Challenge update and other stuff

I need to be more vigilant about how I am doing with my reading and reporting it. A few days ago I was not able to finish my reading for the night but tried to make up for it last night. I was one chapter shy of finishing it and catching up. Well tonight if I do it right I will be caught up and ready to read the next 5 tomorrow. I am already in 2nd Nephi and getting ready to head into the Isaiah chapters. There has been a few things that I picked up when I have been reading. Stuff i had either forgotten or just passed over when reading before. Can't think of something specific, but I did love hearing the psalm of Nephi in Chapter 4. After all that I have been through in my life and the hardship I went through to have my blessings restored I can see why Nephi wrote this. Most days I feel that I am not worthy to have had this done and that I may not measure up to being in the Celestial Kingdom. I'd be lucky to make the Terrestial or Telestial. I even wonder if I will be let out of outer darkness. But who knows. God is funny sometimes.

I know that because of my reading I have been able to get up to go to work and enjoy my time there. My boss has even noticed that I have been happier and being a fun person to be with. It has been so nice to read at night and then have that feeling when I go to work. As for work, I am off for the next few days, since I have worked for the last 9 days straight. Mind you they have been short hours except for Sat and Sun which were full days. But the occupancy of the hotel was really high this week. So I got to come back and help. Since the boss is not going to hire anyone else and the one we have works during the week, so we are left just the two of us doing the job. Oh well, more money for me.

Good thing today was after work, got to spend some time at home and relax, then went to my son Ben IEP set up for school. He will be in preschool this semester and get some help with his speech. He will be going Tue-Thurs 1:30-3:30pm. So he will have some fun and we will miss him here, but he needs the help and we are doing what we can to help but he needs special help. So that will be good for him and us. It means our moving plans will be moved back to this summer, and I guess we'll just have to deal with it.

On a funner note, we got a Xbox 360 from Rent A Center. Wasn't really gonna buy it, but what the heck. we will have the car paid off soon and we can put the money for that in this and get it paid off as soon as we can. we could get it paid off before we move to Tennessee and have 3 fun systems to play with. It is the super package deal. Has one game, kinect, and a 250gb hard drive. Got to play it a little and it was fun. Got me moving and may help us get in shape. Now got to go looking for new games for it. And maybe try some internet stuff on it. We shall see. So that's the life of us going on now.

A challenged accepted

So for church, this year we are reading The Book of Mormon for Sunday School. Now for one thing, I do have a testimony that the book is true. I am just really bad at reading it daily, having my prayers, yada, yada, yada. Yeah I am one of those, who reads on occasion and prays about the same. Yet I am supposed to be have a great spirit, said by those that have gotten to know me. I can talk the talk but sometimes I need to step up to the plate as it were and do the right thing. I did so to have my blessings restored, take Chris to the temple, have us sealed as a family for all time and eternity. Accept a calling that is rather small and minor, but have great friends who have taken over for me while I was at work until I could fulfill it. And so now this is what it comes down too.

We had a speaker in our ward on Sunday, yes a High Councilman who gave a challenge to read The Book of Mormon and to really study it. While in SS, our teacher read the account Lehi shared about his dream. And something caught my eye. Those who clung tightly to the rod of iron, those who held on to it and then left the tree, and then those who pressed forward with faith and enjoyed the fruits of their labor. It was with the ones who clung tightly to the rod that moved me. I have held it tightly since I was a child, until I tasted the fruit, and left it to go to divers paths and my own way. I found the rod many times, but never held fast to it and went forward.

It was when it really meant anything that I held fast and moved forward with faith. That was all I needed to have it all done. But I still cling to the rod. Until yesterday. I picked up my mom's scriptures that she had and commenced my reading. I made a choice and a promise to the Lord and myself to read five chapters a day. No matter what, I will read it. And if I get behind I will continue to read. I will not stop. I will not let myself just cling to the rod anymore. I know its true, why don't I prove it to the Lord and let the blessings flow as He would want to bless us.

Then after I have spent some time working with myself, then it will be up to me to start doing what I need to do for my family. Have scripture reading time, and family prayer time. As the scriptures say, little by little, here a bit there a bit. And once we are doing it, we will be doing all the Lord has asked us to do. Plus if we can find baby sitters every month so we can attend the temple and do what we promised ourselves we would do when all of it was restored. We won't be able to see all the temples here in Utah(one of our goals) but at least we have been to a few and we have enjoyed our time there.

So with that, I am happy to report I have done my reading for today. And it was good. So until later, God be with you.