summer

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  1. Thank you so much for sharing anatess2, he is amazing!!
  2. Thank you both very much, these thoughts will help me a lot in helping her. Those pictures sure are powerful!
  3. What do you say to someone who is angry at Heavenly Father for a trial that they are going through? They feel that we are taught that Heavenly Father allows us to go through trials for our own good and benefit...but this trial is so painful and they feel that a God who loved them would never allow them to go through this. They feel like "why does god allow bad things to happen to good people"? And because of this trial they have left the church and no longer believe in God. How can you help them? What can I say?
  4. This to me is the perfect example that people will judge you no matter what, it is really too bad! It sounds to me like you are just a really outgoing and friendly person! If your wife sees nothing wrong with the way you talk to other women I am sure you are doing nothing wrong. It is too bad that your kindness is seen as something other than it is...we need more open and friendly people in this world!
  5. Is 40 something too old to have another baby? Especially with all of the young LDS moms I wonder how out of place I would feel?
  6. Have you read the love languages book? It is actually really interesting and has really been eye opening about what my husband needs and how we are different. There is a quiz you can each take to find out what your love language is and since I have been more aware of what my husband's is it has made a big difference!
  7. Thank you so much, that looks like a great talk!
  8. Love this! Thank you!! And as you mentioned in your first response He wants us to revere and respect Him not to truly be afraid of Him, right? Because I am not afraid on Him at all, but I respect and revere Him completely.
  9. Thank you so much! I look forward to reading the talk too thank you!
  10. Thank you. For some reason I have always taken it to mean that we should always choose Heavenly Father and His teachings over the world...that even if it means someone may not like us or approve of us that what matters is that we are following our Father in Heaven. He wants us to worry more about His opinion of us than we do about others opinions of us, Is this incorrect?
  11. I have been trying to study this and am wondering what it means to you? Thank you!
  12. Hi! You have gotten wonderful replies on your question (I haven't had a chance to read all of them) so I just wanted to share something else with you. This is just me personally and how I look at things...there are some things that I don't completely understand when it comes to this beautiful Gospel, but in my mind that is what make it true and right! If everything made sense and I had no questions then I wouldn't have to have faith...if everything made sense to me that would be too easy and in my mind if it was all easy and laid out perfectly so there was never a need to wonder then where would the faith come in? I too have had too many personal spiritual experiences that I KNOW without a doubt that this Gospel is true. It brings purpose and meaning into every aspect of my life.
  13. This is very interesting...I have been told by people that I have a lot of wisdom...but it is so hard for me to see it...I doubt myself constantly...
  14. This is interesting! I used to write in my journal all of the time, I loved it! I have't written regularly in over a decade though since I have become so busy with my kids. Just the other day I started keeping one again because I have been feeling so overwhelmed lately and I thought that it could help me to keep everything in perspective. Thank you for sharing!
  15. Thank you so much for your advice and help, I really appreciate it! I have read the Book of Mormon 8 times and feel like so much of it still goes over my head. I love the Book of Mormon reader for kids, it has been great to read to my youngest and to learn along with her. Thank you again!
  16. Thank you SO much! You are so kind! This has made me feel so much better, thank you!
  17. Thank you! You are so right and I love your perspective! You are right...if anyone is keeping score they do have bigger problems than us. I need so much to stop worrying about what others think. It is none of my business right Thank you!
  18. Thank you! I have never thought of it like this, but you are so right. Your thoughts were all so helpful and I appreciate them so much! This really hit hard though because I strive to hard to be unselfish and it is interesting to think of it this way, thank you!
  19. How do you get over feeling inadequate at church? I feel like everyone knows so much more than I do and it is intimidating to even go at times. Does anyone else feel like this?
  20. Thank you so much that is a great idea, you have been so thoughtful and kind! It is so weird because most of the time the things I worry about seen completely normal to me and it is hard for me to understand that everyone doesn't think the same way I do and worry about things the same way I do. My husband has told me many times that he feels so sorry for me that I have to live like this because he thinks it would be so hard. It is hard, but I don't really know anything different. I would love the weight of worry to be lifted because I know I would feel so much better...I am starting to notice that I have some depression as well. That is wonderful that your husband has been able to be so patient with you and that he has helped you gain perspective. I am finding that asking others how I appear to them is what is helping me realize where I need help.
  21. Thank you anatess2 what you said definitely makes sense...for some reason I just have a hard time wrapping my head around it all. But I do agree very much with what you are saying. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me, I really appreciate it! Thank you!
  22. Thank you so much! You are absolutely right that I need balance in my life! I feel SO out of balance and my husband tells me all of the time that I need balance, I think it is very perceptive that you picked up on this! I DO NOT know how to get balance in my life and I have often said that I think my worries have inadvertently become my religion in a way...I do not want it to be this way at all, but by trying to figure out how to have more faith in my Heavenly Father I feel like I am not as close to Him because I am worrying SO much and almost trying to control everything on my own...because I don't understand what it means to have faith?? Does that make sense? I overthink everything and I worry about everything! For example with the Zika virus...I do understand completely where you are coming from BUT I feel like I would need to know if it was Heavenly Father's will...I would assume in an instance like this that if the child was meant to have no ill effects from the virus that Heavenly Father could intervene in the baby's life and make sure that he or she was not affected by the virus, is that correct? And if the child was meant to have the virus then he would allow that to happen? Is this thinking incorrect? Then where else I get confused is...if I lived somewhere where the Zika virus was prevalent would Heavenly Father want me to get pregnant and have Faith that everything would turn out exactly how it was meant to OR would He want me to not get pregnant until doctors had figured things out? But then is that not having Faith because I am trying to take control of the situation?
  23. Thank you so much CV75, I love what you said and I am looking forward to reading the talk you mentioned, thank you so much!
  24. Wow! Thank you SO much with all of my heart for taking the time to respond to me!! This was like a huge light bulb for me...you completely opened my eyes and I believe what you said is truly an answer to my prayers. I think that you somehow you were able to completely understand where I am coming from and put it into perspective for me. I am definitely an all or nothing thinker...but I have never thought of this in the way you explained it and you are so right. Thank you SO much!! It was very kind of you to take to time to help me, thank you!!