of on shelves so the kids don't see a DVD and say hey I wanna watch this. Out of sight, out of mind. Fill those shelves with BOOKS instead. My daughter loves the Magic Tree House books, and they are perfect for your seven year old. Go to the book store with your kids and let them pick out a few books, or if you're in a money pinch go to the library and get stacks of books. You can put all the library books on the shelves your DVDs used to be so you won't lose them. Make it a weekly family trip to go to the library. Your kids can sit down and read a book instead. There are plenty of other activities kids can do on their own without much in the way of supervision as well. Watercolor painting (assuming it's washable), collages, puzzles. Get a keyboard (fake piano), you can get some of them pretty cheaply, and let the kids have a blast playing with that. Reorganize their toys and their room so they can remember all the cool toys they have. This is a generic list of ideas, but the the idea behind them is that they are child directed, so it's easier on you and funner for them.

In the garden, but what about outside of the garden?

Just because something's a plant doesn't mean it's okay to eat.

No kidding there. The fellow has a bone to pick, but he tries to make it look smart.

There will be more women in the Celestial Kingdom than men. There are not enough righteous men to go around for every righteous woman. Therefore how is it the second wife's fault that she didn't get to be a first wife? If wives are to be on equal standing with their husbands than how can one wife be more important than the other? Seems rather unequal to me.

I will do that. Part of what's confusing is in the Index of our scriptures. Topical Guide: God the Father - Jehovah Index: Jesus Christ - Jehovah Why would both God the Father and Jesus Christ be referenced as Jehovah?

Oh really? So, the second wife is a lesser wife? In the early days it was supposed to be a calling, and husbands were pretty upset about this calling. It was the women who said, if the Lord told you to do it, do it. The women didn't have equal rights, and had some serious issues making ends meet without husbands because of their men being murdered. So, it was used as a method of survival for the members of the Church.

There's more than one type of sealing. I am sealed to my parents, my siblings, but I'm not married to them.

Exactly. It's be a family decision, as it would affect everyone. Me to.

Assuming I have veto rights, I can manage just fine. I would be very particular about the kind of woman I would want to live with, and to influence my husband, and to be a second mother to my child.

There is something fundamentally wrong with that man. I have heard of extremism before. I met a Mormon man from Utah whose best friend's son, also a Mormon family, came home with an earring in his ear. The father, the man's best friend, literally ripped it out of his son's ear. When the man was telling me and others this story he agreed with what his best friend had done! He said, well, the kid'll never do that again. He simply didn't understand how such actions were wrong.

Feeling worthy and being worthy are two different things. You're worth it. Besides, this is just a date, it's not like you're in the possible marriage stage yet. Relax. Have fun getting to know a new person. :)

I'm aware of that, but it doesn't help me. It doesn't tell me *why* we believe that Jesus Christ is Jehovah. I'm trying to find answers not just for the JWs, but for myself. I suppose they've made me call into question a belief that I've never closely looked at before.