January 31

Song: School Thy Feelings click here

Talk: School Thy Feelings O My Brother by Thomas S Monson
click here or watch below


Ponder:
Many years ago I read the following Associated Press dispatch which appeared in the newspaper: An elderly man disclosed at the funeral of his brother, with whom he had shared, from early manhood, a small, one-room cabin near Canisteo, New York, that following a quarrel, they had divided the room in half with a chalk line, and neither had crossed the line or spoken a word to the other since that day—62 years before. Just think of the consequence of that anger. What a tragedy!


May we make a conscious decision, each time such a decision must be made, to refrain from anger and to leave unsaid the harsh and hurtful things we may be tempted to say.

Twenty things we should say more often: click here or watch below

This has been an awesome experience to begin each day with a song. However next month I will choose one song for a week and try to better at bring the light of the gospel into my home by focus on one principle each week instead of each day.

January 30

Song: God Speed the Right click here

Talk  (with a great story): The Will Within by by Thomas S Monson click here



Ponder: Our responsibility is to rise from mediocrity to competence, from failure to achievement. Our task is to become our best selves. One of God’s greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final. In 1902, the poetry editor of the Atlantic Monthly returned a sheaf of poems to a 28-year-old poet with this curt note: “Our magazine has no room for your vigorous verse.” The poet was Robert Frost. In 1894, the rhetoric teacher at Harrow in England wrote on a 16-year-old’s report card, “A conspicuous lack of success.” The 16-year-old was Winston Churchill.

President Theodore Roosevelt said, “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena” (Clifton Fadiman, ed., The American Treasury: 1455–1955, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1955, p. 689).

Scripture: 

January 29

Song: Hope of Israel click here



Talk: The Infinite Power of Hope click here

Scripture: 2 Nephi 31:20.
With Nephi I declare: “Press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.”

Ponder:Hope is one leg of a three-legged stool, together with faith and charity. These three stabilize our lives regardless of the rough or uneven surfaces we might encounter at the time. Hope... is like the beam of sunlight rising up and above the horizon of our present circumstances. It pierces the darkness with a brilliant dawn. It encourages and inspires us to place our trust in the loving care of an eternal Heavenly Father, who has prepared a way for those who seek for eternal truth in a world of relativism, confusion, and of fear."

Fun 1950's song: click here

Today is my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday in heaven dad. I hope you know I love & miss you!

January 28

Song: All Through The Night click here   or watch to the one at the end of this post

Sleep my child and peace attend thee,

All through the night

Guardian angels God will send thee,

All through the night;

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,

Hill and vale in slumber sleeping,

I my loved ones' watch am keeping,

All through the night.

Angels watching, e'er around thee,

All through the night

Midnight slumber close surround thee,

All through the night

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,

Hill and vale in slumber sleeping

I my loved ones' watch am keeping,

All through the night

While the moon her watch is keeping,

All through the night

While the weary world is sleeping,

All through the night

O'er thy spirit gently stealing,

Visions of delight revealing

Breathes a pure and holy feeling,

All through the night.

Though I roam a minstrel lonely

All through the night

My true harp shall praise sing only

All through the night

Love's young dream, alas, is over

Yet my strains of love shall hover

Near the presence of my lover

All through the night

Hark, a solemn bell is ringing

Clear through the night

Thou, my love, art heavenward winging

Home through the night

Earthly dust from off thee shaken

Soul immortal shalt thou awaken

With thy last dim journey taken

Home through the night

January 27

Song: "Lord, We Ask Thee Ere We Part"

Lyrics

1. Lord, we ask thee ere we part,

Bless the teachings of this day.

Plant them deep in ev’ry heart,

That with us they’ll ever stay.

2. In the innocence of youth,

We would all thy laws fulfill.

Lead us in the way of truth.

Give us strength to do thy will.

3. Father, merciful and kind,

While we labor for the right,

May we in thy service find

Sweetest pleasure, pure delight.

4. All our follies, Lord, forgive.

Keep us from temptations free.

Help us evermore to live

Lives of holiness to thee.

Talk: "Act in All Holiness" click here

January 26

Song: Hum Your Favorite Hymn 

traditional  click here 

unusual voice music video click here

words & images for teaching click here

Talk: Deiter F. Uchtdorf   Of Regrets and Resolutions  click here

Ponder: Resolve to spend more time with those you love.

                   Resolve to strive more earnestly to become the person Gods wants you to be.

                   Resolve to find happiness, reguardless of your circumstances.

January 25

Song: Come Unto Jesus

January 24

Song: Father Up Above click here

Talk: The Love of God by Dieter Uchtdorf  click here for the full talk or or watch it in two portions of below

Songs: mentioned in in the talk 1. click here   2. click here.    3. click here

Scripture: Matthew 22:35-40

Ponder: 
God the Eternal Father did not give that first great commandment because He needs us to love Him. His power and glory are not diminished should we disregard, deny, or even defile His name. His influence and dominion extend through time and space independent of our acceptance, approval, or admiration.

No, God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how we need to love God!

For what we love determines what we seek. 

What we seek  determines what we think and do.

What we think and do determines who we are- and who we will become.

January 23

Song: The Call of Love from the "Sing With Me" Songbook 1951

Far above earth's tumult, The call of love we hear.
Shall it's gentle pleading fall on a heedless ear?
O hear, O hear, the call the call, o hear the call of love.
The call of love is to mercy and pardon and peace,
The call of love is to service that never shall cease,
Till we shall enter that land of promise where true joys abound,
Then onward press, my comrades, we are gaining ground.

No Talk up and at the Temple by 7 am
Then off to work.

January 22

  

Song: I Need Thee Every Hour 
Traditional choir  click here
Unique Acappella  click here

Talk: Turn To The Lord click here

Ponder:  
Elder Richard G Scott taught this eternal truth: "True
enduring happiness with the accompanying strength, courage, and capacity to overcome the most challenging difficulties comes from a life centered in Jesus Christ...There is no guarantee of overnight results, but there is absolute assurance that, in the Lord's time, solutions will come, peace will prevail and emptiness will be filled." 

Tender Mercies:
When I was Relief Society President often I would wake early from an perplexing dream or night mare. After praying and going about my day I would be impressed to call a sister and ask after their day. Usually that person or someone they knew needed the help. Sometimes just from me but more often from others. So more phone calls or a visit to got them the help they needed. This morning I awoke with the same feelings. However, I believe the one needing help was me. The day may provide me the opportunity to help someone in need and in turn I can see my problems become less overpowering. Oh, how I need the Lord!