Park City Retreat
Wow - I saw God's hand in the beauty of my surroundings - The blue blue sky, the cloud formation, the mountain side. And appreciated the opportunity to spend a few days at the Marriott Mountainside resort.
Too Many Tender Mercies to Capture
How does one capture 'how I've seen the Lord's hand in my life today' over the past 779 days? I truly could have documented 779 tender mercies and regret I haven't acknowledged - at least here - how I've seen the Lord's hand in my life each day. Especially after Doug's death. I have 3 pages of Tender Mercies following his death and how I saw the Lord's hand in my life each day. It's been an incredible year and a half. The last time I wrote was when I posted the pictures of the sunset when Doug and I were in St. George in July 2011. I do have a missionary blog however, that I started when we went on our mission. That ended shortly after he passed away. http://dkplummersplace.blogspot.com
I am reminded every time I
teach a lesson in RS how aware the Lord is of the sisters in the Woodland Hills
ward. I had another topic in mind to
teach this month but it just didn’t seem to come together and as I prayed about
it and asked if there was something else I should teach the impression came
clearly that I should teach a lesson on charity. It seemed so right and fitting. Charity so coincides with some of our past
lessons – Forgiveness – how can we truly
forgive ourselves and others without charity?
My last lesson was on our divine nature and God’s love for us – the pure
love of Christ for us, his daughters. In
order to possess true charity we must come to know and understand our identity
– who we are – we are daughters of a heavenly father who loves us and we love
him. As women we must never lose sight of our divine identity and the fact that
our influence – our love- our pure love – is powerful and paramount. And charity the pure love of Christ never
faileth.
So today I'm grateful for CHARITY - the pure love of Christ, and for His help in preparing this lesson.
The Lord's Hand in the Sunset
I've seen the Lord's hand in my life so many times every single day. I am reminded that I need to write it all down in this blog I've created, but then, there's so much, I don't know where to begin and how to condense it - then I end up not writing anything at all. :( ... baahhh...
So on this quiet Sabbath morning in St. George Utah I see the Lord's hand in the gentle rain that is falling, the sweet smell in the air and the gorgeous sunset last night. His hand is all around me.
These pictures are all from the same night sky in St. George Utah, July 9, 2011
Happy Father's Day to my most wonderful amazing dad. So many reminders of him this weekend being in St. George - Paula's, Chuck-A-Rama, the red hills of Southern Utah. I really miss him. Wish I had some pictures of him to post. was the best dad and grandfather to his own children and grandchildren in addition to ALL children. I miss him.
Happy Father's day to the father of our children. He exemplifies strength, courage, faith, spirituality, integrity, hard work and perseverance among other things. I'm a lucky girl
Grateful to the guy who cleaned the snow off my car last night. I was dreading the thought of having to go out in the cold at 10:30 pm after my group and facing a car covered with snow. Lo and behold, a colleague was brushing the last of the snow off my windows when I went outside! I drove home grateful and happy.
RESCUE
Lord's Hand on Tues. 25th: - a neighbor in Sun River, who I barely know, came immediately to my rescue when my battery was completely dead and my car wouldn't start. Vicki and I were all packed and ready to leave to go to Cedar - and - oh no, one of my worst fears. (I must have drained the battery charging my phone the night before - I wouldn't recommend that if you happen to leave your charger at home) Anyway, he was there in a flash, charged the battery, gave me his cell number in case it wouldn't start when we did a little shopping in town and we were on our way. Luckily car ran just fine from then on.
KATE!
May 22nd ... Kate's 18th birthday - she has been a blessing in my life!
K - KIND
A - AMBITIOUS
T - TALENTED
E - ENERGETIC
Katie - as I call her - often comes to my house for lunch during her school day. I love it when she comes! It's the highlight of my day. Katie asks to borrow my clothes sometimes - (what teen would want to wear her grandmother's clothes?! How flattering is that for me? I wonder - maybe she is just trying to make me feel like I have cool clothes!)
