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I'm afraid that if back-rubbing or hand-holding was ever truly frowned upon at church and my husband actually started going with me, they'd have to excommunicate me. I couldn't stop touching, just to make sure he was really, truly there, and that I wasn't just dreaming...

This may be totally knee-jerk, but THIS is why the needle buried on my B.S.-o-meter...there happen to actually be individuals who's insecurities are indeed realized by the very circumstances this nice gentleman is trying to get us women to chill out about. I'm so sorry, Tumbled. This makes me very, very sad. Heck; I have a pretty awesome husband and the video still had me rankled and on the defensive, no matter earnestly Mr. Prager wanted to make it all better. I'm sure he ment well...maybe we could get a few more male perspectives?

For the overwhelmed, full-time working, procrastinating, general anxiety disorder sufferer, I find her to be a breath of fresh air. Nice to have someone say "hey...it's okay to take one thing at a time" and make it manageably incremental. Never been so fast to unsubscribe to a subscription of daily e-mail avalanches before, however...holy cowlamoly.

I love this thread! I met my husband at a job I got as a waitress at a small cafe in the town I live in. I had just got home from nannying in Las Vegas for a year...I was engaged to another guy who I had tried to maintain a long distance relationship with while I was gone. He was more of a friend than anything, and his controlling stepmother was driving me up a wall. (This guy proposed to me under the giant clown at the Circus Circus sign when he came down to visit me! LOL) Anyway...I got this job, and my first solo shift was with this good looking, 17 year old kid I had vaguely known from school: tall, long hair, an earring, and the most beautiful face I had ever seen in my life. He was so quiet, but so kind, and we were drawn together. We became good friends and nothing more (I was engaged, after all) and we spent long shifts together in this quiet cafe talking. I was smitten, but I remained steadfast in my engagement. After one night shift working the bar crowd until 3 a.m., he suggested my sister (who was hanging out with us) and I join him and his friend on an excursion out to go hunting, as it was officially opening morning for deer season. I literally raced out the back door to be the first at his truck so I could sit by him, and so I could beat my sister out to the seat. My sister had a propensity to chase the guys I really liked, so it was totally on purpose...she wasn't going to have this one!!! We drove out to a canyon and all sat in the truck until morning light came. He asked me to go sit up on a hill with him. We just sat down and a little buck came over the ridge. He shot him, and we drug him back to the truck. He called me his good luck charm. A couple of days later, my fiance called me at work and I broke it off with him. He was in school about 12 hours away from me, and it broke his heart. I just couldn't do it anymore. After that, we went to a dance together, a few more outings, and it was just the most natural thing in the world. He proposed to me a couple months after we'd been seeing each other (much to the fear of my parents, LOL) It's now been 15 years that we've been together, 14 married, with two beautiful children. I've never loved someone so fiercely in my life, even if we haven't had the most perfect marriage and he has no interest in the church or God or anything. He is such a wonderful human being, and I hope one day we can be sealed together. Every time I hear this song, it makes me swoon for him all over again. I adore it.

Aw, Bini...I'm sorry. I just have a nervous tic that makes me do silly things when someone mentions Twilight...I didn't mean to make light of your thread. I think a night out with the gals sounds like a load of fun...I don't know if I could sit through more than 4-5 hours worth of movies, though. Dinner and a movie sans hubby and kids would be faboo! Kind of jealous.

The only conceivable way I can stomach any of it... I thank the Lord for Rifftrax every day. ETA: For Eowyn, from my FAVORITE movie of all time.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! :animatedlol: Oh, wow. This is something my brother and his Elder's Quorum would've done. And if you knew my brother . . . . mannisue

nc, It's wonderful that your hubby is going to attend F & T meeting with you! I am so very happy for you.:) The very best thing for you to do, I believe, is when you bear your testimony, relax and let the Spirit guide you. Keep a prayer in your heart over the next couple of weeks that you will be able to express what he needs to hear, and that the Spirit will touch him. Trust the Lord, and He won't fail you--He got you to this point, yeah? Luv to you, sister, mannisue

Welcome, welcome! This is an awesome place with marvelous people. I hope you enjoy your time here. mannisue

I have always felt that most of the images put forth in Revelations were symbolic of things we won't completely understand right now. . . Hemi, the ideas expressed by Richard Draper are truly fascinating. You guys have been a great help. . .thank you so much. If there's anything else anyone would like to add, please do!:)

Hemi and prisonchaplain, thank you so much. I now have a lot more study to do. . . But please, continue to discuss--this has been a fascinating topic for me. Everyone, jump in!

Sorry, Hemidakota, I missed your reply when I did my last one. The ideas submitted that you mentioned would seem to have some serious implications, both for good and bad. Like I said to tomk, it can be frightening to watch the advancement of our technology at the lightning pace it is moving. But it is also strangely exciting, in a way. So, do you believe that "the mark" is some sort of device, like a chip imbedded in the skin?

Thank you, xhenli. That's pretty much what I've told him--as long as we remain vigilant and prepared for His coming, we have nothing to fear. And no, tomk, you aren't a nerd. I think that the rapid advancement of technology, albeit a bit frightening sometimes, is quite fascinating to watch, let alone be a part of. I suppose I just get a bit frustrated when people let things like this frighten them to death. Maybe it's just my cavalier LDS attitude:D, and I've been content just to reflect on things as they happen and refrain from stressing out about it. What I'm confused by is this--are there going to be some sort of negative, eternal consequences for accepting, as it were, this "mark?" Would we really not be counted in the Book of Life, our salvations in peril? Gah. . .I'm just not smart enough for this. Anyone have a personal interpretation they'd like to share--aside from the "chip" idea?

This is only my second post, and again I'm starting with, "I have this friend. . ." But I do. (Really, I have friends. lol) This friend of mine is flipping out right now over an e-mail he received about the "Mark of the Beast." The gist of it is that we will all soon have to have a chip imbedded in our skin with all of our personal information on it (I've heard this before) and that it's "coming sooner than we think! It's the mark of the beast! Beware--beware!" This friend of mine is not LDS--he actually leans toward a non-denom type of church, which is fine. We've actually had a conversation on the connotations of the prophesies in Revelations before--he came to me because "I knew the scriptures." Well, I try...I'm not that great. So, in the interest of keeping the dialogue between us alive, I'm trying to find some sort of idea what various people feel to be a correct interpretation of the mark, and what the implications of such a mark are. I've even looked up 4 different translations of the verse, and they seem to say the same thing. Any help would be appreciated!