Friday, July 28, 2017

On the first, broken, family.

Eve luved Adam,
She remembered the time before,
Before, when she was part of him.
Not a finger, or a toe, but a rib.

Always their beside him.
She luved the warm feeling.
To be a part of him.

Then come'th the separation.
No more together they are.
Then came the fruit.
And the knowledge.
They could be more together.

Adam wanted God.
Eve wanted Adam, and his babies.

Then, the separation, from God.
But still the joy would come.

Then the babies, Caine and Able.
Jealous was Cain of Able.
With Cain's choice, came death, to the world.
And sorrow to the family.

Where to go now, this first, broken , family.
How to recover Joy from such sorrow.
Tears and service and luv and forgiveness.

Then comes the gift of Seth.
Joy doth then return.
And many more children, to follow.
Till they be one again.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

J. Golden on thinking for ourselves.

... "but all the men in the United States cannot prevent a man from thinking. There are not Apostles enough in the Church to prevent us from thinking, and they are not disposed to do so; but some people fancy because we have the Presidency and Apostles of the Church they will do the thinking for us. There are men and women so mentally lazy that they hardly think for themselves. To think calls for effort, which makes some men tired and wearies their souls. Now, brethren and sisters, we are surrounded with, such conditions that it requires not only thought, but the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Latter-day Saints, you must think for yourselves. No man or woman can remain in this Church on borrowed light." (J. Golden Kimball. April 1904 General Conference)

To be grateful, and the anger, be still ...

She, was dying.

Dying She, was ?

Or, was He ?

To grateful, for the small things,

Where, they?

A full hair of head .

A Hair Stylist, with real talent.

Two children, and a husband, she luved.

Angry he was, VERY VERY VERY ANGRY !

She was the center of his universe.

Talk about it, he could not .

Why?

Then came the one who brought the cure.

... AND ANGRY, VERY ANGRY, was he, still.

So, very still.

Talk, he could not, and why, they knew not.

Yet, came the cure, the full head of hair.

A full remission.

... and now to the rebuilding, of a life.

To let the anger, be still.