Come thou Fount

This video says it all

So I posted this last night, but I was too tired to say much about it But we all wander, but for some reason the lord decides that he doesn't care "streams of mercy never ceasing" Even when we screw up the lord will bless us, There are blessings that we need to ask for but there are an innumerable number of blessings that we are constantly receiving, not because we deserve it but because he wants to...Thats the only reason we have a lot of the blessings is because the lord gives them to us because he loves us.

The Family

My family from Left to Right Hailey (Ke), Max, Mom, Scott, Linsey, Dad, Me and T-Bone (Tyler)

I am so thankful for this gospel, and its unwavering focus on the family, my family has been the biggest source of strength anyone could ever ask for. I dunno where I'd be without them, I'm pretty sure I'd be the world's biggest Screw up with out them. I'm now going to take time to give a shout out to each of them


Mom and Dad, I'm not perfect by any means but I'm as good as I am because of you guys, I'll be the first to admit that we never got along as we could have, I dunno how often I thought you guys never understood, and maybe you don't, but the Lord does, and you guys have always listened to the lord, and you have always loved me, no matter how bad I screw up

Mom, Thank you for being one of my best friends, and always taking time to talk to me when I call. You have fostered a relationship where I can talk to you about basically anything. I love you

Dad, You have always been the one I turn to to bounce ideas off of, you've always believed in me, you've taught me more than you will ever know, I don't know how many times I've said "My dad says.[insert relevant phrase here]"

Linsey, You and I may not have seen eye to eye on certain subjects but nothing gives me more joy than to say I'm Linsey Johnson's little brother, and to have the person I'm talking to say "I know Linsey she's a genius". It gives me chills to know that the person they think they know is infinitely cooler then they can ever comprehend

Scott, Thank you for finding Linsey, and being worthy to take her to the temple, I was scared that Linsey would never find a man worthy of her to take her through the temple. Thank You for being that man for her.

Max, Max oh Max where do I even begin, Thanks buddy for always keeping me laughing yet being able let you confide some of my most personal and private thoughts, thanks for growing up and doing the job I wasn't able to, You became the oldest when Linsey left, not me, I'm sorry you had to do what I never could.

Hailey, you are so amazing words can't begin to describe how awesome you are, your creative abilities put mine to shame, I used to think I was a good artist until you came along and showed me up, the second time you picked up a pencil, your tenacity is astounding, you never give up.

T-bone, You never fail to bring a smile to my face, your endless energy is awesome, you keep going and going and going, you never stop. I have yet to meet someone who knows you who doesn't think your the funniest little guy around

And to the rest of you, you have all made me who I am today I love you all.

Unprofitable Servant

My thought today comes from King Benjamin in Mosiah 2:21-22

21 I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another—I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants.

22 And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you.

No matter what we do we cannot ever even hope to come even close to doing enough to make ourselves profitable in the eyes of our lord. The beauty of this gospel is, and King Benjamin is quick to point it out, that we were never expected  to be profitable, all God asks of us is to follow his commandments.What are his commandments? His commandments are there not to tie us down, but to liberate us. People often think, that commandments limit us, but the truth is that in the long run they liberate us, to illustrate my point, imagine a man wants to go swimming,   and a sign says: CAUTION Whirlpool, now this man has one of two choices, he can either choose to ignore the sign and go swimming and possibly drown or turn around and go swim somewhere else, at this exact moment he has an unlimited amount of choices  but once he steps into the water and gets pulled into the current, all of his agency is gone, and he is at the mercy of the water, but if he decides to step away he has his agency to go swim at another place or do something eels entirely. Its the same way with the commandments once we break them we lose agency but if we keep them we are free to do whatever we darn well please, it seems counter intuitive but I testify of this fact. 

The Temple

Salt Lake Temple

Today I went to the temple, not to do a session, sadly :( but arguably a much cooler reason, they want me to be a witness on the sealing floor, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. How cool is that? I know I'm awesome, but if you insist on telling me again, I wouldn't Object :)

Now for my spiritual thought on the temple.

