Life is for Loving: Bring It On!!

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Bring It On!!

5 comments:

Kelly said...: WOW!!!!! It looks like Brandon is trying to "step up" for the hike! Is there anything inside the backpack, or is this all a 'charade'?:) I think big rocks (boulders) would be great practice!; July 15, 2007 at 12:07 AM
Granna said...: The grass is looking good!; July 15, 2007 at 5:50 PM
Brandon and Kristy said...: Yes, it's full: Four quarts of oil, two full canteens, some camping gear, and scriptures.; July 15, 2007 at 6:58 PM
jonelle said...: is that a GARDEN in the background?!
when does kristy get time to grow things?
wow.; July 15, 2007 at 10:57 PM
gramps & grams said...: Have a great time, guys & please
be careful...all my favorite grandsons are on this jaunt (and a
favorite son-in-law...1 of two)We
are thrilled to have Abby & Megan
close by...McDonalds Day will be
really BIG and fun. love Grams; July 16, 2007 at 11:21 AM

"Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself. Charity comes when we are kind to each other; when we don't judge someone else; when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or REMAIN QUIET. Charity is accepting someone's differences, weaknesses and shortcomings, having patience with someone who has let us down or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn't handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is expecting the best of each other"
(Elder Marvin J. Ashton, Conference April 1992).

"Charity is not an emotion or action. It is not something we feel or do. Charity is who the Savior is. It is his most defining characteristic. When we plead for charity, we aren't asking for lovely feelings toward someone who bugs us or has wounded us. We are actually pleading for our very natures to be changed; for our character and disposition to become more like the Savior's so that we literally feel as He would feel and thus do what He would do."
Sheri Dew, "If Life Were Easy, It Wouldn't Be Hard"