Wednesday, November 23, 2011

God is Real

The other day I was eating a pear, this is kinda random, but it has a point. As I cut up my pear and was eating it, I started to think about how it is that a pear came about..with it's color and shape and flavor and it's deliciousness. How could something so simple yet wonderful come about? It made me wonder how people can believe that there is no God and everything was just "created". Yet, how could so many beautiful wonderful things be here in the world and exist if there was no divine creator? I know that God lives, I know the world was created by him and all things in it. The trees, the fruits, the flowers, the leaves.

In Alma 30:44  Alma testifies "all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator."

I add my witness and testimony to Alma's that there is a God and he is the Supreme Creator. I know he created all things and all things testify that he is real and I am grateful for the peace and guidance and comfort this gives to me.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Gratitude=Happiness.

With this week being Thanksgiving, our minds tend to lean towards the food, family, football, being out of school, no work, etc...but do we ever really take the time to think about our blessings?
It's so easy in the world today to get caught up in the things we don't have or what life would be like if only this...But as we focus on the things we have, the things we can be grateful for, the more we are blessed, and the happier we are. (And I know we all want to be happier)
“He who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea, more” (D&C 78:19)
There is even a promise made to us by the Lord that as we give thanks for the things we have and give the thanks to him, we will be blessed A LOT!!
And really it's even a commandment to give thanks to God. It's our Heavenly Father's will that we give thanks for everything we have. So when we are obedient to God's commandments, we are happier.
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
I am so grateful as I've been through so many trials in my life to remember to look for the little blessings, the tender mercies that I get each day, and as I've done so, life doesn't seem so hard. I actually become stronger and happier and recognize more of the things I'm grateful for as I give thanks for what I have.

And here is a list of just a few things I am grateful for:
My Family.
Prayer
Jesus Christ
The Book of Mormon
My companion
The Atonement
Gift of Tongues (it's so real! and I'm so grateful I was blessed with it!)
People
Rain
Umbrellas
Shoes (Random, but really, I'm grateful that I have shoes that protect my feet)
Temples
Pencils and Pens
My Journal
Knowledge
Having a watch (I'd be lost without it)
Living Prophet and Apostles
The Fullness of the Gospel in my life. (This is what truly makes me the happiest)
My Bike

Really I could go on and on, and you might think so of these things are really silly for me to be grateful for, but as I look at my life and serve others, it makes me so grateful for all the little things that I have.
I know that as you count All your blessings, even the little ones, you will become happier and life will seem so much better. So I ask all of you, at this crazy time of year with the holidays, to count your blessings and see how truly blessed you are and see how much more grately blessed you will be.

https://lds.org/youth/article/three-great-reasons?lang=eng

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Declaracion de la verdad

"Ante estas difíciles circunstancias, los que creemos en Dios y en la consiguiente verdad del bien y del mal absolutos, tenemos el desafío de vivir en un mundo ateo y cada vez más inmoral. En esta situación, todos nosotros —y en particular ustedes los de la nueva generación— tenemos el deber de levantarnos y hablar para afirmar que Dios existe y que hay verdades absolutas establecidas por Sus mandamientos. Al actuar así, los Santos de los Últimos Días nos apoyamos sobre la verdad"
~ Elder Dallin H. Oaks (lds.org)

Yo sé que Dios existe, yo declaro mi testimonio como Su siervo que vive y nos ama a cada uno de nosotros. Yo sé que él es nuestro Padre Celestial y que su hijo es Jesucristo el Salvador y Redentor de la humanidad. Yo sé que la única forma de la felicidad verdadera y eterna viene de vivir y obedecer sus mandamientos. Yo sé que la única manera de volver a casa con él es a través de seguir los pasos de Jesucristo, y nos arrepentimos de nuestros errores y pecados.
Yo sé que sólo hay un camino verdadero en este mundo, y estoy muy agradecido por el Evangelio de Jesucristo, la plenitud de su evangelio eterno, que me guía para saber qué es verdad. Yo sé que Dios estableció mandamientos para nuestro beneficio y que nunca cambia y tampoco lo hacen sus mandamientos, y estoy agradecido por esta verdad.
Sé que Hay Verdad en este mundo de constante cambio los valores e ideas, y que todo el mundo puede saber por sí mismos qué es verdadero y qué no lo es.
Les invito a todos a buscar por sí mismos la verdad de Dios por leer en el Libro de Mormón, que sé que es la verdadera palabra de Dios junto con la Biblia, y conocer por sí mismos la "verdad de todas las cosas" (moroni 10:5)

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Declaring Truth

"In this troubled circumstance, we who believe in God and the corollary truth of absolute right and wrong have the challenge of living in a godless and increasingly amoral world. In this circumstance, all of us—and especially you of the rising generation—have a duty to stand up and speak up to affirm that God exists and that there are absolute truths His commandments establish." -Elder Dallin H. Oaks (lds.org)

I know that God exists,  I declare my witness as his servant that he lives and loves each and everyone of us. I know he is our Heavenly Father and that his son is Jesus Christ the Savior and Redeemer of mankind. I know that the only way to true and everlasting happiness comes from living and obeying his commandments. I know that the only way to return home to him is through following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, and by repenting of our mistakes and sins.
I know that there is only one true way in this world, and I am so grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the fullness of his everlasting gospel, that guides me to know what is true. I know that God established commandments for our benefit and that he never changes and neither do his commandments and I am grateful for this Truth.
I know that there IS TRUTH in this world of ever changing values and ideas, and that everyone can truly KNOW for themselves what is true and what is not.
I invite all of you to seek for yourselves the truth of God by reading in the Book of Mormon, which I know to be the true word of God along with the Bible, and to know for yourselves the "truth of all things" (moroni 10:5)

This is my Declaration of Truth