Jeny
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...and besides, Morningstar...I wanted to give you a chance to catch up to me!!! You are almost at 400 post!!! Go you!!!!
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Hi everybody! Thanks for the kind words! I have not dissapeared completely although I am thinking about disconnecting my Internet service...I just got so discusted with the contentious spirit that was over at that other site that I needed to take a break. I like this site and have no problems over here and I love all of you...I was just so disconcerted from that other stuff that it was robbing me of MY spirit, and I just can't have that! SO, I still need to take a break for a while, but I will check in every now and again. although...I am DONE with Ldstalk...at least for now anyway, at least until they can get there Mods in line with the rules that they expect everyone else to follow...the people that I was the most discusted with were fellow LDS!! The ones who should have known better! The NON-LDS people were behaving better than the ones who were supposed to be ambassadors of Christ!! It was just too much for me...I needed to get away from all that...Anyway, I am around and if you want to contact me outside of this forum my E-mail is: [email protected]
Thanks again for all the kind words...I love you, too!!!
Yed..
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MorningStar @ Sep 13 2007, 08:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I have been growing increasingly annoyed about the things people find suitable to show my children at grocery stores. On Sunday, I gave a lesson about the Law of Chastity and there was a quote from President Kimball that said this:
I really took this message to heart and felt like I can't talk about what I could do anymore - I have to actually do it! I picked up comment cards from Fred Meyer and handed them out to the women, asking them to fill them out and ask that they remove magazines like Cosmopolitan from the sight of our children. Frey Meyer has one Family Friendly line, which is nice, but you still have to walk past the other lines with the crap magazines that are at eye level with our kids. We are going to plan a day where we all get in line at the same time and when they offer to help us in another line, we will all say, "No, I only shop in the Family Friendly line." I wonder how long it would take for them to make more Family Friendly lines if we did that on a regular basis?
This morning I woke up to The Today Show and was delighted to hear an interview with a woman named Laura Ingraham who wrote a book called "Power to the People", which is about how we can fight against smut in the media. I have never heard of her before and learned she has a radio show. I got up immediately to write her an e-mail and thank her for standing up to this and told her I'm buying her book and shared with her what my plans are. She says our country has been pornified - She used to be able to watch The Today Show with her parents and there was actual news, nothing that made them have to change the channel, but now they show disgusting tabloid-like footage like Brittney Spears wiggling and jiggling on stage. She rejects the notion of just "turning it off". She said that's what "smutmeisters" teach, but you can't get away from it. You drive down the road and there's some Abercrombie billboard with people with no clothes on. How do you advertise clothing with naked people? I have no idea. It's like a restaurant advertising food with an empty plate.
Anyway, I took my son with me to Fred Meyer today and when I saw the cover of Cosmopolitan, I said, "THAT'S IT!!!!! WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO THE MANAGER!!!!!!" This is exactly what it said on the cover. Sorry to offend, but this is the garbage they put in front of our faces in the grocery store, a place where they do everything they can to make it kid friendly and they don't even do anything to protect our kids from this! They have a Playland, shopping carts with steering wheels, a bakery that gives free cookies out to kids, sugar cereal at eye level because they know the kids will beg for it, etc., and then they have the nerve to put this stuff up when they have created a kid friendly environment!
I grabbed that stupid magazine, marched over to customer service, and asked them to speak to the manager. While waiting, I asked the lady what made them think that this was appropriate material for children to see. She said, "Oh. This is supposed to be covered up." I said, "I have been coming here for years and it has never been covered up. My son is 7 and he can read all of it."
The manager showed up and I showed it to him. I asked, "Why do you think this is the kind of material that belongs at eye level with children?" He said, "Oh. Was it in the Family Friendly line?" Before I could answer, the customer service lady told him, "It doesn't matter! It's supposed to be covered up." I added, "You have to walk by the other lines to get to that line, and although I appreciate the Family Friendly line, I don't appreciate the fact that my kids can stop and stare at magazines like this while we're making our way to that line. My son is 7, he's on the 4th Harry Potter book, and he can read every single word on this page! I want my son asking, 'Why is the sky blue?' Not, 'Mom? What's an - '" I then pointed to the word "orgasm" written in large letters. He said, "Oh. I understand. We'll get it covered up. Was there anything else there like that?" I said, "I don't know. I didn't want to look, but I would like anything objectionable to be covered or removed." By the time I was leaving, some of the Cosmos had already been covered. YEE HAAAAAA!!!!! I should've complained a long time ago.
