A Dusting of the Cobwebs: Christmas...

A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

welcome to my blog!
...allow me a brief introduction...

In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...

Dec 12, 2011

Christmas...

Christmas is just a few days away, realizing the end of the year is so near caused me to reflect on how close I have felt the Spirit of the Lord or the Holy Ghost, or Angles working in my be half this whole year.
Yes I have had an extremely hard time, but I was lifted up spiritually all the way. I have had such a closeness with the spiritual side all year, that I want to feel that way all the time in my life. I know life does not end here on earth, It goes on, We are just away at collage, learning, and choosing the Lords teachings So we can become as he is.
I don't know how I can keep this deep closeness with the Lord, by myself. I have had many Priesthood blessings, and my name put on the Prayer rolls in the Temple. Folks in my ward, and family prayed for me. I have felt all that, and I have been reading about Jesus life through the scriptures. I have never felt such a closeness, and love. I don't want the feeling to ever go away.

Christmas....A time to celebrate the birth of a baby boy.... Gods own son.
Christmas is a time we should take in our own way to show how happy we are for His life. To be connected in some way in the celebration of this historic event.
There is not a greater reason to be happy, for he gave us our lives.

The small things we can do, follows His example, and teachings. One time out of the whole year, people stop and celebrate Christmas. They may not remember why, but we do....That's why Christmas makes us feel so good inside.

If you don't know who Jesus really is, then study about him and his life, and Pray...

A Dusting of the Cobwebs