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I sometimes reflect on the fact that if Elder Maxwell was still alive, he would become the next prophet. I wander what sort of difference that would have made in how the church operates?

Mirkwood, if you're accumulating some unwanted or unsightly clutter in your front yard, I believe that for a limited time only, Annatess's kids may be able to assist.

Gator, you need to keep in mind that Carb is only a one-wife man (as far as I know). They see things a little differently from many-wives men.

I buy two weeks of food storage every two weeks. Then for the next two weeks I eat what i store. Then I go out and do the same two weeks later. So I'm regularly buying my food storage, and rotating it, as we have been taught, but for some reason it just doesnt seem to accumulate.

Thank you spam, I really appreciate this.

Just curious Pam, how long do you think this stash of stuff would last you?

PC I don't read all your posts, but in the many that I do read, you always seem to speak well of whatever it is you are speaking about.

What are the correlations between marriage, divorce and bacon consumption? I'm guessing that excessive bacon consumption, if there is such a thing, could lead to a premature end to an earthly marriage as a result of the consumer suffering from obesity or heart attack.

Its just me being slightly silly.

I thought it had already arrived...... in a large white envelope from church offices last Friday?

a slight improvement keyword: up If you are making efforts, striving towards perfection, the Lord will hold out His hand to help you down up the path. If you are failing, He's holding out his hand to help you down up the path. If you are running the other direction, He's calling to you to stop and turn around to take His hand to help you down up the path. But He is always trying to help us down up the road to righteousness Only one dude is trying to take us down the path and that’s not the dude we want to follow.

In addition to Jacob 5, here's another verse that has a vague reference to plant based food production. Some scriptorian or theologian might interpret it to mean that God is not in favour of GMOs (Pearl of Great Price | Abraham 4:12) And the Gods organized the earth to bring forth grass from its own seed, and the herb to bring forth herb from its own seed, yielding seed after his kind; and the earth to bring forth the tree from its own seed, yielding fruit, whose seed could only bring forth the same in itself, after his kind; and the Gods saw that they were obeyed. My own view is that probably the good GMOs are good for you and the bad ones are not (How profound is that!). And how to tell the good ones from the bad ones? By their fruits ye shall know them.

Here is my favourite, non-serious scriptural description of lawyers: (New Testament | 1 Timothy 6:5) 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Once again, PC plunges courageously into the depths of the unknown in pursuit of knowledge and understanding. More power to you! What did you think of the talk?

So PC, how often do you listen to the talks given during the Priesthood session of LDS General Conference?

I listened to the Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon sessions live but I wasn't planning on listening to the Priesthood session until it is broadcast in my stake next Sunday. Now I'm just going to have to listen to it tonight. This is going to be really interesting, knowing that I have some sort of slight connection with someone who has been talked about in General Conference.

Sticky, if you haven't yet done so, I strongly recommend that you listen to Elder Carl B Cooks talk given during the Sunday afternoon session of General Conference. His talk is quite relevant to your post and when properly listened to, should provide you with some valuable guidance and counsel.

In the top end of northern Australia, its the crocodiles/alligators that sometimes do the killing And then sometimes they end up getting shot at other times they just get caught and relocated.

Thanks for this Spamlds its a great post but I dare to disagree with Zil - its too short! You left me hanging. Please finish it off by telling us how the Lord introduced you to the Book of Mormon and the Church and how to received an answer regarding the veracity of Joseph Smith's testimony and of the divinity of the Book of Mormon.

Thanks Carb

1. Have faith in the inspiration that led to you being given this opportunity to serve. 2. Always believe that you are doing good and having some impact 3. Lower your expectations so that they are more in line with the teachability of your students as opposed to what might happen in other classes or with other teaching experiences you have had with different students 4. Rejoice that you are helping precious children learn one important principle each week. How many members of the Gospel Doctrine class learn even one principle every month? 5. Sometimes, you might need to just focus on the one. 6. Perhaps get some advice from a professional teacher who works full time teaching autistic children. Many teachers are glad to share their wisdom and knowledge with other teachers. 7. Ask backroads or classylady, both of whom are members of this forum. One of them, I can't remember which,has lots of teaching experience. 8. Ask the parents for advice, and get them more involved in your classes 9. Try to strengthen your out-of-class relationship with your students so that they don't just see you as their teacher 10. Talk to the Primary Presidency about the possibility of having a substitute teacher once a month so that you can take an occasional break

Nah, I think I'll just build my own. With funding crowd-sourced from the members of mormonhub.com. That way I get to choose the location and design.

Thanks Ed, this has given me food for thought and added to my understanding. If I only prayed for those things which the Lord indicated, I suspect my prayers would be less frequent and shorter. But probably more effective.

Lol, I know, but I couldn't resist. (And I was hoping.....) ps How do you quote speechlessness if they haven't said anything?

Zil is speechless! At last