4th and Final Week of April

Another week has come and gone....more April thoughts are here to stay. Enjoy the last week of April quotes!
April 23, 2012 "We wish to force our own conditions on life, this is our real weakness. We forget that God never creates new conditions for us without giving us the strength to meet them...By all this, I learned at the same time that we should never give way to despair, no matter what brutal and negative events occur in our lives[because] just as quickly the same sum of life is given back to us."~Jacques Lusseyran~ I am truly learning that each of us are in the Lord's hands and He does know best! "Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God?..." (Mormon 5:23). The thing I am learning too which has power is to trust and also prayer is powerful! He hears and knows what is best (D&C 98:1-3). I love you! Kimee:-)
April 24, 2012 "Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: It's all small stuff." ~Michael Mantell~ Such a simple yet profound advice! Eternal prospective is very helpful too! Have a simply wonderful day! I love you! Kimee:-)
April 25, 2012 "God knows the end from the beginning, knows therefore, all that is in between. He could not safely see us through our individual allotments of "all these things" that shall give us experience if He did not know first "all things." ~ Neal A. Maxwell~ WOWY! This reminds me of one of my favorite scriptures that always helps me trust: "Believe in God; Believe that He is and that He created all things both in heaven and in earth; believe that He has all wisdom, and all pwer, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend" (Mosiah 4:9). I know this is true! BELIEVE! I love you! Kimee:-)
April 26, 2012 "Keep you face turned always toward the sunlight, and the shadows will fall behind you."~ Anonymous~ This is brought to my mind and promised blessings in Hymn #89 "The Lord Is My Light,"
"The Lord is my light; then why should I fear? By day and by night, His presence is near...The Lord is my light; tho clouds may arise, Faith, stronger than sight, looks up thru the skies. Where Jesus forever doth reign. Then how can I ever in darkness remain?...the Lord is my strength. I know in His might I'll conquer at length. My weakness He covers with pow'r, And walking by faith I am blessed every hour. The Lord is my light, my all in all. There is in His sight no darkness at all. He is my Redeemer, my Savior, and King..." I know that as I allow Jesus to be my light the shadows to disperse! He loves us so much! I love you! Kimee:-)
April 27, 2012 "The harder your fall, the higher you bounce."~Anonymous~ This reminds me of what dear Elder Neal A. Maxwell said, "bad breaks...need not break a good man; they may with God's help even make him better!...We should not complain about our own life's not being a rose garden when we remember who wore the crown of thorns." I know that He is the one that makes me better and bounce higher too! I am so grateful for the hard falls, because through those I have grown closer to Him and my Heavenly Father and have a greater appreciation and trust in His powerful Atonement and grace! Have a high bouncing day! I love you! Kimee:-)
April 28, 2012 "The soul is like a violin string, it only makes music when it is stretched."~Elder Neal A. Maxwell~ The Lord sure loves us and He is the stretcher of our strings and knows the music we are capable of playing! He is the Master Chorister and we truly are in His hands! I am grateful for these stretching times! I love you so much! Kimee:-)
April 29, 2012 "The most important story we will ever write in life is our own--not what ink, but with our daily choices." ~Richard Paul Evans~ Wowy! I love this and makes me think about the book of life our Savior wrote because of His choice in all He did: "Thy will be done" Through which we all maybe eternally blessed! So grateful! Have a wonderful Sabbath! I love you! Kimee:-)

Third Week of April Quotes

April is flying by fast...wow! Week 3 already! Enjoy!

