My Husband Is The Greatest Missonary

As some of you may know I was not raised in the LDS church but I have chosen to become a part of a wonderful church with wonderful people and values. My journey has been a some what long one and has come with a lot of soul searching.

In my journey I have met many wonderful missonaries but, prehaps the greatest missonary I had is my husband Adam. Adam has been a church member his whole life. When I first wanted to know more about the church Adam was the one who encouraged me to seek the right answers. Adam answered all the question that I had and when he could not answer anymore he and his parents set me up with the sister missonaries.

Through out this whole process Adam was the one who in our private moments loved, supported, and prayed with me. He is still that wonderful "missonary" man that he was then. I think the greastest lesson that Adam tought me was that you dont have to be perfect to be a member of the church you just have to be trying.

Adam was the first person I came to with questions then his parents and then the sister missionaries. Because of all those wonderful people who guided, loved, and prayed with me I am where I am today. Now I get to spend all eternity with my Heavenly Father and loved ones and for that thank you will NEVER be enough!!

~Brie~

Just A Kind Word

"Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other"
— Marvin J. Ashton

As I read the quote above I am reminded of where I first heard it from. I was in a relief society meeting at church. We were talking about how people judge others and how we judge ourselves. I strongly believe that women are the worst judges of not only themselves but others. We have a nack for finding the faults in us and eachother. We pick eachother apart and bring eachother down all the time for short comings. I am guilty of doing this in gossip that I think does not hurt anybody because it is not shared with others but, it does hurt it hurts me spirtually and it hurts Heavenly Father to know that I am doing his job by judging someone else.

So ladies my chalenge to you is lets all STOP, THINK, and LISTEN before we bring ourselves or another sister down. I know that I am going to be working much harder on this because I would hate to have to answer to Heavenly Father for being disrespectful to anyone he made including myself!!

Heavenly Father
I come before today and I pray that you help me
Please help me not to judge myself and others
Please help me to keep my words kind
Please help me to see things from other peoples point of veiw
Please help me to know that I am perfect just the way you made me
I thank you father for making me and all of my wonderful sisters
Please continue to bless me my family and friends
In the name of Jesus Christ
Amen

~Brie~

The Articles of Faith

Below are The Articles of Faith. They are plain and simply just what we as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe. I hope that you will read them with an open mind and open heart to understand a little bit more of what our church is about.

1. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.
3. We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
4. We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
5. We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.
7. We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
8. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
9. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
11. We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

~Brie~