MissKitty

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  1. I think the quote is still relevant today. Perhaps on not such a wide scale as shes a black girl hes a white guy (even thought I can appreciate that kind of mindless racism is still apparent in societys). But if you. look, for exmple, at the Hazara people of Afghanistan and the native Pahtuns, or Rowanda and the Hutu and Tutsi tribes, oh Zimbabwe with the Shona and Nbele. (I've probably miss spelt) but even though these people are of similiar skin tone, there can be a lot of violence towards others who are not of the same tribe. Children who have a parent from different tribes would not actually "fit" into either and could be highly discrimated agaisnt so I don't think the counsel in the priesthood manuel is out of date though maybe it would be more tactful of them to replace the word race with cultural background. ALso the local people could cause a great deal of hostility to the family because the father married a girl from a different tribe for example. Or she stole one of our men. Those kinda things.
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  3. Traveler I couldn't have put my feelings any better than that first line. God created one world - we stuck all the boundries in it! I have actually prayed a few times and felt positive feelings. Thanks Priho also that makes sense because there was a time that a white person marrying a black person could have potentially caused a lot of friction and contention and to avoid that I can see why church leaders may have cautioned agaisnt it. Still my mums friends opinion didn't have a great deal of impact on her daughter as the two of them got married
  4. Theres no such thing as the most important calling sorry but there isn't. Callings with greater responsibilities - granted there are those with more responsibility to them like bishop but a helper in nursery has in themselves a great responsibility. The tiny little insects may seem very insignificant in the great web of life but by decomposing (sorry thats probably not the right word but bear with me im tired) !! By discomposing of the dead carcasses they create the soil that creates the oxygen. So the bigger animals are not nescasarily the most important animals, if it wasn't for the little creepy crawlers we all wouldn't be able to breath!! :) Every one has a crucial purpose - a cog in the mechanics that make the church work. Without them things wouldn't run as smoothly.
  5. Hello every one not been on in a while. Not a lots changed a part from I've met a very nice young man. He is African and my mother mentioned, though not racistly, that some one in the church had mentioned to her when her daughter was dating an African guy that we are counciled not to mix the races. The only scripture reference I found was in Alma (I think it was Alma) when he councils the tribes not to corrupt their seed by mixing but I can hardly see how that is important now? I feel strongly we are all children of God so what does it matter if hes pink white orange yellow purple from timbuktoo or outta space (well ok if hes from outta space that might be a bit tricky) ! :) Can anyone tell me anything more about this?
  6. With respect reading that I could not help wondering if these feelings are infact reflections of your own inner negative feelings of self worth and inadaquecy? No one can be perfect. What is perfect? The answer would surely be some thing different for each individual. Surely perfect is over coming ones own imperfections and becoming the very best we can be. It is the acceptence of the inperfect and the finding of joy in the journey of fulfilment. It is not having this or having that. Really it doesn't matter what you have in this life. A big house, a fancy car, a posh dishwasher. The two most important things here in this life are family and education as those are the two things you can take with you into the next life. So do the very best you can and you are far from faultless. I know for me I can be over critical with myself, "I could have done better", "maybe I could have done it a bit neater" etc. the thing is that is my achievement that I am talking about and I should be pleased with that! One thing to remember, don't worry about other peoples attitudes. Remember you are a latter day saint on the lords business not in the entertainment business!! :) And I am almost certain you are excellent at all the things you are doing already - you are a choice spirit daughter of the creator of this amazing and glorious universe remember!! I would suggest to reach out to Heavenly Father really prayer on your own and read your scriptures set a side a little time each day. If we feel inadequate and "not good enough" it can be very hard to accept the atonement and the eternal and pure love the Saviour and our Father in Heaven has for us - so much so we do not reach out to them wich leads us to doubt their very existance. Please pray and read the scriptures you are more precious than you realize. Remember also you are of equal value to every one else in the eyes of God, because you have the same potential as every one else. Some of us can access that potential in some areas quicker than others - some a little slower but either way we all get there eventually you just got to keep working at it and don't let the pace of every one else distract you. This is your journey!
  7. I've been searching websites and feeling a bit confused so thought I'd just ask here for any pointers. I am 22 and live in Leeds England. I have no qualifications a part from my secondary school grades so I'm not qualified to work in a specific sector. I also don't know any one in America. The reason I want to live there is because I want to live near the prophet. I know that might sound a bit silly and unessacery but I just feel strongly that is what I want.more than anything. My life is at a comfortable plod at the moment and I am young. I suppose maybe I want a bit of adventure and there is nothing keeping me back here in Englland. My family are here and we are close but I have not lived with them since I was 19. I will be going a lone. I'd get a job rent a room some place. I just need to know about visas. I also have not got a pass port never been abroad. Will be going to the post office to get a passport I will be living in Utah. I want a fresh start. I want to leave this old life behind and fly away some places new, new people, new oportunities. I'm under no illusion how hard it will be but I have a strong desire to work hard and make things work out for myself.