April 15, 2012 "Good Sabbath morning! "We are continuously faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluable problems."~ Lee Lococca~ I am so very grateful for these opportunities and especially for the enabling strengthening power of Jesus Christ! I have truly felt Him pull me through and lift me up! TRUST!! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 16, 2012 "There are only two ways to live your life--one is as if everything is a miracle, the other is as though nothing is a miracle."~Albert Einstein~I truly beileve in miracles! Miracles happen every day because God is the details! I am so grateful too! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 17, 2012 "The source of all righteousness is centered in God. A feeling of self-worth comes from an understanding of who we were, who we are, and who will always be. We did not come to this earth to gain worth: we brought it with us."~Ardeth G. Kapp~ We are all His children and no matter what we do our worth will never change!" And the one being is as precious in His sight as the other" (Jacob 2:21). His love is unconditional! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 18, 2012 " Holding on to anger is like holding on to a hot coal with the intent of throwing it as someone else: you are the one who gets burned." (Ancient Proverb) Wow! What s true and powerful quote! I do know that when I take a deep breath and pray to my Father, He and His Son take the hot coal from my hand and fill me with Their love! Takes work, but worth the energy instead of losing that energy over something usually insignificant! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 19, 2012 "When we take people merely as they are, we make them worse; when we treat them as if they were what they should be, we improve them as far as they can be improved."~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe~ I love this and is the reason our Heavenly Father's and His Son's loveis so powerful, because They know who we may become! Though it is hard sometimes and may not seem fair, They are just polishing us! "Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you whom I love, and whom I love I also chasten...And my people must needs be chastened until they learn obedience, if it must needs be, by the things which they suffer" (D&C 95:1; 105:6). I love you! Kimee:-)

April 20, 2012 "Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity."~Thomas Carlyle~ And I know that the Lord is beside us or carring us the whole way! I am grateful for adversity, because it only brings me closer to Him and gives me a greater understanding of His love and the power of His Atonement! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 21, 2012 "The fate of the country...does not depend on what kind of paper you drop in the ballot box once a year, but on what kind of man[0r woman] you drop from your chamber into the street every morning."~ Henry Thoreau David~ Gratitude and remembering who I am really helps me each day as I drop into the world each day! Also praying to my Heavenly father and asking for His help is especially important! Hope you have a fantastic day! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 22, 2012 "When you help someone up a hill, you are a little nears to the top yourself!" ~Anonymous~ I am so grateful to you and all those who have helped me up the hills throughout my life! I am especially grateful to the Lord for all His help and reminds me of His words:"...I am Messiah, The King of Zion, the Rock of Heaven, which is as broad as eternity; whoso cometh in at the gate and climbeth up by me shall never fall;..." (Moses 7:53). I love you! Kimee:-)

Second Week of April Quotes

April 9, 2012 "I am a huge, rough stone rolling down from a high mountain, and the only polishing I get is when some corner gets rubbed off by coming in contact with something else, striking with accelerated force...knocking off a corner here and a corner there. Thus I would become a smooth and polished shaft in the quiver of the ALMIGHTY." ~The Prophet Joseph Smith~ The Lord truly know what is best and the best way to polish each of us! TRUST! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 10, 2012 "If there is any great success in life, it lies in the ability to put yourself in the other person's place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own." ~Henry Ford~ Great! One thing I am really trying to do! It is not easy, but it sure makes a difference! I love you! Kimee :-)

April 11, 2012 "There is an old saying that if you have forgotten the language of gratitude, you'll never be on speaking terms with happiness." And Thornton Wilder said, "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." (Karen Warnick-Natural Living) This is a great message my wonderful mom sent me and I wanted to share! Gratitude truly is one of the keys to happiness! I love you!

April 12, 2012 President George Q Cannon said in part: "There is not one of us that He has not desired to save and that He has not given His angels charge concerning. WE may be insignificant in our own eyes but the truth remains that we are children of God and He has actually given His angels--invisible beings power and might--charge concerning us, and they watch over us and have us in their keeping." I know that He keeps his promises that He will send His angels to be round about to bear us up (D&C 84:44), because my daddio is with me so much and I am in his keeping! So grateful! I love you!

April 13, 2012 "If we refuse to govern ourselves from within then someone or something will have the power to govern without." ~ From my Daddio's Quote Book~ Wowy! I love this quote and I have really had an incredible experience recently that if I had not listened and governed myself from within, there would have been serious consequences! I know that many times there are those from without that persecute and try to govern, but just like the Savior, you must go with what you know to be true and what your heart is telling you! And of course He overcame all so He is always there to help! So thankful!! I love you!