You Go Girl!!!!!!!
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Dang alarm clock!!!
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Just my two cents:
Man looketh on the outward apearence but G-d looketh on the heart...I believe that man is too consumed by how a person looks or what their standing is in society...personally...I believe that none of those things are important...only temperal...what is important is what you do with the life you were given on this planet.
I am not outwardly attractive (my opinion) but I have a beauty that many people notice and love...when they see how much I love the Lord and the Gospel...my beauty SHINES!!!
Ugly...is a relitive term!!
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Sandman
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My guess would be that the controlling men are the insecure men. People who are afraid of losing something often watch that something like a hawk.
Spot on!!!
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click on the smilie box to the left (sheesh I had right here first) on the words 'Show All', it is the last one.
Found it, thanks!!
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Flowers are cultivated weeds! So you are right.
Yup.
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Thanks, Jane!
I think nothing gives us more opportunities to forgive than marriage.Especially in the case of a separation.
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Try sprouting them and using them in salads, soups and sandwiches. Take a mayo jar and put in about 1/2 C of wheat. Rinse in 1/4 tsp bleach to a cup of water, then rinse with plain water & drain well- place mesh(clean old nylon knee-hi or netting) over the top of jar and secure with rubber band, lay jar on its side out of direct sunlight. Every day rinse with water and drain well then lay on side again. I don't know how long wheat takes to sprout - I do mung beans, alfalfa, etc. What I do is once they have green shoots the length I like, I rinse them in a bowl of water to remove the husks or what is left of the shell of the seed. Let them drain for a bit so they are not soggy and then place in a plastic container that has a folded paper towel sort of crunched at the bottom and then put the plastic lid on it and store in the fridge. I love them in sandwiches and in soup. Toss into your soup just before you serve it!
Get yourself an inexpensive electric coffee/spice grinder and grind it to make gravy, pancakes, biscuits, etc with. You can do a little at a time - just stop and wait if the grinder gets too warm to the touch. Let it cool down. This is how I ground my Red Wheat (which is one of the hardest wheats) and my other grains. Yep, I ground lentils up and added that to my multi-grain breads. Did Barley and rice too.
Now that I am making whole wheat/multi-grain bread exclusively- when I bought my Bosch mixer I also got the meat grinder, grain grinder and food chopper/slicer attachments. In for a pint, In for a pound I say.
Great idea, what is the point of the bleach?
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Why is it many read the scriptures that they start at the beginning and read until the end? I study the scriptures by subject or just open and start reading where I feel like. I get more out of my reading doing it this way rather than front to back.
If you are having a hard time with Isaiah just skip it and come back to it later in your reading.
I do both.
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A smoothie social? What an awesome idea!! I am going to bring that up to my ward!!!
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OK, so why can't I find that sparkly grin?
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When G-d made Adam, he said...needs a help mate, when he made Eve, he said...no help needed.
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Thats not quite correct. Women can be, and frequently are, sealed to more than one husband after they pass on.
Kate, if your mom does follow through and you later do the work for your father, when the time comes to do the work for your father discuss it with your ward temple work specialist. If he can't help you then discuss it with the temple presidency. It will be possible for you to be sealed to your father.
The important thing to keep in mind about sealing covenants is the covenant itself. Its the covenant that matters, not whom it was made with.
Nobody has ever explained these covenants with me...I am endowed, but I know very little about sealings...please, what am I missing?
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BTW, I like this idea of a hibrid Mormon/Baptist!! I do not believe in the trinity anymore...I never really did, but I am interested in learning more of your position...I think I like you!!
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...Lynn, your post was long and intimidating as I am getting sleepy, I promise to read it in full tomorrow and respond accordingly!!!
Sorry about that.
As said, I wasn't sure this particular thread was the proper place for a testimony...that by its very nature, tends to go on and on...
My apologies.
Lynn
Don't apologise!! I love testimonies...I am just sleepy right now and I have church tomorrow...I need to get to bed soon!!!