  8. The more I'm thinking about this this evening. I thought about the times I've spent with children in nursery. Children love to be part of things, they love to be included. So anything to do with our savior (especially some thing so important as the sacriment)!!! can only be a good thing. :) I love the sacriment !!! :) :)
  9. No children but I do have a cat who paws everything I pick up to eat.. along with a constant "Meowmy" (I swear thats how he sounds)! lol fair point !!! :)
  10. I really have no objection to the little ones taking the sacrement but at church on Sunday I wondered, do children need to take the sacrement? Children are unaccountable until the age of eight. They are spotless and perfect. So why do they need to take the sacrement before eight? They have no sin. I think I might be missing a major some thing but I can't put my finger on it! :)
  11. I feel strong empathy with what you are saying, witch is why I wanted to reply earlier. Though probably not as disabled my father is seriously affected by dyslexia. It affects his judgement and awareness. He finds it hard to make desicions and can be tactless at times. I some times look back on my childhood with some resentment. Why couldn't I have been the little girl who was a princess in her daddys eyes? Why couldn't he treasure me and protect me like "fathers" do? Why did he have to lash out at me when I was a teenager and not give me the father daughter heart to heart that I craved when I was running around screaming? Why couldn't he catch me when I fell off those monkey bars in the park when I was a little girl? Why at sixtreen when I left with the social worker to go into a foster home did he just wave and say "bye then" (major point I didn't leave because of my dad, my dad wasn't a violent father but he did smack me a few times when I got upset, however the memory is still sore in my head hence i mention it) The thing is dad sees it all differently to how I see things. He isn't as aware as I am. Perhaps his world is more black and white to him. Good and bad. I'm not so sure, I want to go to an evening class at college on understanding dyslexia to try and understand how dad views the world. Only recently, a few years after leaving home, I feel I am starting to get to know my dad. We are actually quite a like me and dad! We both love classical music in particular shostakovich and when he comes over to my flat we listen. We discuss the scriptures and our beliefs and I have found out that dad is a very spiritual man. One day when he came round he started to cry and he asked me "Have I been a good father to you? I some times think I havn't been there enough". I replied "That times had been hard for our family but life is very good now" and I told him how I love him and loved spending time with him. For all the mistakes he's made I do love him and it does make me sad to think I must have hurt him also as at night he will ask mum, "Does Kathleen love me?" I think I must have just been too caught up in the dillusion that dad wasn't normal and found it hard to accept him but dad is my dad.. and for all his short comings he has such a clear knowledge and love of our savior and the gospel and and such a deep love for me.
  12. Though not answering the question you asked, I wanted to say this. Your mother though perhaps not perfect and perhaps her ability te parent is marred by her past is still your mother. I am certain that she loves you, with a love that is more perfect than any other love that this world can possess, that love is the love of a parent to a child. Perhaps your mother finds it difficult to show this love to you perhaps even she finds it hard to comprehend that she has these feelings for you but one day your mother, a long with all of us, will return to Heavenly Father and will be complete and will be perfect. I want to say to you treasure your mother, the lady who carried you for nine months of her life. I would say look at your mother for the lady she is now. Focus on the positivs and all the things she can and has done. A lot of joy can be found in looking for perfection in the seemingly imperfect. With all due respect, I feel, when we look at others and judge them and say they are inperfect we must also look at ourselves. After all no one is "perfect". I feel perfection is being the very best one can be. Perhaps your mother, though limited in her ability, is striving to do her very best though this may not be comparable to say an average able mothers ability. I'll will also add that yes i do believe there is a Heavenly mother and I am sure she is wonderful too :)
  13. There are many things we need to do to obtain salvation and a strong relationship with Christ is one of them indeed. I guess you could think of it like this.. Your father has a beautiful mansion. One day you maybe able to go and live there with your father. If you speak and listen to your father daily (that would be reading scriptures and praying in the spiritual sense!) you would have a bond with your father. However if you havn't shown your father you willingness to do as he says, an eagerness to obey him and to love and honor him. Would your father allow you to live with him? Believing and conversion are two seperate things. Believing is the knowladge that Jesus Christ lives, conversion is the change in one self to strive to lead a Christ like life and walk in His foosteps. It is a commitment given to following Christ and God completely and utterly. You need to both belief and conversion to achieve salvation.
  14. Hi!!! People seem to have split opinions on playing games with dice/cards as far as I know due to the gambling aspect. I say there is no harm done playing card games (I love solitaire) and using a dice in a game as long as long as it is only a game and you are not playing for money. Second well I say thats totally personal choice! You root for who you think are the better team. Though I think its important to bear in mind for all the worldy things we believe in we first and formost believe in God and his kingdom ^-^
  15. Thats another thing I've been thinking too. A career in childcare is pretty clear cut I progress through the CACHE lvls when I've done LVL 3 I'm a qualified nursery nurse and on completion of LVL 5 I'm qualified to be a manger of a nursery. Politics I would take GCSEs followed by A levels then a degree in politics but where it would go from there I am not so sure.... and the more I'm thinking about it now I'm feeling more inclined to do childcare hmm hard choices !!! :) I think I need to pray !