Katie comes to my house to just hang out - sometimes she runs on the treadmill, sometimes we just talk, sometimes she just watches TV, sometimes (well, most of the time) she rummages through my fridge and cupboards for something good to eat - (which doesn't necessarily mean "good for you" food). Katie likes to sit by me in church, sometimes we write notes during church. Katie comes to my house to watch "The Bachelor" or "Bachelorette" every Monday for as long as the show airs. It's an opportunity for some "teaching moments".
The Lord's hand was in my life when He placed Katie in it.
The LAST FEW WEEKS continued
Since I can't figure out how to make this all flow in one post without the pictures getting all screwy I am going to have to do it in bits and pieces - so this post is supposed to be after the one below. I need to get the expert bloggers to teach me how to do this. By the way, many of the pictures I post are taken (stolen) from Lori's blog.
Ok - back to the past few weeks.
May 16th - My mother passed away 2 years ago today. We - Vicki, Dianne and I - had been with her the weekend before for Mother's day. We brought her home and pampered her. Fixed her hair, rubbed her legs and feet, loved and nurtured her. Those were sweet final moments with her. She died the following Friday.
May 20th - the Lord sustaining me through a very long and difficult day!
May 21st - My sister who listened to my woes and stories for 3 hours driving to Cedar - and actually seemed interested!
Cedar Home - my refuge from the storm
THE LAST FEW WEEKS
I need to backtrack the past few weeks and tell how I've seen the Lord's hand in my life, starting with Mother's Day and my birthday/
May 9th: Mother's Day and My Birthday:
Erick surprised me by coming to church - a great mother's day gift! The Lord's Hand?! You bet!
The Lord's Hand: - My 4 amazing children and my 10 amazing grandchildren. How blessed and lucky I am!
My own mother. I think of her almost daily and especially on this mother's day. She was a great influence in my life. Mother's Day, 2007
MY LITTLE GARDNER
And this little gardener rounded out a great day by beautifying the outside, after her mom beautified the inside!
WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN A SPOTLESS HOUSE?!
The best feeling ever - coming home to a spotlessly clean house today! by these two girls - (couldn't quite catch them in the act of cleaning - this is at the end of their day)
KEEP A DAILY RECORD
#1 The Lord was with me as I prepared and taught my gospel doctrine class - the scariest thing ever for me. The lesson: Be strong and of a good courage. The same lesson I taught 4 years ago while I was in the middle of a work-related trial. It gave me such comfort then ("fear not, the Lord will not forsake you") and was a reminder and testament again of the Lord's hand in my life. I also read part of Elder Eyring's experience of keeping a daily record of how he saw the Lord's hand daily in his life - in fact, that is what initially brought me back to this site last night - to get that quote to read to my class today.
#2 Doug and I received the same impression -independent of each other - about a concern - another indication of the Lord's hand.
BE STRONG AND OF A GOOD COURAGE
Today I am reminded of his talk as I prepare my gospel doctrine lesson - the same lesson I gave 4 years ago: "Be Strong and of Good Courage". In Joshua 1:5 the Lord tells Joshua "I will be with thee; I will not fail thee nor forsake thee". Verses 6-9 the Lord repeats his command to "be strong and of a good courage." These verses reminded me of the trial I was experiencing 4 years ago when I gave this lesson... It was this very lesson and those very verses that were a personal witness to me that the Lord was aware of me and "would not forsake me" and that I needed to be strong and have courage. Looking back, I see clearly His hand during that period of time, and I fortunately had the sense to record it in my journal - which has become my personal bible.
Today there are different trials and concerns and worries. He is still there, blessing me, giving me courage and strength to carry on, never forsaking me as I strive to be obedient to His commandments.
Today I see His hand as I prepare this lesson and study the gospel. Today, the sun is shining. So much to be grateful for.
How neglectful I've been about posting how I've seen the hand of God in my life each day. There have been numerous occasions where I've witnessed His hand - really daily. Tonight I was reminded, by an awesome 1 minute video - how important it is to acknowledge His hand - whether I do it on my blog spot or in my prayers! I recommit - and would love to have you all share on this site. No, Karen and Vicki - you didn't 'break' the momentum! I know, yours was the last blog from about 5 months ago. I just hated to move the darling picture of little Grace. That is the first thing we see - she is so darling. Post again, Please!
I invite you all to watch this short little video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF01BQAcj8E
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