DearGod@prayer.com

To: DearGod@prayer.com
Subject: Thanks!

Attach file: List of all the beautiful things I saw today

Dear God,

I just want to thank you for being so awesome. Thanks for all the blessings you gave me today! And even though our windshield got broken, thanks for not letting anything get stolen! Thanks for just being there and listening to me all the time.

Thanks!
Your Child

To: ChildonEarth@hear.my.prayers.com
Subject: You Are Most Welcome

Attach File: List of blessings I will give to you for being grateful.

Dearest Child,

You are doing wonderful! I love you so much! I'm always here and always listening and I am so happy that you are talking to me and sharing with me your joy.

Love,
Heavenly Father


"O how you ought to thank your Heavenly King!" -King Benjamin (Mosiah 2:19)

The Reality of Heavenly Father

We must all perhaps have questioned the existance of God at time or another in our lives.  Perhaps different events cause us to wonder if there really is a God that loves us.

I'll say to you that He does! He lives and He loves us!

How do I know these things? An ancient American prophet (whose record is kept in the Book of Mormon) said:

"Faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith." (Ether 12:6)

I believe in God, I believe He exists and when those hard times come up, I believe that He knows better and that He knows more than I do; that He sees the bigger picture, more than I do.  When my brother passed away a few years ago, the only thing that kept me going was knowing that God was in charge and that He'll take care of things.

I promise that God doesn't do anything or let anything happen that would be beyond our ability to handle. We will not understand why certain things happen. It is not fair to God that we deny Him because of certain events taking place.

The Biblical prophet says:
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8-9).

We will not know everything, but we can know that God lives.  Pray to Him to ask Him if He does and He will tell you.

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.