BTW...here is my testimony:
http://www.ldstalk.com/forums/blog/yediyd/...?showentry=1084
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That got me laughing hard! I am my hairdresser
- that and the electricity Fearless, Flip-flopping, Fuzzynuts, Feline Fred charges up with before he zaps me, the little booger 
(serious now, you know I just made that all up to go with my avatar. Not the part abut FFFFFFred- he really does that, and he really got me good when I was giving myself a perm.)
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Okay, I must confess about how I was introduced to LDS;
I was walking in my downtown area from getting my health insurrance renewed, at that time I was working at a museum that was doing the bible exhibtion at the time. This museum was down a few blocks from where my first LDS introduction happen, as I was walking a group of handsome young men were walking towards my way, wearing white dress shirts and black dress pants, all of the sudden they turned a different direction and went the other way so I'd thought. When I finnaly got across the road, one came out of no where and surpprised me, he was waitng behind the street light. First he asked me if I was saved, and I said yes, and then he shows me this card with the LDS web site. When I approached him there was something odd about him, I felt a feeling of happiness and peace. That happened a year ago, two weeks ago I met a young couple from my local young Republicans club who are Mormon's supporting Mitt Romney, the whole time I was there, they two had the same feeling. They have something I want.
Check out my Testimony...
http://www.ldstalk.com/forums/blog/yediyd/...?showentry=1084
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The church has certain procedures, but it is hard to find any definitive doctrine. I have a testimony that we do not fully understand how this sealing power works in the unique situation in which you find yourself (which, we know is different from how Heavenly Father established families to be). And I have an absolute testimony that He lives, knows each of us personally, and loves us and will not deprive innocent people from the blessings that they are denied because of others' choices. And because of that, I am persuaded that it matters less who your parents are sealed to as spouses than it does that you are sealed to one of them and therefore have the blessings of that sealing covenant. I have a testimony that children will be able to associate with both righteous parents, however they are ultimately related to each other.
I just do not understand seelings or the importants of them, yet...I was abused by my parents, I do not wish to spend eternity with the people who hurt me. (Even if they DO change)
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Do the Mormon's believe in the cross?
Of course we believe in the cross...it is also taught in our church that the attonement happened in the garden and not as much on the cross...I disagree with this, But I do believe that Jesus died for my sins and all we Mormons believe that Jesus took our sins and atoned for them. He is the ONLY door to Heaven.
...Lynn, your post was long and intimidating as I am getting sleepy, I promise to read it in full tomorrow and respond accordingly!!!
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I did say that I wasn't going to reply anymore, but your post upset me a great deal.
Firstly, Yes... I AM the same person I have always been. My morals, my love for my family hasn't changed. I understand you believe that your relationship with your savior is the most important thing, but it's easy to forget that treating people as you would want to be treated is living how the savior wants us to live.
I am not claiming to be a victim, I am asking a question as to why a family would turn it's back on someone they are supposed to love unconditionally? Of course I love them unconditionally, if I didn't I wouldn't be on an LDS board asking questions, would I?
You are very quick to judge me and what I have done, yet you have no idea of the amount of prayer and studying I did before I made my decision. I am different than you, but that doesn't make me less of a person, or less of a child of God. That being said, Goodbye for real this time. I really mean it. I don't plan on coming back and getting judged again.
You sound hurt, angry and wounded and I hurt for you!
I am sorry you have decided that we are all going to judge you...you will miss out on some really nice people up here..but that is your decision..good luck on your journey, I hope you find what you are looking for!! :) -
Please don't leave!! I am not offended by ANYTHING that has been typed!! We have people who come out here who are not believers and we get along just fine!! You are welcome here and maybe you can work through some of those feeling by talking to us!! I didn't mean to sound harsh!! I am really a "teddy bear" once you get to know me!!!I think you took my reply wrong... I didn't mean to sound like I thought you wouldn't converse with me. This post is proof that you would. I think that if you could hear the tone of my voice instead of reading the words you would have understood more clearly. Sorry about that.
I just find it hypocritical that my family claims to believe that family is the most important thing, and yet tosses me aside because I don't believe what they believe. I actually feel sorry for them, because they are missing out on knowing me... I am a good person, I am honest, polite, and I treat people how I would like to be treated. Which is more than I can say for them.
I think I am done here... I seem to be causing more controversy than I wanted to. Thank you all very much for your time. Good luck to you all.
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