Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sunday, June 27, 2010
God's Love
Today was an incredible day...
I woke up and attended my best friend (Patrick) in the whole worlds farewell talk. He gave an AMAZING talk of how we can prepare ourselves to gain a testimony in our own sacred grove. I even got a little teary eyed as he shared his own incredible experience of gaining a testimony that I had never heard before. I watched as he bore his testimony of Joseph Smith and this glorious gospel and his face was just glowing with the light of Christ. I felt the spirit so strong and felt overwhelmingly grateful to have gained such a spiritual Giant for my best friend. He is such a strength to me and I am so proud of his choice to sacrifice 2 years to serve the Lord and spread this wonderful gospel.
After sacrament meeting, I headed over to their home where we all visited and enjoyed each others company. That family is so incredible. I thoroughly enjoy being around them and their bright spirits. :)
Earlier today, my friend told me she was playing her harp in a music production of the Life of Joseph Smith at the Alpine theater tonight. My first thought was, oh i probably wont have time for that tonight... and then another little voice in my head said, you should go to this.. so without a second thought, I decided I would go. I invited Patrick and he and his family joined me.
In the very first song, I was already fighting back the tears. gee... I thought, pull yourself together Karine.. but with each new song i began to feel the spirit more and more. With each bang of the drums and clash of the cymbals representing a vital part in the story of Joseph Smith, chills covered my arms. I really fought against the tears for alot of the production. Ans then it came to the part where Joseph was in Liberty jail and He asked God where he was and why had he forsaken him... and they sang a song that really touched my heart.
As I listened, I pictured it being sung to me and I was overcome by God's love for ME. For me.. personally..
My Kindness Shall Not Depart From Thee
Text and Music by Rob Gardner
For a little while
Have I forsaken thee;
But with great mercies will I gather thee.
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee
For a moment.
But with everlasting kindness will I gather thee,
And with mercy will I take thee ‘neath my wings,
For the mountains shall depart,
And the hills shall be removed,
And the valleys shall be lost beneath the sea,
But know, my child,
My kindness shall not depart from thee!
Though thine afflictions seem
At times too great to bear,
I know thine every thought and every care.
And though the very jaws
Of hell gape after thee I am with thee.
And with everlasting mercy will I succor thee,
And with healing will I take thee ‘neath my wings.
Though the mountains shall depart,
And the hills shall be removed,
And the valleys shall be lost beneath the sea,
Know, my child,
My kindness shall not depart from thee!
How long can rolling waters
Remain impure?
What pow'r shall stay the hand of God?
The Son of Man hath descended below all things.
Art thou greater than He?
So hold on thy way,
For I shall be with thee.
And mine angels shall encircle thee.
Doubt not what thou knowest,
Fear not man, for he
Cannot hurt thee.
And with everlasting kindness will I succor thee,
And with mercy will I take thee ‘neath my wings.
For the mountains shall depart,
And the hills shall be removed,
And the valleys shall be lost beneath the sea,
But know, my child,
My kindness shall not depart from thee!
With my little hard times in my life right now, there are definite times where I question if the Lord has forsaken me in my times of need. So hold on thy way,
For I shall be with thee. And mine angels shall encircle thee. Doubt not what thou knowest, Fear not WOW. so powerful. Though MY afflictions seem at times to great to bear, he knows MY every thought and MY every care... and he is with ME.
In an attempt to distract myself from crying,I looked at the small child i had been watching in the bench ahead of me in hopes to see something funny. Instead, I watched as her eyes began to glisten with tears and she looked at her mother in a pleading way as if something was so terribly wrong. I'm sure it was nothing huge. At least not to me. But to that small child, a scraped elbow, or a bump on the head is a very huge deal. And in my attempt to distract myself from crying, I only felt the spirit even more strong and it testified to me that Heavenly Father cares about this small childs needs just as much as he does mine. And what is a big deal to her and to me is a big deal to Him as well.
The tears came pouring down and there was no stopping them. I was filled inside and out with my Heavenly Fathers unconditional love for ME.
My testimony continues to grow with each new day and I can not express how EXCITED I am to have more experiences like the one I had today. It's been hours since that experience, And I still feel near tears just thinking about it.
I woke up and attended my best friend (Patrick) in the whole worlds farewell talk. He gave an AMAZING talk of how we can prepare ourselves to gain a testimony in our own sacred grove. I even got a little teary eyed as he shared his own incredible experience of gaining a testimony that I had never heard before. I watched as he bore his testimony of Joseph Smith and this glorious gospel and his face was just glowing with the light of Christ. I felt the spirit so strong and felt overwhelmingly grateful to have gained such a spiritual Giant for my best friend. He is such a strength to me and I am so proud of his choice to sacrifice 2 years to serve the Lord and spread this wonderful gospel.
After sacrament meeting, I headed over to their home where we all visited and enjoyed each others company. That family is so incredible. I thoroughly enjoy being around them and their bright spirits. :)
Earlier today, my friend told me she was playing her harp in a music production of the Life of Joseph Smith at the Alpine theater tonight. My first thought was, oh i probably wont have time for that tonight... and then another little voice in my head said, you should go to this.. so without a second thought, I decided I would go. I invited Patrick and he and his family joined me.
