Ever wonder how much GOD LOVES US?!!!

I really enjoy reading John 17 while the sacrament is being passed.  That and I really enjoy during the Sacrament pondering what the Savior has done for me and the rest of humanity.  I find it a great time to contemplate and as Alcoholics Anonymous put it in the 4th step to recovery, take a "fearless and searching inventory" of how I made mistakes over the week and how I might try to do better the next week.  I always feel the presence of the Holy Ghost during this 15 minutes or so of peace. 
       Recently as I was reading that 17th chapter (also known as the intercessory prayer) verse 23 stuck out to me and I read it over, and over, and over! "That the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me"  Read that over and over until you memorize it!  Now the real question is not how much does God love us, but rather how much does he love Christ?!  Well...how much do YOU think God the Father loved his sinless Son?  I think it is infinite, he loved him enough to give him all power and glory (John 3:35; 16:15)  So if God loves his perfect son that much, how much does he love us even though we are imperfect?  "That the world may know that thou (God) hast sent me (Christ), and hast loved them (us), as thou (God) hast loved me (Christ)"  This may be my new favorite scripture in the New Testament.  If God loves us as he loves his Son no wonder he "So loved the world that he sent his only begotten Son"  John 3:16 
       May we all try our best to emulate the Savior in everything we do.  To know him is to love him.  To love him is to keep his commandments.  "We love him because he first loved us"  1 John 4:19 and remember what the Savior said about loving him "If ye love me, keep my commandments"  John 14:15.

Where Were We?

I just saw this video today and I really felt the spirit testify to me of its truthfulness.  I really love the Plan of Salvation. This is only the beginning of the plan. To learn the rest of it you can go to Mormon.org. I know that we are ALL children of a loving and forgiving Heavenly Father.  He is aware of each one of us, his children. 
     I realize this video is directed more for teaching children, but that is why I like it so much because it is so basic.  I know we all lived with our Father in Heaven before we came here and we have the opportunity to return to live with him after this life.  I declare these things in the name of Jesus Christ my Lord and God amen!

Thou art a God of truth

I am grateful for the divine injunction from the Lord to "seek learning...by study and also by faith" (Doctrine & Covenants 88:118) One of my favorite things to do is to learn new things.  Especially when it is in a subject I know nothing about and it completely blasts a crater in my mind saying "I never would have imagined that."  We live in such a unique world so diverse and complex. Not everything that has been speculated by science is true hence the changing in college textbooks constantly.  Sometimes even members of the church have a tendency to "speculate" on certain theories leaving us asking ourselves "do I feel the Holy Ghost testify that is a truth".  Truths are things as they really are, were and will be.