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I can honestly say I have no idea what this post is about.I thought we all witnessed the atonement in the spirit world. Can someone explain to me in primary language what this is about?

Justice,Being a musician that makes total sense to me.

This is why I ALWAYS pay my tithing.I always fear that something bad will happen if I don't.I know how you feel but I don't have an answer because I am going through the same thing.I don't understand why some people have it so good all their lives and some people suffer through life.I don't think I will ever understand until I die.When I die I am finding the top manager in heaven because I have a lot of questions to ask. lol

Wow Thanks Church.Im not for sure what you thought you did wrong but Ill accept it. :)

Maureen,I checked out you link and it is very interesting.Something I noticed was in Gen.2 verse 8 it says that Adam was PLACED in the garden of eden which has me thinking on new topic.Where was Adam placed from? Ive been in primary for so many years I need to re learn my scriptures.

Adams belly button is not mentioned in the scriptures but God resting is.This is why I was curious about it. What Im trying to understand is we cannot know joy with having pain or sorrow to know the difference. It doesn't make sense that we wouldn't get tired in the spirit world to know the difference between joy and sorrow. This is just a curious question I know it doesn't matter for anything.Just curious what others think.

I kind of thought that is what it meant but I wasn't sure.Thanks for sharing that with me.

Why on the 7th day did God need to rest? Do we get tired in the spirit world?

Anddenex,I listened to this talk and i surely hope I don't shrink to nothing.Thanks for sharing that with me.It was a good talk.

Gwen I just replied.I didn't know I could get messages.

Thank you parakeet.

I have read all of your comments and you can never know how much better I feel. I know I will never understand why such bad things happen to me but I also know there is no where else to go.I still have a desire to do good and and keep the commandments.Whether I believe in blessings and everything I mentioned, isn't believing in God and wanting to keep his commandments enough? Just because I don't believe that good things won't happen for me doesn't mean I don't have a chance in the celestial kingdom.Am I right? Because that is my thinking. Bad things happen to me because Im sinning and I don't deserve blessings but I can't figure out what Im doing that is so wrong and it drives me crazy and Im up at night and my head won't stop worrying. i would like to blame my depression and anxiety disorder but I keep thinking what did I do to deserve this disorder and yes I am on meds for this so that shouldn't even matter. I like the idea of having a blessing journal maybe I will start one of those. Than you so much for all your comments.All of you have got me thinking of different ways that might help me.

Parakket when I put Please don't bash me it was not meant for you.I have said things before on this forum and have been bashed and put down. You know that's all I have hoped for that someone somewhere in this world someone knows how I feel. Pam,You are right I have probably received all the blessings I am suppose to receive from paying my tithing. You are also probably right about spreading the gospel should be about making others happy and not me. I hope it does.

Parakeet,You have said the magic words to me.Thank you for putting them in such a nonjudgemental way. I don't know how to use the quote thingy but you said " Yes, but how do you feel about Heavenly Father, Jesus and the Holy Ghost. How do you feel about the Bible, and the Book of Mormon? How do you feel about the Pre-exsistence and the Plan of Salvation? These things are core to your testimony, the things you mentioned are not." This made me cry.I do believe in God and jesus and Book of Mormon. Thats the most important part right? Im glad you used your words in a way that would make me feel better.I feel like you might have had some bad life experiences yourself and might know how I feel. Thank you so much.

Please don't put me down or bash.These are my feelings and I am very very scared. I need to understand why the gospel has not helped. Ive done it all.Kept the commandments,prayed,scriptures,tithing,Ive done the whole thing for years and years!!.Maybe Im just getting old and tired and ready to go.

I believe that I might be becoming an apostate and may need to turn my temple recommend in. What do you think? I no longer believe that tithing brings blessings but I do believe we are suppose to pay it. I believe that God has favorites.I am not one of them. I believe that it doesn't matter if a mother stays home to raise her children or not. If I only knew I would have definitly went to work instead of staying home. I do not believe that if you raise your child in the church that he will stay I would never help spread the gospel because it does not bring happiness but i don't believe I would find it any where else either. Not all blessings work although I have seen some that do. I do not believe that all callings come from god As I write this you would think why don't I leave then.Something makes me stay. I am no longer a temple worker and I just asked to be released from my calling from church. Do not want to go to church tomorrow.I do not feel like I belong anymore and it has nothing to do with the people at church.I love them all so much. I WANT the gospel to work in my life but I have fought for it all my life. Yes I have talked to the Bishop.He can talk to me all he wants but i can't help the way I feel. Is there ANYONE out there like me?

I re-read it and now it makes me wonder if polygamy was for the sole purpose of creating more people on the earth for some reason only God knows. I still wonder what for.

Why was the lord concerned about the womens broken hearts in Jacob 2 but was not concerned about their broken hearts in Joseph Smiths time when polygamy was strong.

Thank you for the replies and all the scriptures.This makes me feel better.

If the atonement was about jesus atoning for our sins then how does he know how it feels to have depression or mental disability?Having depression is not a sin so this is something he did not feel in the garden? Was it just the sins in the garden of gethsemane? Ive got know if he knows how I feel living with depression and an anxiety disorder.

Ok at church today I did some spying to see who was getting a massage.It was EVERYWHERE!!! lol My thought was lds have the lowest divorce rate this must be why. lol

i think its rude to not take your child out when they are noisy.Its rude to the other members and its rude to the speaker to try to concentrate.I remember a child doing this at our ward every sunday and one sunday a sister walked up to the mom and said "We can't hear anything take your child out" Maybe not the right thing to do but after that she always took her child out when her child was noisy. I think that young mothers are immune to the noise and can tune it out but they don't remember that us older folk aren't like that.

What do you think about the situation with Hobby Lobby not following the Obama care on abortion.How far do we go with following the law of the land as members of the church. Am i wrong or is it a commandment to obey the law of the land?

Wish I had an answer for you.I have a son just like this. Started when he was 16 years old.We (as parents) did see this(he didn't try hard to hide it). My son has been on all kinds of meds,counselors,2 hospital stays and NOTHING has helped him.He is 23 today and still living with us,still does drugs,and still drinks. We are at a loss.We have had the police at our house numerous times for him threatening our younger sons life.The police say their is nothing they can do unless he acts on it. We begged God to help him before he was 18 but it wasn't so. I worry constantly that he will 1.Kill himself 2. Kill us 3. Go to prison. It does help to stay close to the gospel.i don't know how i would handle things if I didn't have the gosepl.So far I haven't lost my mind which I worry about. Good luck and let me know if you find an answer.

Im all for it.In fact I would like to be the one with the gun.I work in a school in the front office. If not guns what about stun guns to stop them.