Thanks for answering my question, guys. :) All answers are much appreciated! 

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Question for all my Mormon followers out there. 

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Neat Experience of the Day 

This post is a bit religious, so I understand if you don’t want to read it. I just felt like I should share it, though, so I’m going to. :) For those of you who will read it, thanks for reading! For those of you who aren’t going to, carry on, and thanks for following!

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A much-needed holiday lift. Additionally, the song that The Mormon Tabernacle Choir just sang (The First Noel) is one of my favorite Christmas hymns, and they sang one of my favorite arrangements of it. This is just an all-around good start to the Christmas season. (Click on the title for the link to the devotional).

"Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others…. I recall visiting a college campus where I heard the usual, commonplace complaining of youth: complaints about the pressures of school—as if it were a burden rather than an opportunity to partake of the knowledge of the earth—complaints about housing and about food…. I counseled [the college students] that if the pressures of school were too heavy, if they felt to complain about their housing and their food, then I could suggest a cure for their problems. I suggested that they lay their books aside for a few hours, leave their rooms, and go visit someone who is old and lonely, or someone sick and discouraged. By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves." — President Gordon B. Hinckley, “Whosoever Will Save His Life”

Image of Christ survives Provo Tabernacle burning in December. I love this story, especially now that the Tabernacle’s becoming the next Provo Temple. (I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am for what my friend has fondly dubbed The Templenacle).

"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, ,but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints." — Ephesians 6:10-18 (via findingjoyinthejourney)

A video someone in my group took during my Jerusalem Study Abroad.

It’s a portion of our group singing “Child’s Prayer” a cappella in the Church of All Nations at the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem.

I love this place so much. I especially loved this church, too. Whether or not it was the exact site that Christ suffered didn’t matter to me. What made the place sacred is that generations of Christians have come here to worship and to commemorate the event that happened in Gethsemane. It doesn’t so much matter exactly where it happened as much as that it did happen. And I do know that Christ suffered for us so that we can be with Him again.

I was reading in my journal tonight and came across an insight by Sister Judd, my religion professor’s wife. I thought it would be neat to share it, if for no other reason than just to have it on my blog. But I really liked it, so hopefully you will, too! Enjoy! From the wisdom of Sister Judd:

“One of the main messages of the Old Testament is that no matter what, the Lord will keep His promises. Abraham & Isaac, Moses, Joshua in Jericho, King David, Hezekiah, armies turned back miraculously, Gideon, Esther, Daniel, etc. They were to prove to the people that the Lord will keep His promises. No matter how impossible the odds, no matter the differences that don’t make sense, the Lord keeps His promises.

In the New Testament, the impossible odds were spiritual: the woman taken in adultery, the man born blind, the woman at the well. No matter how impossible the spiritual odds, the Lord can overcome those in our lives. The Lord still proves that He keeps His promises against all odds, and that He will always come through for us.”

-Journal Entry, August 9, 2011, written during a talk by Sister Judd

gypsyinmyroom:

I laughed. A lot.