Pigments & Ponderings

LET GOD PREVAIL Last month was the October 2021 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints.   Although all were excellent, the crowning addresses were from the Prophet, President Nelson. Anyway,  one of his that was particularly intriguing to me (and became even more so as I studied it) was entitled "Let God Prevail".  There is so very much more to this talk than this one aspect, so I encourage you to study the whole thing, but he started off by telling how he had learned that one of the Hebraic meanings for the name Israel is "Let God prevail" and " Thus the very name of  Israel  refers to a person who is  willing  to let God prevail in his or her life."  The thought of "letting God prevail" reminds me of the above meme which has been floating around the internet (& if you happen to know who's work it is, please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due). To me, it means being willing to submit ou...

  Deeply Rooted Deep Belief vs. Deep Relationship Am I deeply rooted in Christ? That's the question of the day... I’m just going to be completely honest and vulnerable here in the hopes that I am not the only one feeling this way and maybe this soul searching can help more than myself. This morning as I awoke I pondered on my flounderings spiritually.  I have felt like the last few years I have just been going in circles & spinning my wheels. Although I do feel my efforts moving me upward, it seems like for every step forward I get pushed back two.  I think I know what I need to do physically, emotionally and spiritually to get from A to Z but for some reason I am having trouble actually doing it all.   It just feels like everything is progressively mounting against me... (but good news...I've been told that that is a good sign though, so, ok…let's get back on the horse!)  So this morning, I decided I needed to attempt AGAIN to pray with specific ...