To Who I Am Becoming...

FAITH: A PRINCIPLE OF ACTION “Now faith is the substance (assurance) of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11, first verse. I thought about that last night at 11:30 when I decided that it would be a good time for me to write my talk. After searching for inspiration by studying dance moves in the movie hitch I decided to try another tactic so I went for a long walk and listened to Barbra Streisand and found inspiration. I came home and started to read the first article in The Lectures on Faith and found what I was looking for. In response to the quote I just gave it says, “From this we learn that faith is the assurance which men have of the existence of things which they have not seen, and the principle of action in all intelligent beings.” It was this second part that caught my attention. To think of faith not as something simply done or not done within the confines of our own minds, spirits, and bodies but as an action, a visible and physical act t

Today I woke up and was able to get lots of work done. I was able to run and not get weary, walk and not get tired. I was not able to get everything done on my list but I was able to get more things done then I have been able to for a long time. At the end of the day I had a meeting for my church calling and instead of it being something to add on top of all of the stress it was something that calmed me and made all of the other work seem easy and worth it. These are the things I am thankful for.

This is so that I can remember and so that everyone can join in my fun. Who: Chris ( no last name for protection ) When: Wednesday October 13, 2010 - Friday October 15, 2010 Where: His house and Stake Center What: Bishop's Ball Dance Why: I have no idea... but no ones complaining. Story: I had just meet with the bishop who among other things asked me if I was going to go to the Bishop's Ball. I said "I wasn't planning on it. No one has asked me." To which he said "Well, expect one." I thought this was a long shot because I have never been asked out on a date and I was hopping that this bishop wasn't the kind to play matchmaker. (p.s. he didn't and isn't, thank goodness). Well later that night I was just getting ready for bed and my phone rang. I nearly jumped out of my skin because no one has called me in forever and I keep forgetting that people have my number up here. Chris had a hard time getting out the que