Faith to Act: April 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009

Another Sunset~ Horizon of eternity

I decided to catch a few more sunset shots this evening! The weather has been so beautiful here in Idaho and it was warm today! Yahoo! I love taking sunset pics as some of you are aware. Thank you for your comments! :) I hope to make calendars as a hobby in the near future with sunset, nature, and wildlife photos.

17 By these things we ^aknow that there is a ^bGod in heaven, who is infinite and ^ceternal, from everlasting to everlasting the same ^dunchangeable God, the framer of heaven and earth, and all things which are in them;
~D&C 20:17

As I look upon these beautiful sunsets I cannot help but ponder God's magnificent creations and as I look out on the horizon I have gratitude in my heart for the beauty of the painted sky. I thank Heavenly Father as it makes me ponder eternity for its never ending beauty.

~Christopher

Sunday, April 19, 2009

God's Artwork! ~ Simply Magnificent ~

Courtney and I decided to take a Sunday drive around 7:30 pm tonight after a 2 hour nap. We drove around the Burton area and then went down by Bear World and the Snake River. Next we drove out through Menan and around th

e Buttes ('R' Mountain). During our drive I snapped a few shots. The m

oose and sunset were my fav orite. We saw the moose along a canal bank in Burton.

Sunsets in Idaho are just beautiful! These photos were taken tonight on our Sunday drive!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

EASTER BLESSINGS!

HAPPY EASTER!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

General Conference was superb, as always!

The prophet, President Thomas S. Monson and his two counselors, President Henry B. Eyring and President Dieter F. Utchdorf, the Twelve apostles and some of the quorum of 70's.

The magnificent LDS Salt Lake City Temple

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Prophet and Apostles, and the quorum of the Seventies!

The Conference Center has trees all over the top of it and gardens...beautiful when the grass is green!

General Conference is a great blessing for Latter-day Saints. Every six months we get the privilege and opportunity to hear the words of God's living prophet and the twelve apostles. It really is unique compared to the rest of society and whats going on around the globe. I had the neat opportunity of going to the conference center in Salt Lake City, Utah and being there at it live. I took all of the above pictures on my weekend visit!

To listen to any of the sermons given by the prophet or apostles please visit http://lds.org You may watch or read them.

FAITH to ACT

FAITH = “Faith is the substance [assurance] of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”
- Apostle Paul, New Testament (Hebrews 11:1)

“If ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true” - Alma, The Book of Mormon (Alma 32:21)

"Faith is not only the principle of action, but of power also, in all intelligent beings, whether in heaven or on earth."
- Joseph Smith, Prophet of Restoration, Lectures on Faith 3

ACT = "to take action; do something; exert energy or force" Dictionary.com

“The Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to ACT for themselves and not to be acted upon.” Nephi, Book of Mormon, (2 Nephi 2:26)

2. (Proclaiming the Restored gospel to all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people)

29 And after having received the record of the Nephites, yea, even my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., might have power to translate through the mercy of God, by the power of God, the Book of Mormon. 30 And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased, speaking unto the church collectively and not individually - (Doctrine and Covenants 1:29-30)