Deborah

My understanding is there will be no sickness or infirmity. I just want to lose all the weight I've gained in the last 10 years.

That is really funny. I'll have to remember it.

But there's nothing wrong with hanging out with single sisters, who can offer a lot of consolation and sympathy. Is there any reason you aren't divorced? Rhetorical question because I don't expect an answer to something so personal, but it might be something to move forward with.

Hmmm....I wonder if anyone would even listen to him. He wouldn't fit most people's image of Jesus.

I agree. Evil I think has always existed along with good and God was able to organize the spirits and the world into what he called "good". These veres in Genesis 1 are interesting: 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. Darkness is on the face of the deep until the Spirit of God moved on it and instead there was light which was "good". I pulled up this summary of darkness from LDS.org: Woe unto them who put darkness for light, Isa. 5: 20 (2 Ne. 15: 20). Darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people, Isa. 60: 2. Jesus will give light to those that sit in darkness, Luke 1: 79. The light shines in darkness, and the darkness comprehends it not, John 1: 5 (D&C 45: 7). Cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, Rom. 13: 12. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, Eph. 5: 8-11. Because ye ask not, ye are not brought into the light but must perish in the dark, 2 Ne. 32: 4. Satan spreads the works of darkness, Hel. 6: 28-31. The powers of darkness prevail upon the earth, D&C 38: 8, 11-12. The whole world groans under darkness and sin, D&C 84: 49-54. If your eye be single to my glory, there shall be no darkness in you, D&C 88: 67. The works of darkness began to prevail among all the sons of men, Moses 5: 55. I just found it interesting that the creation talks about separating the darkness and the light and we have all these scriptures about Satan and his works of darkness. Don't know what it means necessarily. Just an observation. I think there is more to the meanings of the words in Genesis regarding the creation.

It is definitely hard being part of a big ward. I've always liked small branches. I'm in a ward now that is so big and has split so many times I don't know anyone, besides which I'm in the Nursery, which I love btw. I encourage you to go to the RS activities as much as possible. That's where you really get to talk to and know people. I was a single parent with 4 children, the youngest which was 4 when I became single, so I can relate. See if there is a singles group in your stake where you can go out with other singles as a group. I belonged to a great singles group that pretty much formed on it's own. We were all from different wards and stakes. We did things as families too as we all had kids. It's hard but it's worth it to try to find others who you can at least talk to on the phone.