So Andrew turned 26 on Saturday. He's really an adult now because our health insurance will no longer cover him. Happily, he has health insurance through his job. Happy Birthday Andrew!
And that topic brings up March Madness. On the night that Andrew was born, when it was decided that I was to have a c-section, it took the operating staff a very long time to come in to the hospital. I found out later that it was because UNLV was playing in the finals of March Madness that night. They managed to win.
(as far as the current March Madness, Sarah is in 1st place--and will win if UNC wins--and I am in 6th. The best I can do is 3rd place is UNC wins. If Villanova wins, my "Places I Have Lived" bracket would take 1st place...except it's not entered in the Drink Milk family group. If Villanova wins, Alice will be 1st and I will be 4th in Drink Milk.)
It was General Conference this weekend. I captured a bunch of memes from facebook and put them on my other blog, if you're interested:
http://mypensieve-beth.blogspot.com/2016/04/best-memes-from-conference.html
Here are some of my favorite quotes (much was copied and pasted from The Middle-aged Mormon's blog as he got the quotes down better than I did):
Elder Donald Hallstrom:
“When difficult things appear, what is our immediate response? Is our first response to remember who we are? Children of God.”
Mortal life can be agonizing but our hardships have eternal purpose even if we do not understand it at the time.
Elder Hallstrom also quoted Elder Holland: “You can have what you want or you can have something better.”
"The more distractions that surround us, the easier it is to treat casually, then ignore, and then forget our connection with God."
Elder Keith R. Duncan:
"The Savior’s Atonement is not only for those who need to repent, but also for those who need to forgive.”
Elder Dale G. Renlund:
"The greater the distance between us and God, the more entitled we feel and the more we tend to focus on inequities, we are more impatient...
“The closer we are to Jesus Christ, the more we appreciate his innocent suffering and are grateful for grace.”
Elder David A. Bednar:
Taking of the sacrament by itself does not remit sins – it is our preparation to take the sacrament and receipt of the Spirit that does. The Holy Ghost cleanses us from sin.
Elder M. Russell Ballard:
“The irony of being parents is that we tend to really get good at it after our children are grown.”
Pres. Thomas S. Monson:
“If we chose Christ, we will have made the right choice.”
“May we ever choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong.”
Sister Bonnie Oscarson:
"True conversion comes when we search the scriptures instead of searching the internet."
"We all need to seek to have our hearts and very natures changed so that we no longer have a desire to follow the ways of the world but to please God."
Bishop Christopher Waddell:
“However far we may wander from the path, the Savior invites us to return & walk with Him.” Repentance is part of that walk.
Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf:
“If man can take the ruins, rubble and remains of a broken city, and rebuild an awe-inspiring structure that rises towards the heavens, how much more capable is our almighty father to restore his children who have fallen struggled or become lost?”
“The sheep is worthy of divine rescue simply because it is loved by the Good Shepherd.”
It matters not how you became lost. What matters is you are His child and He loves you.
What is the catch? He will force no one to heaven. He won't rescue us against our will.
There is nothing good unless you do it. (a German quote)
If our faith doesn't change the way we live, then our religion is dead.
"Obedience is the lifeblood of faith. It is by obedience that we gather light into our souls.”
“Obedience is the process by which we discover what we are truly made of."
God sees us as we truly are and He sees us as worthy of rescue.
Elder Robert D. Hales:
“The Holy Ghost is not given to control us…He speaks out to our minds and our hearts gently about many matters of consequence.”
Elder Patrick Kearon:
“This moment does not define them (the refugees), but our response will help define us.”
The Savior was a refugee.
Let us come our of our safe places.
Elder Gerrit W. Gong:
"Our Savior invites us to always remember Him as He always remembers us."
Elder Dallin H. Oaks:
The Lord didn't make it easy, but he did make it possible.
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland:
“None of us want tomorrow, or the day after that, to destroy the wonderful feelings we have had this weekend. We want to hold fast to the spiritual impressions we’ve had and the inspired teachings we’ve heard.”
1st: If you see limitations in others and yourselves, don’t get down on yourself and don’t give up. Conference in not intended to discourage you. Satan wants us to be miserable too – don’t fall for that.
“Only the adversary…would try to convince us that the ideals outlined in general conference are depressing and unrealistic.”
2nd: Please remember tomorrow and all the days after that that the Lord blesses those who want to improve, who accept the need for commandments & try to keep them, who cherish Christ-like virtues & strive…to acquire them.
“The great thing about the gospel is that we get credit for trying- even if we don’t necessarily succeed.”
“The first great commandment of all eternity is to love God with all our heart, might, mind and strength but the first great truth of all eternity is that God loves us with all of His heart, might, mind and strength.”
Keep going. Heaven is cheering you on today, tomorrow, and forever.
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