Life why?

Have you ever wondered why life why? Why did I get you? Why am I here? Why now? Why in this country? Well I have, millions of times, over and over again. Now I am wondering why I was put here in Provo when I just messed something up, bad. Why can I not shut my silly mouth? Why can I not push back my dark side? ugh, hahaha life is funny.

I have always wondered what I did in heaven to get the trials I have. What was I like to deserve such hardship? I am not blaming God, I am just wondering why. I have never blamed God and I never will blame God. He knows what is best for me, even if I cannot see it. He knows how to help me even when I am being silly. Oh my Heavenly Father, I love thee so much.

Lieberman forum

I went to Senator Lieberman’s forum and I really enjoyed it. It opened my eyes. At first I thought he was a Latter Day Saint but as he kept talking, he is Jewish! It was really awesome to listen to him. Here are some of the things that I wrote down that I liked. He said that people with faith share gratitude of what we have been given. An example is life. The bible tells us that we are here because of divine creation.

We are all children of God. It was very interesting listening to him talk about the Sabbath. We have to honor God. I really enjoyed him talking about people respecting him and his differences. I was glad that he honors his religion. He talked about shared values. Equality, service, respect, tolerance. It makes me happy that there are people out there who believe in God and have shared values.

I really loved how he said that you have to have confidence in yourself. It is a foundation. Sadly I had to leave early but I left right after he said that faith leads to hope. That is so true. Faith really does lead to hope.

Stake conference=amazing

So I had stake conference this last Sunday and Elder Ballard came. It was amazing!!! I loved listening to all the speakers and especially him. It was great listening to him because he seemed so down to earth compared to General Conference.

He seemed to genuinely want to connect with us and to make sure that we knew that he loved us and wanted to be with us. I loved the theme that I picked up from it. God will help us if we do what He asks of us. It seems so simple but it can be so hard. I do know that God has helped me in my life so many times, He has truly blessed me.

Afterward I got to shake Elder Ballard's hand!!! It was amazing!!! I have never seen a general authority up that close before! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWesome!

Research topic

Okay so I am a Psychology major and in one of my classes right now we are also doing a research paper. But it is different than the one for my writing 150 class, or so I think it is hahaha. Well my topic is "Does media violence(movies and television) make children more violent?" That is the topic so far. When I do my annotated bibliography and and actually dig deeper on what is required of my research paper, it might change slightly I guess haha. But for right now "Does media violence make children more violent?" is my topic.

I don't want to focus on video games because I am sure a lot of other people are doing that; but I want to focus on television and movies. My family and I watched a lot of action movies growing up and I am curious to see if violence in movies like that really do affect children. The age group I am focusing on is 0 to 12 year olds, for now. Like I said, my topic might change when I get more involved with my paper and such.

This topic does interest me and after I write this and see if violence does affect kids, maybe I can move onto sexuality in movies and television affecting children. So we will see what happens when this paper of mine for my writing class progresses.

Dino

I wanna see dinosaurs, the end.

Classes kinda are lame?

So I decided that teachers are all in a conspiracy and they plan everything together, so that the poor students have to suffer. The last two weeks I really have not had homework, but in the next three weeks, I am going to have way to much of it. Exams, papers, essays, you get the picture. I would rather go at a steady pace all semester then have breaks and rush hours.

Maybe one day teachers will organize their schedules and it will be perfect!!! Hahaha that was my rant, I do know that teachers try hard to make sure that not everything is all at once, but maybe one day haha it will be perfect! It is the same with work, I would rather be busy the whole time than have super busy times and lax times. Oh well I guess life is like that. You have super busy times and then you have down times. Life is a funny thing, it makes me wanna cry and laugh. Eh oh well

Talk analysis

Elder Richard G. Scott talked on the power of scripture in the Saturday morning session of conference. He is a fabulous man who spoke about an amazing thing:scriptures. He backs up his claim that scriptures are powerful by illumination to our minds, they can guide us, and we can receive inspiration from God through them.
Elder Scott said, "Their use provides a foundation of truth that can be awakened by the Holy Ghost." Learning from the scriptures can enlarge our minds and we can pray and ask God if they are true. This leads to guidance.
He says, "Scripture can calm an agitated soul, giving peace, hope, and a restoration of confidence in one's ability to overcome the challenges of life." They guide us by giving hope and confidence to know what we need to do to overcome hardships. This leads to inspiration to know what to do.
Elder Scott said, "...can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort and be a source of motivation for needed change." They can motivate us to change, give us inspiration to know how to change. God is revealing to us how to get over trials and tribulations through scripture.
Overall, scriptures are an amazing tool that God gave us to become better. We can become better through the scriptures because they give us knowledge, guidance, and inspiration. When we have received those things, we can become true children of God.

Star Valley Temple=I'm so happy!

When I heard and saw President Monson say that Star Valley Wyoming is going to have a temple. I froze, it was unbelievable!!!!! My little town of rednecks is going to have a temple!!!!!!!! Albeit a small one but one still the same! My father called and said that I have to wait for the temple to be built so I can get married in it. Very tempting!!

AHHHH I am so excited! I can''t believe it!!! I love the temple so much, it is a very beautiful place with beautiful people. The gospel is just so amazing and the spirit there is incredible! I did baptisms and confirmations the other day with my roommate and I was bawling the whole time. I cannot wait to get my endowments and get married so that I can go there all the time. Even just walking by it or up to it is amazing to me. The temple truly is the house of the Lord, it is a very sacred and wonderful beautiful place.

Conference=love

Growing up I was not a big fan of conference, I couldn't sit still to watch it, I always wanted to go play. Even as I got older I really didn't care about conference. But now, now it is amazing, it is wonderful, it is a big part of my life. I have a chance to go to the Sunday morning session and I am so excited. I have never seen a prophet or apostle in real life. I am so excited. I hope that I recieve what I am looking for. I am wanting to know what to do in my future life. I want to know what God wants me to do.
It is amazing to me that these men have the Spirit of God so strongly. They are wonderful men who do so much for us. Prophet Monson is amazing. What he does on a daily basis. I can't even imagine doing in a lifetime. And their wives. These humble wives who support and hardly see their husbands. I can't imagine and kinda don't want to hardly ever see my future husband. I am such a needy person when it comes to certain things. But hey, maybe that will be my trial, being a Bishop's wife or something hahaha. All I know is that Conference is awesome and I don't know what I would do without it now. I love this gospel! It is true! It has to be true! Saturday conference was wonderful. It has taught me and solidified concepts. Heavenly Father truly does want us to return to Him, He wants us to do the best that we can. One of the talks was about family genealogy. I would love to do genealogy. To find ancestors and hear adn read their stories, awesome. These men, these prophets and apostles, they do speak by the power of the Holy Ghost, they are His tools. I loved the primary kids singing, God loves His children