(Photograph by Edwin Redrino)
There was a story told of a girl being bitten by a rattlesnake on the ankle and her friends chasing the snake first before remembering to get back to her to extract the poison from her leg. Unfortunately, her friends took too much time to avenge the infliction that the girl’s leg [...]
Posts Tagged ‘miracles’
The Healing Balm of Forgiveness
Posted in God's kindness, attitude, blessings, challenges, choices, forgiveness, friendship, gratitude, happiness, keeping on, miracles, optimism, patience, perspective, self-control, simple truths, tagged attitude, blessings, challenges, choices, forgiveness, friendship, God's kindness, gratitude, happiness, keeping on, miracles, optimism, patience, perspective, self-control, simple truths on October 21, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Zero Visibility
Posted in God's kindness, attitude, challenges, choices, courage, faith, gratitude, hope, keeping on, miracles, optimism, perspective, simple truths, wisdom, tagged attitude, challenges, choices, courage, faith, God's kindness, gratitude, hope, keeping on, miracles, optimism, perspective, simple truths, wisdom on September 9, 2009 | 12 Comments »
(Photograph by Edwin Redrino)
It was raining hard yesterday as we drove up to my favorite bridge that shows a view of the temple from its summit. I always take the inner lane of that bridge to give me a bird’s eye view of the Lord’s house when I reach its peak. I was hoping to [...]
In His Own Due Time
Posted in God's kindness, attitude, blessings, choices, faith, hope, keeping on, miracles, optimism, perspective, simple truths, tagged attitude, blessings, choices, faith, God's kindness, hope, keeping on, miracles, optimism, patience, perspective, prayer, simple truths on July 11, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Have you ever prayed for something for so long that you almost gave up on the thought of ever receiving it? And just when you were about to abandon all expectations of ever obtaining what you’ve petitioned for, you unexpectedly get it!!
Well, it happened to me many times before and it happened again most [...]
Blessing, not Burden…
Posted in attitude, blessings, choices, faith, gratitude, keeping on, miracles, optimism, perseverance, persistence, perspective, simple truths, tagged attitude, blessings, choices, faith, gratitude, keeping on, miracles, optimism, perseverance, persistence, perspective, simple truths on June 16, 2009 | 10 Comments »
(Photograph by Edwin Redrino)
I sat speechless the other day as I listened to someone talk about her thoughts on ending her life due to something that other people would consider a great blessing. Just a few days prior to that incident, someone I knew grieved tremendously for the loss of the very blessing that this [...]
Modern Miracles
Posted in attitude, faith, gratitude, miracles, prayers, simple truths, tagged faith, gratitude, miracles, prayer, simple truths on March 30, 2009 | 12 Comments »
When I was in college, my parents gave me allowance on Mondays that I needed to budget for the rest of the week. Although the money was usually enough to pay for my tithing, meals, transportation, and other school expenses, there was one particular Friday afternoon when my budget fell short. That experience taught me [...]
Charity Never Faileth
Posted in God's kindness, commitment, simple truths, tagged charity, examples, miracles, Relief Society anniversary, service, simple truths on March 23, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Human kindness was overflowing. The invisible divide between the affluent and the needy was banished by the sincere desire to serve however little way they could. Helping hands were extended and misery a bit lifted. My heart swelled at the avalanche of yellow-vested volunteers pouring down the hallway to offer relief to their fellow beings [...]