April 14, 2012 "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven." ~George Herbert~ I truly know that forgiveness is a miracle provided through the great Atonment of our loving Savior. It is a blessing I am so grateful for too! I love you! Kimee :-)

First Week of April Quotes

Maybe I will do better if I type up the quotes each week instead of waiting until the very end. I guess we shall see. So here is the first week of April's amazing thoughts from Kimee, my dear, sweet, amazing friend.

April 1, 2012 "But when it comes to prayer, the lines are always open. "I hear you." "What desirest thou?" And prayer is al gift we must take advantage of. Many of our blessing "are made conditional upon our asking for them" (Bible Dictinary-Prayer). ~Ardeth G. Kapp~ I am so grateful for prayer and know that it is truly is a gift. I know our Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to talk to Him about ANYTHING, and He does hear our cries! Just ask! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 2, 2012 "You can't be right by doing wrong. You can't be wrong by doing right." ~President Thomas S. Monson~ What a great gift our Father has given each of us: the gift of agency. And such a seemingly simple formula given by our prophet to know if each choice I make puts me on the Lord's or the devil's territory. And I thank Him eternally for His Son's Atonement to help me in all my imperfections every day! Trust! Hope! His plan is truly a plan of happiness! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 3, 2012 "Fear is usually the product of incomplete knowledge or incomplete thinking." ~ Anonymous~ "Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears." ~Rudyard Kipling~ I know that through Christ I can receive complete knowledge, which drives fears away. He does keep His promise to strengthen me, uphold me, and to "Fear not: I will help thee" (Isaiah 41:10, 13). Trust! Ask! He is always here and loves you so much! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 4, 2012 "To be passive is deadening; to stop doing is to die. Here then is a close parallel with physical life. If one fails to eat and drink, his body becomes emaciated and dies. Likewise if he fails to nourish his spirit and mind, his spirit shrivels and his mind darkens." ~President Spencer W. Kimball~ I am so very grateful for the power of prayer and the word of the Lord I get to feast upon daily, but especially for the power and influence of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, who truly is the bread of life. He said, "I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever..."(John 6:51). He loves each of us so much and even gave his life so we could have a daily feast and not shrivel and die! What a blessing! Trust! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 5, 2012"People sell themselves shorts and don't think they're capable of achieving their wildest dreams. But I think if we're children of God and He is infinite, then our potential is limitless." ~Ryan S. Sheperd~ I know that we are children of a loving Heavenly Father and with Him ALL things are possible! (Luke 1:37, Genesis 18:14) Just as His Son Jesus Christ overcame the 'impossible,' He too will help us achieve or overcome the impossible! TRUST! ASK! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 6, 2012 "Man is the master of thought, the molder of character, and the maker and shaper of condition, environment and destiny...He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart will one day realize it. Columbus cherished a vision of another world, and he discovered it; Copernicus fostered the vision of a multiplicity of worlds and wider universe, and he revealed it; Buddha beheld a vision of a spiritual world of stainless beauty and perfect peace, and he entered into it." ~James Allen~ Have Goals! Dream Big! Believe! And always remember that in the strength of the Lord we can do all things (Alma 26:12)!! Have a super day! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 7, 2012"...when we are in the Lord's service, He will make up for our limitations. When self~reliance and self~confidence give way, our struggles open the door to a deeper understanding of Christ's condescension and His commitment to succor us, bless us, comfort us, and even pray for us. He is our advocate with the Father."~ Ardeth G. Kapp~ What better advocate would you want? He sure loves us and gave everything, even His life, so He would be able to succor and comfort in every time of need! Come unto Him...He is always there! I love you! Kimee:-)

April 8, 2012 HAPPY HAPPY EASTER!! " I know that my Redeemer lives. What great comfort this sentence gives! He lives, who once was dead. He lives, my ever living Head. He lives to bless me with His love. He lives to plead for me above. He lives my hungry sould to feed. He lives to bless im time of need...Oh, sweet this sentence gives" I know that my Redeemer lives!" ~ Samuel Medley~ (Hymn 136). I do know that my Redeemer lives and am so grateful for this blessed Easter day to remind me of such a miracle and blessing and which brings such peace and comfort! I love you! Kimee:-)