This summer I went on a trip with my church. I belong to THe CHurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and my faith usually tends to have some sort of activity for the youth every summer in each congregation.
This year my local church leaders decided to give out a call to the youth to attend on the trip we reffered to as the "pioneer trek". It was where we would dress like pioneers and walk so many miles for three days on a trail that the actual pioneers of my faith walked as we started to populate the Salt Lake Valley which they reffered to as Zion. The coolest thing about the trip is that I have ancestors that were a part of the actual journey that thousands of people honor every summer. He was my great great great grandfather, His name being Jesse Soar Taylor. He traveled from England to America with his mother and brother. His brother died from the exposure they endured on their thousand mile journey across the soon to become United States. I'm still researching their lives.
Anyway, back to my point. I had the oppurtunity to experience a fraction of the hardships they went through this summer when I went on the trek with my church. I never could have imagined how much change and perspective could have come from it. FOr me personally the biggest lesson was of love. ANd the major influence it has on everything extrodinary and truely important that has ever been accomplished.
For instance, the LDS pioneers crossed a forever-long trail because they loved GOd and the prophet enough to do what they asked. And also because they loved their families so much that they risked (and some even gave up) their lives just so they could recieve heavenly ordinances in the temple. Just so they could be together forever.
THat made me think really hard about what my priorities were. About what I would do for love. And how just because you love someone doesn't always mean that you can save them. THough no matter if you save them or not, all that counts is that you always love them and how you have to let that love motivate you to do good things in the world. Jesus Christ gave his life for us because he loved us. It wasn't because he had to, it was because he wanted to. He wanted us to be with him and our Heavenly Father so he sacraficed everything for us. And even though there are so many people who will not accept the atonement, there are still those people who do. And every one of them is so astronomically important and loved that we can't even imagine.
I am so thankful for the presence of love on earth. Even with all of the hate and violence and awful things on this planet, love is still and always will be the strongest and most imposing force on the planet. Or even in the universe.
If there is one thing that you need to learn, it's that love is the reason we all exist. It's the reason for being.
I have a testimony that my savior, Jesus Christ and his (and my) father in heaven both love me and are aware of me. And i know that they are aware of every other person on this planet and that they know each person specifically and personally and they love us all. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Dreams***
Dreams can be so blissfully annoying. Doesn't it just blow your mind how you can have an amazing dream and then wish you hadn't ever dreamt it after you wake up? I have had so many of those that I can't even count. In the past and present.
The worst is when my mind creates it's own little worlds where I can openly show my affetion without any negative consquences. Or where i enact buried emotions towards people who are long gone out of my life but still are consequential to my emotional well-being.
I have to say the weirdest dreams I've ever had of those sorts are the ones I had last school year with These boys that i had just met that school year in them. Nothing gross or "uncensored" ever happens in them, but there's this overwhelming feeling of love and compassion. I remember this dream where all that happened in my dream was the guy hugged me. He just stood there and held me and hugged me until I felt better.It was so great. And now in real life I've always loved his hugs after that.
I think I loved that dream so much because I don't have anyone I can do that with. No one who will just hold me when things go to crap. THe last time someone held me longer than five seconds was on my birthday. Before that I don't even really know when I had even a thirty-second hug. Hugs are just the best thing in the world. : ) ANd I give plenty of nice hugs, you know, the wrap my arms around you and make you feel safe kind to everyone else. I however hardly ever recieve those types of hugs. Hugs, holding hands, getting a back rub, I'm all for the physical displays of affection. : )
ANd after I had that dream I really wished I hadn't because I never looked at the guy the same. :/ I always loved him more than I should. : P It's still like that. But now I don't mind so much because now I have good reason. : ) Well sort of.
I have so many others. Dreams where the things that refuse to be in my reality go on in my subconscious. What an imagination right? Heh..
The worst is when my mind creates it's own little worlds where I can openly show my affetion without any negative consquences. Or where i enact buried emotions towards people who are long gone out of my life but still are consequential to my emotional well-being.
I have to say the weirdest dreams I've ever had of those sorts are the ones I had last school year with These boys that i had just met that school year in them. Nothing gross or "uncensored" ever happens in them, but there's this overwhelming feeling of love and compassion. I remember this dream where all that happened in my dream was the guy hugged me. He just stood there and held me and hugged me until I felt better.It was so great. And now in real life I've always loved his hugs after that.
I think I loved that dream so much because I don't have anyone I can do that with. No one who will just hold me when things go to crap. THe last time someone held me longer than five seconds was on my birthday. Before that I don't even really know when I had even a thirty-second hug. Hugs are just the best thing in the world. : ) ANd I give plenty of nice hugs, you know, the wrap my arms around you and make you feel safe kind to everyone else. I however hardly ever recieve those types of hugs. Hugs, holding hands, getting a back rub, I'm all for the physical displays of affection. : )
ANd after I had that dream I really wished I hadn't because I never looked at the guy the same. :/ I always loved him more than I should. : P It's still like that. But now I don't mind so much because now I have good reason. : ) Well sort of.
