Preparedness

By jtolman • June 22nd, 2010

Our prophet is a storyteller.  Don’t we just love his stories? Surprisingly, this past conference, in the address he gave in the Priesthood Session, he didn’t have a whole lot of stories to share.  Instead, he gave us a long list of things we should be doing in order to prepare for the blessings of [...]

At Conference, Elder Ballard reminded us of the series of talks he has been giving us lately. Like many of you, I have forgotten them.  This is just another example of why great talks should be remembered, and referred to, often. Starting with “Daughters of God”, he talks about motherhood and offers answers to some [...]

It appears that gone are the days of month-to-month entertaining.  We have to adjust our thinking and think anew. As I have studied how our early sisters organized themselves, I see, readily, Sis. Beck’s vision.  She is not asking us to do anything new, she is asking us to refocus.  Times are always changing, and [...]

A while back I stocked my shelves with at least twenty boxes of cereal. They were on sale and I was going to add them to my storage. Unfortunately, I still have snack-fiends at home and my supply dwindled almost immediately. I think there is something to learning how to use wheat, oats, rice, beans, [...]

I’m not into politics, but I think I’m going to have to bone up.  We can’t help but hear (and worry) about what’s going on in our country.  As I recall from history lessons, this country was set up to be governed by the voice of the people.  But it is my opinion there are [...]

Spiritual Preparedness is a message the leaders of our church have been teaching us for a very long time; and that would include Bible and Book of Mormon leaders.  We listen well enough, but sometimes that’s as far as it goes.  We don’t internalize the gospel until it means something to us. While preparing a [...]

  Is anyone worried about the economy?  Have you felt a pinch yet?  How prepared are you for what’s to come?  We’ve been told for years what to do to prepare.  We’ve done a little here and there, but now is the time to really look at what we’ve learned.  There are several websites and [...]

Brigham Young asked Emmeline Wells to organize a wheat storage program.  Apparently, it wasn’t easy to get the women out to glean the fields.  The women were heard to say, “I will rather give a bushel of wheat than go out to glean.”  It was such a problem that women, who refused to do their [...]

If there is no eating in heaven, I’m not going!  On the other hand, I bet heaven has the freshest gardens and the most sumptuous spreads of pot luck foods EVER.  Just look at all the food at any given Mormon function: “Please bless the refreshments that they will nourish and strengthen our bodies.” Most [...]

Someone made this statement in a talk I heard and it intrigued me so much I couldn’t stop thinking about it:  “We tend to not live up to our privileges.”  That is a negative spin on a very deep subject.  First of all, what are our privileges?  I happened to be in the temple while [...]