In the very first song, I was already fighting back the tears. gee... I thought, pull yourself together Karine.. but with each new song i began to feel the spirit more and more. With each bang of the drums and clash of the cymbals representing a vital part in the story of Joseph Smith, chills covered my arms. I really fought against the tears for alot of the production. Ans then it came to the part where Joseph was in Liberty jail and He asked God where he was and why had he forsaken him... and they sang a song that really touched my heart.
As I listened, I pictured it being sung to me and I was overcome by God's love for ME. For me.. personally..
My Kindness Shall Not Depart From Thee
Text and Music by Rob Gardner
For a little while
Have I forsaken thee;
But with great mercies will I gather thee.
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee
For a moment.
But with everlasting kindness will I gather thee,
And with mercy will I take thee ‘neath my wings,
For the mountains shall depart,
And the hills shall be removed,
And the valleys shall be lost beneath the sea,
But know, my child,
My kindness shall not depart from thee!
Though thine afflictions seem
At times too great to bear,
I know thine every thought and every care.
And though the very jaws
Of hell gape after thee I am with thee.
And with everlasting mercy will I succor thee,
And with healing will I take thee ‘neath my wings.
Though the mountains shall depart,
And the hills shall be removed,
And the valleys shall be lost beneath the sea,
Know, my child,
My kindness shall not depart from thee!
How long can rolling waters
Remain impure?
What pow'r shall stay the hand of God?
The Son of Man hath descended below all things.
Art thou greater than He?
So hold on thy way,
For I shall be with thee.
And mine angels shall encircle thee.
Doubt not what thou knowest,
Fear not man, for he
Cannot hurt thee.
And with everlasting kindness will I succor thee,
And with mercy will I take thee ‘neath my wings.
For the mountains shall depart,
And the hills shall be removed,
And the valleys shall be lost beneath the sea,
But know, my child,
My kindness shall not depart from thee!
With my little hard times in my life right now, there are definite times where I question if the Lord has forsaken me in my times of need. So hold on thy way,
For I shall be with thee. And mine angels shall encircle thee. Doubt not what thou knowest, Fear not WOW. so powerful. Though MY afflictions seem at times to great to bear, he knows MY every thought and MY every care... and he is with ME.
In an attempt to distract myself from crying,I looked at the small child i had been watching in the bench ahead of me in hopes to see something funny. Instead, I watched as her eyes began to glisten with tears and she looked at her mother in a pleading way as if something was so terribly wrong. I'm sure it was nothing huge. At least not to me. But to that small child, a scraped elbow, or a bump on the head is a very huge deal. And in my attempt to distract myself from crying, I only felt the spirit even more strong and it testified to me that Heavenly Father cares about this small childs needs just as much as he does mine. And what is a big deal to her and to me is a big deal to Him as well.
The tears came pouring down and there was no stopping them. I was filled inside and out with my Heavenly Fathers unconditional love for ME.
My testimony continues to grow with each new day and I can not express how EXCITED I am to have more experiences like the one I had today. It's been hours since that experience, And I still feel near tears just thinking about it.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Floral Design
After a few late nights, a couple of missed first periods and hours of shopping. i was able to make 29 corsages/boutonnieres and 2 hair flowers for Tinas wedding. I should have asked for extra credit in my floral design class... but after it all, i would do it again. (maybe a little differently..) but i loved the finished product and being able to help out. it was fun watching what i could create. :)
ACT
aww yes. after taking the ACT twice.. for some reason i decided it would be a good idea to take it again.. for the third time.
as the weeks grew closer to the test i found myself caring less and less about it. No studying plus a party the night before was my preparation. i arose early saturday morning and arrived at school to take the test.
Oh it looks as if the 5 pencils i brought all have terrible erasers.. no matter.. im sure all the black smears on my scantron shouldn't make too big of a difference. unlike last time i took the test, i finished early on every section. Filling in the all the last rows bubbles C. With each question i thought to myself, "this is the last time i'll have to answer YOU!" finally it was over.
Me, jessa, and patrick all decided it would be best to celebrate. And celebrate we did. but after 5 or so hours of testing we were all a bit high off of the test fumes i guess you could say. we hit up maceys for some sushi and donuts...and pixie sticks..and chocolate.. and weird sour juiced up gummy fruit. we all made a stop by a sample table and politely told the sweet old lady how delicious her chunky fruit drink was.
We all sat in my car and laughed for what seemed like forever in Patricks driveway. And as soon as i got home, i collapsed on my bed and slept for hours.
Christmas Time
it's the most wonderful time.. of the yearrrr!
for Christmas this year, i got patrick a nice pair of spaceship footie pajamas. :) on christmas day he came over to deliver our friend jessas christmas present, and lee had us both pose in our footie pajamas.
Dances!
Homecoming with patrick glenn in august 2009, Sadie Hawkins with Kenton Crandall in october 2009 (theme was thriller) and then Preference with Patrick Glenn in December 2009
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