terryk

Part of having faith is excepting the lords help, sometimes that help is through inspiring doctors to develop medications for various problems, and other medical breakthroughs. in my opinion, not taking medication that is helping, may be denying the Lords help in this. Remember that most prayers and help from the lord is not through some mighty "miracle", but through the small miracles brought by others. I firmly believe that these include the modern day advancements we all enjoy and include all of the new medical breakthroughs we have.

from my experience I have seen 2 reasons in this, appearent difference 1 there is more people on the non lds sites, so you will see a broader range of people there, and 2 when I was on one of those sites, I met a quite a few people who at first seemed nice, but were either lying in their profiles, or were after shall we say activiites not in teachings with the church. not saying all of them are that way, becasue they are not, but a lot are. a few years ago I remember hearing in a general conference address the brethren asked us not to overlook those that might be good potential matches except for apprearences or some other reason. and I have met a few who put in what they are seeking, they think of that as their ideal, and I do know some will look beyond those qualities that they have listed, if you 2 hit it off. in the non lds world, internet dating is becoming the norm, in the LDS dating world, the idea of meeting someone over the internet is still not the norm. and a lot of the LDS who try internet dating are the ones who are more shy, or who seeing that there is a lot more options online will just list the options ot find the "perfect" match, instead of listing what they would be happy with. please be careful when you are talking those that are not members, a lot of them do not have the same morals we do, and even though they seem nice at first, may want some things you do not want to risk or appropriate to risk sorry if this seems like rambling but take it as some thoughts from my experiences in this

sorry can't help, someone gave me one, and I still have not taken it out of the box

8 We believe the aBible to be the bword of God as far as it is translated ccorrectly; we also believe the dBook of Mormon to be the word of God. with that being said, I believe in genesis, and the transalations of gensis including the garden of eden, for I believe in God, more then I believe in the arm of flesh and how they can decipher dates, based on measuring the decay of certain carbon atoms. that being said, some things, such as the time between joseph and moses, may be off, and some generations may be missing, but what has been spoken by or lord, though his servants the prphets, should be accepted

I would suggest to keep working on him, he may turn around and come back to activity in the church, others have done it before you. but if he doesn't 1 thing I know is that after a close relative has been dead for 1 year, you can do their temple work ofr them, including sealings.

I have seen several instances where 1 person in the marriage would turn their back on the church, but where therye was stil lsome spark, they would not prevent the spouse from going as well, love requires mutual respect for one another. the only times I have known people who have decided to end the marriage if the spouse would not stop going to church, and being apart of the church, was when htye had already decided to end the marriage, for other reasons, and would use the church as the grounds as just an excuse to cover the real reason. so I do not believe that the 2 choices owuld ever be in truth be put up, ie either the church or me, scenario, I have seen bishops who have lightened the amount of time a person is spending at church, and in church callings, etc to help keep a marriage together, the church treaches that the family is the basic unit of the gospel. so I do not believe that this would ever be the case of it being either the church or me.

I never wore an engagement ring before my marraige, never wore a ring at all until I was married. one thing I have noticed since we are talking about rings, is the growing number of people who do not wear any ring after marriage, husband or wife, just seems a bit different to me guess I am an old fogey thinking those things should be done

food in sealed cans, lasts longer then in the bags, its best to put the flour into large cans, or barrels and seal them, canned food can last twice as long as bagged, or maybe even longer

I have served in callings where I have had to order thigns, and for those items that are not listed in the distrobution center, you will need to order them from a local source, and then submit a request for reimburesement, best to go to the place offering the best deal too, as budgets are not always large for these things. but I remember signing checks for table clothes that people bought at a local store for the ward.

I think we need to look at ore then just 1 issue, such as abortion, true this is a big issue, but there are other issues that need to be looked as well. for example, say candidate A supports abortion, but leads a clean campauign, and candidate B does not support Abortion, but is corupt, and inept then perhaps Candidate B would be a bad choice, I think we need to not go by party but should go by looking at everything the candidate stands for and all of what they propose to do, and can do, to make the proper decision

welcome ot the site

hi, as one who went through a divorce, I can tell you that it is so much better when you are married. and yes as someone pointed out she may be going through depression, she may need to get some medical help with that, Depression can make you feel as if there was nothing there in a relationship, but when you look into it, there may be something there. marraige does take work from both paries, it is not always a bed of roses, but is worth it, and so much better then the feeling of being divorced. she may also need to write down why she married him, and think of those feelings from back then, because I am sure there were feelings whe nthey got married in the first place. Divorce can happen, its sad but it does, and it usually does not bring happiness, more often brings sorrow and despair over the deathof the marriage. remember the scene from Fidler on the roof, where Tevia asks his wife if she loves him, she kinda balks at it, and avoids it, but then realizes that with al lthey went through she does, sometimes we are like that, we don't see it until we really look for it and try to exhibit it. If you asct as if you love someone, you will love them more easily then trying to love them.

hi, I was looking around, and realized I never introduced myself, or for that matter posted on this forum, in a long time. so anyways, I am Terry, from near Seattle, WA I have been using this site in 1 form or another since the 1990s but took about a 4 year break a few years ago, a long time huh, :) well anyways, Hello Terry