I have so many others. Dreams where the things that refuse to be in my reality go on in my subconscious. What an imagination right? Heh..
Friday, June 24, 2011
Goals
YOu know, excercise is a great idea! It keeps your body strong and healthy, and you feel amazing afterward. I had an epiphany yesterday that if i ever want to teach my children to take care of their bodies that I need to do the same for myself. So I just recently started a very simple routine. : ) We'll see how it goes. I love the attitude of summer. It makes you feel like you can accomplish almost anything in the world. : ) In the summer season you just know you're goning to make it places.
I'm going on my big trip tomorrow. I'm so very excited to see my friends. I got a laptop for my birthday and Thomas came over to visit. : ) It has been a very good day. I'm Loving life. THere are plenty of reasons to.
Love,
Lexci <3
I'm going on my big trip tomorrow. I'm so very excited to see my friends. I got a laptop for my birthday and Thomas came over to visit. : ) It has been a very good day. I'm Loving life. THere are plenty of reasons to.
Love,
Lexci <3
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Sweet SIxteen!!!
TOday IS my Sixteenth Birthday : D I'm so Excited. I don't get to drive quite yet, but hey, I can wait dude. : ) I'm SO Flippin excited! ON saturday I get to go to Idaho Falls. ANd now I'm "allowed" to date. SO we'll see how that goes. : ) hehe
Life is good. I'm so thankful for all the things i have. My family, my house, my job, my friends. : ) THere is a lot to be happy about. : )
Love,
Lexci
Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Living Christ Value Project Accomplished. Yay!
I'm so very happy. : ) My testimony has been strengthened so much by the Young Women's Personal Progress Program that belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I just finished my faith value project the other day. : ) What I did for my project was memorize the testimony of the Apotles of the church about Jesus Christ and how he's the Savior of the world and the Living Christ. : ) I'm very thankful that I have those words in my head now. It definately helped me learn more about Jesus's life and what he did and what his life means to the world. How important he is to me personally and to all the people around me. And it makes me so happy to know that because of this document my faith and belief not only in Christ but in his church has grown so much. I really do love Jesus Christ. ANd my Heavenly Father too. I'm thankful that the Holy is able to preside in me if I keep the covenant I made with God during baptism. : ) I love my church, myself, and the people around me more fully because my faith has grown through the things I've done with my personal progress. : ) Life is good.
The document I was reffering to that I had to memorize is the one below. Read it. : ) It will give you an internal peace and fuzzy feeling when you read it. :D
"The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles, (2000)
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As we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ two millennia ago, we offer our testimony of the reality of His matchless life and the infinite virtue of His great atoning sacrifice. None other has had so profound an influence upon all who have lived and will yet live upon the earth.
He was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Messiah of the New. Under the direction of His Father, He was the creator of the earth. “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:3). Though sinless, He was baptized to fulfill all righteousness. He “went about doing good” (Acts 10:38), yet was despised for it. His gospel was a message of peace and goodwill. He entreated all to follow His example. He walked the roads of Palestine, healing the sick, causing the blind to see, and raising the dead. He taught the truths of eternity, the reality of our premortal existence, the purpose of our life on earth, and the potential for the sons and daughters of God in the life to come.
He instituted the sacrament as a reminder of His great atoning sacrifice. He was arrested and condemned on spurious charges, convicted to satisfy a mob, and sentenced to die on Calvary’s cross. He gave His life to atone for the sins of all mankind. His was a great vicarious gift in behalf of all who would ever live upon the earth.
We solemnly testify that His life, which is central to all human history, neither began in Bethlehem nor concluded on Calvary. He was the Firstborn of the Father, the Only Begotten Son in the flesh, the Redeemer of the world.
He rose from the grave to “become the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20). As Risen Lord, He visited among those He had loved in life. He also ministered among His “other sheep” (John 10:16) in ancient America. In the modern world, He and His Father appeared to the boy Joseph Smith, ushering in the long-promised “dispensation of the fulness of times” (Ephesians 1:10).
Of the Living Christ, the Prophet Joseph wrote: “His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying:
“I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father” (D&C 110:3–4).
Of Him the Prophet also declared: “And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!
“For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father—
“That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God” (D&C 76:22–24).
We declare in words of solemnity that His priesthood and His Church have been restored upon the earth—“built upon the foundation of … apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone” (Ephesians 2:20).
We testify that He will someday return to earth. “And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together” (Isaiah 40:5). He will rule as King of Kings and reign as Lord of Lords, and every knee shall bend and every tongue shall speak in worship before Him. Each of us will stand to be judged of Him according to our works and the desires of our hearts.
We bear testimony, as His duly ordained Apostles—that Jesus is the Living Christ, the immortal Son of God. He is the great King Immanuel, who stands today on the right hand of His Father. He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world. His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come. God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son.