How cool is the temple really? Those of you who have been endowed Know exactly what I'm saying, the beauty of being inside the inner sanctum, to walk were god walks on a regular basis, to learn and take the necessary ordinances for eternal life, and the ability to go back as much as you want and learn again and again from the Holy Ghost about truth only learned in the temple.

And the sealing floor, how awesome  is it to see two people who love each other and God enough too be sealed together for time and ALL eternity, get sealed, and to know that no matter what happens that if they try their hardest they and there future Children will be together Forever. I especially love the sealing power, and the ability for families to be together forever because I lost a sister when she was 13 days old, We had, and still have a very special bond, she was born about 2 years after me and she was my favorite thing, I love her and want to see the beautiful young woman I know she is. I will be able to thanks to the sealing Power that only comes from God's anointed inside the temple

The Baptistery is awesome as well, even at the tender age of 12 we are asked to preform vital tasks for the salvation of mankind, for without baptism, the other ordinances cannot be done, and we get to do it in God's House.

I have friends who have fallen away, and are unable to attend the temple, after being endowed and knowing the blessings that come only by attending the temple, I now understand the reason for the urgency by which they strive to return.

I ask those of you who haven't been in a while to make it a priority to go soon. and for those of you who can't go, make the necessary arraignments so you can go. 

Do you Know?

I ran across a man today who thought that all religions were Jokes, but he told me I was free to "believe" what I wanted, I told him in no uncertain  terms that that I didn't believe in this Church was True I KNEW, I knew that this church was restored in its fullness and that Joseph Smith really did see God the father and in his son Jesus Christ in the sacred grove, and they revealed to him that none of the religions were true and he should join none of them, I know the book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost.

Below is Elder Jeffrey R Holland Bearing his own witness of the truthfulness of the Book Of Mormon, I'd Like to add my own Testimony to his, and say I KNOW that this book is the truest book on the face of this planet, Why? Because I asked, and my Father in Heaven answered me.

I know, Do you? Do You KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that the Book of Mormon is the word of god to the Nephites and the Lamanites. If you don't I beg, nay Implore you to do as Moroni directs.

4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

I Know that the Lord will answer your prayers, he has answered mine and he will answer yours.

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Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only

 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Matthew 11:28-30

This is a great scripture, it brings great peace to me. But I wanted  to focus on the Doing implied in these verses, the first word it uses is COME, it does not say stay there and I will give thee rest, no it says come telling us that we need to seek him out. he does Promise us  though "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." Luke 11:9

In the very next verse Christ tells us TAKE my yoke upon you, and LEARN of me... TAKE his yoke, What does that mean? It means that he wants us to take his name upon us, and in Matthew 5 it reminds us that " Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid." So in essence its telling us that as bearers his name we need to let our lights shine and, do our part to bring his children into the fold. D&C 4 reminds us  "For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;"

But in order to Bring one to the knowledge of the truthfullness of the gospel we first need to  be convinced of it ourselves, "And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." If we try to teach the truth without knowing it, it will do nothing for the person whom we are trying to teach, I know that if we truly seek we shall find, but we need to seek. And how do we seek? we read out scriptures and rely on personal revelation as well  as revelation through the prophet, and the more we follow the commandments the more we will be able to knows the truthfullness of this gospel, and in doing  so LEARN of Christ


and ye shall find rest unto your souls... this promise is given to us only after we COME, TAKE, and LEARN

In Conclusion Eternal life can be ours if we are "doers of the word, and not hearers only"

Great Video, very smart

This video is great, its a Baptist? pastor and he was asked to speak at the University in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, a very atheist university. He is charged with proving the existence of god through astronomy, which he says he would do...

In the end he tells them that they are not atheist but seekers, because, well yoi'll have to watch the video.

Enjoy :)