Of Good Report

Today's reading assignment was Helaman 5 and 1 Nephi 15:34. The quote was by Stephen Covey,"Character is the ability to carry out a decision after the emotion of making the decision is past. Integrity is keeping the promises we make to ourself." Helaman talked about why he named his children Nephi and Lehi. We discussed with our children why each of them got the name they did. I think names are important. I am glad our kids have righteous namesakes.  In verse 12 Healman teaches his sons and us, "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts int he whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, foundation where...

I was invited by a friend from my ward to participate in an exercise to invite the Spirit into my home and ward. I decided to accept. I will share the terms here and report on something I have learned each day , hopefully. It has been a while since I have written and this will hopefully get me going again. It isn't that there isn't anything going on, it is precisely the opposite; however, I really do want to make this blog a priority for my children and posterity. This program will end on Easter Sunday. I decided to ask my family if they wanted to participate and they did, so I studied the assigned scriptures earlier this morning and read them to the family right after. 1. Get up 15-30 minutes earlier than usual each day. (I am not actually going to do this 5:30 is as early as it gets on the week days. I may apply this to the weekends; however). 2. Generate the Spirit daily through humble, fervent prayer; through meditation; through pondering. 3. Organize your day and inclu...