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Windseeker I feel the same way.I have a son who is a drug user and drinks.He knows I love him.He also knows I will never ever support what he does.I will always choose what is right over my son. He KNOWS I will never bail him out of jail.He KNOWS I would be the last person to walk in a parade with him to support whatever sin he committing. I choose God over my son as much as I love him I knew I had to make this decision when he went astray.

Over 300 Mormons Join Utah Gay Pride Parade - ABC News Here it is.

There were mormons WALKING in the parade not just going to watch the parade.I have a lot of gay friends also.I also have friends that drink.They know I do not support them and will not support them but they do know i still love them.I will put the link up.

What is up with this?I saw this on the news and on youtube.Are we ok with the gay lifestyle now? Anyone know anything about this? Do you think they were saying love the sinner not the sin? I don't know.Anyone?

I know exactly how you feel. My son was born and raised in the church and left at 16.He has such a hatred for the church.this breaks my heart.we forced him to to church and he would throw chairs and start yelling at church.He didn't care what people thought of him.We finally left him at home on sundays.He is now 22 years old.On drugs.I have no idea what went wrong.I know the hurt you are feeling and the worry.I worry and pray every night for my son.My prayers are with you.Keep being an example for your son. My son moved out because he did not like our rules.We had the cops here all the time.Very embarrassing for two endowed members of the church who go to the temple regularly and church AND my husband was in the Bishobric.As much as I love my son it was also a blessing when he moved out.The holy ghost was not in our home.There was no peace in our home.Home was not where i wanted to be each night when I came home from work. All I know for you to do is pray pray pray and don't give hope.I still have hope for my son.

Maybe there should be a buzzer when your getting inapropriate or if you are going to long music starts playing like at the emmys.lol

I was thinking about when testimony meetings start going wrong and people start complaining about others and make it a blastimony meeting.Can the Bishop stop the meeting? I was thinking of a meeting that went that way in my ward and wondered why the Bishop wasn't stopping it.Maybe he's not allowed to.

EASY!!!! I have lived both sides and would not want to live or go through the horrible consequences that I had to go through.It is so much easier to keep the commandments and have god on your side all the time. One thing I notice is when I wasn't living the gospel and bad things would happen I would pray but prayers were not answered near as fast as when I am keeping the commandments. When bad things would happened I had so much fear because I knew I hadn't been keeping the commandments and that god would be slow to hear my prayers.

I remember a testimony meeting where a woman got up and started bashing the ward members she didn't like.It was horrible.People walked out,there was contention,there was clicks after that testimony. It was a horrible sunday.The spirit was totally gone that sunday and it brought so much sorrow to so many people.Stick to sharing your testimony about Christ and what good he has done for you in your life.

I understand why people are tired of living in this world but aren't you afraid of what the next world will be for you if you take your life? I to suffer from depression and have wanted to die but never wanted to kill myself because of the fear I would have of facing Heavenly Father. Some things that have helped my depression is work work work!! If I am busy I am not thinking of my problems.Service to others is also helpful.Scripture study,Prayer,Blessings from the priesthood.I am also on prozac which helps but what I have said before is what has helped me the most.Oh and also talking to others was so helpful. You CAN live with depression.Satan knows this weakness so he will probably try to stomp all over you but God is stronger than Satan and you CAN overcome him!!!

Im reading a book called My Peace I give unto you.Its about a girl who dies and comes back and the veil is lifted. In her house she sees a man that use to live there and he never made it to the spirit world when he died.He never wanted to leave earth and is stuck here.Can this really happen?? Ive never heard this taught in the gospel. This book is about an LDS family. Gives me great anxiety knowing I might not even make it to the spirit world and that I will be stuck in between worlds. Has anyone else read this book?

Ive been thinking all day about this and maybe this will be a HUGE test for him. I kinda feel bad for him because this could be a big trial for him. I will never feel comfortable going to him with problems. I will be going to counselors for my recommend.

I received excellent advice.Thank you.I raised my hand to sustain this man as Bishop and I need to trust that the lord knows what he is doing.It sure messes with my testimony when stuff like this happens.

We just got a new bishop in our Ward and when they announced his name I knew we would have a problem.He is married to a very very dominate wife.She wears the pants in the family.I have seen her berate this man in public and him cower from her. I am in a leadership position and he brought me in his office to talk with me. He wants to change some things where I teach.As we talked he said " Now (insert wifes name) said we should do this" I was not shocked because I have seen these two in action before. What is bothering me the most is I am afraid to tell our new bishop anything personal let alone the problems in my calling. I know there is nothing i can do but thought some of you would have some thoughts on handling the next 6-10 years.

I have never seen a spirit form but once I was on a temple trip doing baptisms with the youth and kept hearing people speak spanish.I kept looking around and noone as speaking except the priesthood holder doing the ordinance.

Its all about respect for our heavenly father for me.I would NEVER wear pants to church but I don't judge others that do. I want to wear my very best for the the lord.Its his day,its his home and I want him to know know how much I respect him and love him so I want to look my very best.I may be wrong but I feel when we are at church on sunday that of all days to not be part of the world this is the day especially is the day to not be part of the world.I feel different during the week but on sunday its a different feeling.I want to dress my best.

Its all financial to me I know I could buy a can here a can there but I would never have enough money to buy two years worth.I keep thinking is something REALLY going to happen or can I go ahead and pay this bill? Maybe there is a book out there on how to have food storage for low income families.

Wow this has been interesting reading.Lots of thoughts and ideas. Here is what is sad.If something did happen my family wouldn't even have 2 weeks of storage let alone 2 years.I wish i felt like I really needed to do it.

What about being a democrat,they believe in abortion.

oh He was the French President. Um still don't know why you would relate him to Pres.Obama. I am pretty dense at times though........ok my husband says a lot of times. lol

Snow,I don't get it. But ok Ill answer you. No unicorns are not real. Um I don't know who Charles De Gaulle is.( i am going to look this dude up) And yes you will be loved.

I would follow the prophet also I would trust him and have faith with whatever he told us but can you even imagine the break down in society without cell phones,computers,without cable tv,without cars etc... seriously we are so spoiled I think people would go crazy!! Not everyone is going to follow the prophet out of panic.I wonder if we will be warned ahead of time.Not about food storage(we have been warned for years about that) but what to do during with whatever we might have to go through.

Not that the church would force us to give them our food but would this be part of The law of consecration?There will be those that do not have food storage what do we do with them? mikbone,Im gonna check that book out!

The book is called" One second after" not 10 seconds.sorry.

I read a last summer that was called 10 seconds or 15 seconds.I can't remember.The book was about an EMP that happened.This man and his family did not have food storage and he went and got (what was left) food in the grocery stores. Martial law was put in place and the police went to every home and gathered all the food storage they had and all the water they had.There was a central place in town where you would go to get your food and water.The police decided how much you needed and what was dispersed.Could this happen? Should we hide our food storage? Will the church do this if the police don't? What do you think?