The document I was reffering to that I had to memorize is the one below. Read it. : ) It will give you an internal peace and fuzzy feeling when you read it. :D
"The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles, (2000)
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As we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ two millennia ago, we offer our testimony of the reality of His matchless life and the infinite virtue of His great atoning sacrifice. None other has had so profound an influence upon all who have lived and will yet live upon the earth.
He was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Messiah of the New. Under the direction of His Father, He was the creator of the earth. “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:3). Though sinless, He was baptized to fulfill all righteousness. He “went about doing good” (Acts 10:38), yet was despised for it. His gospel was a message of peace and goodwill. He entreated all to follow His example. He walked the roads of Palestine, healing the sick, causing the blind to see, and raising the dead. He taught the truths of eternity, the reality of our premortal existence, the purpose of our life on earth, and the potential for the sons and daughters of God in the life to come.
He instituted the sacrament as a reminder of His great atoning sacrifice. He was arrested and condemned on spurious charges, convicted to satisfy a mob, and sentenced to die on Calvary’s cross. He gave His life to atone for the sins of all mankind. His was a great vicarious gift in behalf of all who would ever live upon the earth.
We solemnly testify that His life, which is central to all human history, neither began in Bethlehem nor concluded on Calvary. He was the Firstborn of the Father, the Only Begotten Son in the flesh, the Redeemer of the world.
He rose from the grave to “become the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20). As Risen Lord, He visited among those He had loved in life. He also ministered among His “other sheep” (John 10:16) in ancient America. In the modern world, He and His Father appeared to the boy Joseph Smith, ushering in the long-promised “dispensation of the fulness of times” (Ephesians 1:10).
Of the Living Christ, the Prophet Joseph wrote: “His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying:
“I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father” (D&C 110:3–4).
Of Him the Prophet also declared: “And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!
“For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father—
“That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God” (D&C 76:22–24).
We declare in words of solemnity that His priesthood and His Church have been restored upon the earth—“built upon the foundation of … apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone” (Ephesians 2:20).
We testify that He will someday return to earth. “And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together” (Isaiah 40:5). He will rule as King of Kings and reign as Lord of Lords, and every knee shall bend and every tongue shall speak in worship before Him. Each of us will stand to be judged of Him according to our works and the desires of our hearts.
We bear testimony, as His duly ordained Apostles—that Jesus is the Living Christ, the immortal Son of God. He is the great King Immanuel, who stands today on the right hand of His Father. He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world. His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come. God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
FairyTales
Lately I've been having trouble with fairytales. What makes a classic fairytale? Well according to a creative writing teacher deep in the midst of the tetons it's this: 1) Protaganist/Antaganist 2)All Love= True Love 3) Reoccuring Numbers (mostly 3 and 7 XD) 4)Once Upon A Time/ Happily Ever After 5)Talking objects/animals/plants 6) Enchantments or Magic 7) Femanist Views(damsels in distress type thing).
And I have to say, making up a fairytale that is completely origianal with that outline is the most challenging thing I've ever encountered. And I only have about 5 days left to do it.
That sounds like a lot, but I'm a terrible procrastinator. And not to mention I have to babysit 3 kids under the age of ten for the next three days. I really shouldn't complain, but I've just been left thinking lately.
What's the point of fairytales? Why are we told them as children only to find out life isn't like that at all? We find out that there's no Prince Charming, Fairy Godmother, or "Happily Ever After"'s in life at all. Instead it's just a whole bunch of rubish and baulder-dash. We find out the hard way that no one really thinks magic exists. That things never end smoothly or so abruptly as a "Happily Ever After". There's always more to the tale. Something always comes next.
I just wonder why the world is like that? Why are we so shelter in the start of life? Maybe to ease the burden of reality, to keep the generations living.
Or maybe is it because Fairytales do exist? Maybe in some hidden part of the world, there are girls with their very own valient knight in shining armor. I wonder if it's possible to have some wonderful "guardian angel" as you might say watching over you and helping you out unknowingly. And possibly, just maybe, people really can obtain a "Happily Ever After". : )
I think That's what I choose to Believe. That somewhere out there, life really is good. And that things can work out as if by magic. : )
<3/ MiZz Bubbleh Rainbow
Saturday, March 19, 2011
St.Patrick's Day
You know, St. Patrick's day was just a couple days ago. : ) I love that holiday. It's pretty fun seeing all that green. It reminds me of spring. Which still hasn't come yet. : P I'm waiting for all the snow to disappear still. But There's dirt in my drive way. : ) So I can actually see some of the ground and that makes me happy. : ) But yeah. : ) Life is great.
Today I think I'm just going to post some awesome pictues and a picture of me. : ) hehe Because I don't think I've ever done that on here. : ) So here It goes:
This is me : P
This is a pic I took last fall. : ) I thought it was pretty.
This pic was taken on Feb 13, 2011. : P All that snow is still here. : /
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