Holy Pigeon

This morning in family scripture reading we read about when Jesus was baptized, and the Holy Ghost appeared over His head in the form of a dove.

So while we were walking Dallin to the bus stop, Daphne said, "Mom, the Holy Ghost just flew over our heads!"  

I guess that just proves that children's eyes are purer because all I saw was a pigeon.

Testimony

*This post is primarily geared toward my friends who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).

I don't know how many of you actually take the time to look at our blog, but I thought I'd take this opportunity to share a little bit about my faith.

So, this past weekend, we watched a General Conference of our church. Twice a year members of the church all over the world congregate in homes and church buildings in almost every nation on the earth to watch the General Conference of the church via satellite, internet, and cable TV. I love general conference because for two days we listen to addresses from the prophet and apostles and other general church leaders.

I once told a friend of mine that we have a prophet of God on the earth today and she kind-of did a double take.

"Prophet?" she asked skeptically.

"Yes, a prophet," I said, "Like Noah, and Moses were prophets. There's one on the earth today."

She was amazed. (And maybe she didn't believe me.) But her reaction made me think about what a blessing it is to know that there really is a prophet on the earth today. It makes complete sense. Why would God have prophets in ancient days and leave the rest of us to wander in darkness?

When Jesus was on the earth, He organized his church. He called 12 apostles, and gave them priesthood keys and authority. When they were killed, the authority was not passed on and the priesthood keys were lost from the earth for many years. After centuries of darkness, a young boy asked God which of all the churches were true and which he should join. It was through this boy, the young prophet Joseph Smith, that God restored His gospel in its entirety.

The church that Jesus organized while on the earth, has been restored. It is lead by Jesus Christ, through His prophet, and the 12 apostles. The apostles in Jesus' day were witnesses of the divinity of Christ. Today they have that same mission.

I just want to tell my friends that
I know,
because the spirit has witnessed to my heart,
that God has not left us alone. He spoke in days past and He speaks today.

If you'd like to hear the most recent council from a true prophet of God, please take a moment to read his remarks from General Conference, by clicking here, or visiting lds.org, and finding April 2008 General Conference link.

If you pray and ask with real intent, you can receive the same witness of the spirit, that God speaks today through His prophet Thomas S. Monson and through the 12 apostles. And He can speak peace to your heart and give you testimony through the witness of the Holy Ghost.

Happy Easter!

We hope you all had a beautiful day!

Three guesses, and the first two don't count.

Who do you think is the first child in our family to require stitches?

Arthur took him to urgent care this morning after he bonked his head on our bed's footboard and he came home with five stitches.


He was a very, very brave boy. He held still for the doctor and hardly cried at all. And I guess we can be grateful that it happened early this morning and they didn't have to wait very long in urgent care.  Hey! We even made it to church on time.

While my back was turned . . .

Sean thought he would help me out with dinner.

There's nothing like some green sugar sprinkles on chicken.
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, maybe?

Sean's Deviant Behavior Checklist:

• find out exactly how much toilet paper will fit into a toilet
• destroy the piles of folded laundry
• get out of bed multiple times to torment Dallin and Daphne in the other room; get a reaction from them at all costs
• break the child safety latches on the pantry cupboard to regain unrestricted access
• flood the upstairs bathroom until a quarter inch of water has infiltrated each cupboard and drawer, and every towel in the house is needed to mop up the floor
• discover when the tissues stop coming out of the kleenex box
• accomplish each of the above one or more times in a period of three days

Last night, Arthur found me gathering a box worth of tissues off the kitchen floor and said, "What are we going to do with that kid?" to which Dallin replied from the other room, "We should PUT HIM IN JAIL!"