Benefits of Having a Pet Dragon

None.

Unless you want to set everything you have on fire.

Woohoo!

Actually, I don't like roasted marshmallows, or marshmallows for that matter.  But if you ask Harry Potter or that "How to Train Your Dragon" boy, you'll know that dragons are not easy to have as a pet.

There's another kind of dragon mentioned in the Bible (in Revelations 12); it's Satan.  If we have him around in our lives, everything else is set on fire and destroyed.  When we succumb to his influence and break God's commandments, our lives can burn spiritually and everything we have and love will turn to ash.

Fortunately, however, there is a chance.

Even after the destruction, there is hope for life again. And that is through Jesus Christ.

If you will, He can help you to begin life again, and He will. Don't you ever think you're unworthy of it, or that He doesn't love you. He wants to be there to lift you up.

Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you. (Book of Mormon, Alma 5:33).

I know that He has willingly suffered immensely in Gethsemane and has given up His life on Calvary to pay the penalty for all our sins because of His love for us; if we come unto Him and repent, He will heal us, and there will be life again after the fire.

The Amazing Spam Musubi

Spam is one of the best things since sliced bread; just FYI.

I'm Sister Maneha; born and raised in Hawai'i, no, I don't look like I'm from Hawai'i, and yes, I dance hula and speak pidgin (but not on demand). But for now, I have the priviledge of serving as a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I'm going to share with you why spam musubi's are important.

1) Because they feed me when I'm hungry. Of course.

2) They're super 'ono (Hawaiian for "delicious").

3) Who wouldn't want to eat this (not the flags, just the musubi):

Doesn't that look absolutely amazingly mouthwatering? Of course it does, and it even comes with Hawaiian flags...not really but these ones do.

Oh my goodness, and it's a delicious piece of spam surrounded by sticky rice and wrapped in a sheet of seaweed! Pretty amazing.

But some people think it's gross, for some reason or another. Usually because they just detest the seaweed wrap. They can't get past it.

And you know what? We humans are pretty judgemental creatures. Face it. We see the outside of others and think "Ew, gross." But little do we realize that on the inside, these people are the most lovely, wonderful people.

But we can get past this?

Are we like that?




Do we just look at the outside and make judgements?




Or do we actually take a bite of the musubi to see what it tastes like, do we actually get to know the person?




Jesus Christ said to the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament regarding the scrawny David (whom was revealed to be the next King of Israel):

"Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature...for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for the man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7).


Do you remember what David did?

Better believe it.  And that's everyone else too.  And that weird person that lives next door, or that girl that may not be as fashionable as you; guess what, there's something really fantastic in each of them. 

So go find out.