Thoughts on Thoughts of a Latter-Day Saint

Thoughts with Coronavirus

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Hey there! It’s been a while, I know, but I was just going through some older drafts I had saved and thought I’d post one. This was written on March 20, 2020, just a few days before I came home from my mission.

Hello all. I’m here with another post, apart from my weekly emails you all were so used to. I have just been thinking about these effects of Coronavirus and missionaries and just the overall state of the world right now.

Saved For These Days

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Satan can seem like a very powerful being in this day and age. With so many resources that he has to tempt us, it may seem impossible to escape his grasp. But it is not so. We have been saved for these last days specifically because we would be able to withstand the temptations that we face in today’s world. I recently rewatched a film that I haven’t seen in many years and I can say again that we are not alone! In this fight with Satan, we are anything but alone. With the Holy Ghost, Heavenly Father, and Jesus Christ by our sides at all times, we are never alone! So many times, I, myself, have felt completely and utterly alone. These times have been very moving, giving me a feeling of what it is like to be without the guiding presence of the Holy Ghost. Some, like myself, experience this period for longer than is necessary. I did it out of stubbornness. Others do it out of spite, hatred, or many other reasons. But I’ve recently come to accept a challenge that was extended to me a year or two ago.

In the Details

Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I’m sitting here reading an article I found on the Church’s website about Brett Taylor’s wife. (Brett was the guy who was killed in action in Afghanistan while serving as city mayor out in the Wasatch Front). I’m amazed at the strength that his wife has to move on and continue to raise their seven children without the physical support of her husband. But I know that it happened for a reason. Just like Trevor’s death. They both happened for a reason that we here on earth do not understand. That’s hard for me to see. Here on earth, I seriously question God’s reasoning’s for this. Trevor left behind five children, one of them anti-LDS. I’m left to question and wonder why. Why then? Both men left behind lovely families, leaving their wife’s widowed. That’s a hard thing to process. But as the article says, God is there in the details even when things change. I know that there is something massive going on beyond the veil and beyond our comprehension. While I may not be able to see it, I know that I can be one of God’s instruments that helps his work along.

Too Good

Wed, 08 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

You ever had someone act like they’re too good for something? Maybe too good for you? Now it doesn’t necessarily have to be someone that you’re crushing on. Maybe an old friend. Maybe a colleague. Or maybe even yourself! We all do it at some point in our lives, even if it’s unintentional. Even if somebody doesn’t call you out on it, you’ve probably acted like you’re too good for someone else. I know I have and almost anyone I’ve ever been around has acted like that to someone else at some point, whether intentional or not.

Answers to Prayer

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

We, as human beings, naturally will trust another human being. It’s written in our DNA. Sometimes, however, that trust can be misplaced. It can happen in a variety of ways but the main one I’ll be focusing on today is that when we trust someone else, we sometimes rush that trust; we trust too quickly.

I’m sure we all have experiences of trusting too quick. I know I have several times but each time, I’ve learned something new. I’m sure you have too. You probably have you’re own lessons that you’ve learned and today I’d like to share some of the ones I’ve learned through my own experiences.

Standing in the Wind

Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

As I stand here in the wind, I have a thought to write this post.

Standing in the wind, to me, seems to be calming despite the circumstances as to why I’m standing in the wind. Standing in the wind is like this life and the trials that it contains. The wind is those trials and you have a choice on how you can be manipulated by those trials.

The wind pushes on me, causing me to lean. However, when my friend (he’s a brother to me) comes to stand next to me, I’m no longer pushed on by the wind. He is pushed upon, but our support of each other causes us to be unmovable to the wind. I no longer sway in the wind and neither does he. This goes to show that you might sway in your own wind but with the help of others and trusting in God, we can be unmovable no matter what winds come to push upon us.

Don't change for anything

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

There are a lot of things in today’s world that kinda throws us for a loop. For example, getting fired from one job and having to find another. Having to move to a new town and make new friends (this is hard for everyone involved, especially adolescents). But there are a few things that we don’t have to change, no matter what our circumstances: who we are and what we believe. Who we are is something that we as a person can determine. We are the only one who can determine that. But sometimes, we aren’t truly the person we’ve made ourselves out to be. Don’t understand? Let me help.

You're not alone. You are never alone.

Wed, 07 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

A lot of people go through life doing what they want, when they want, not having a care about other people’s lives. After all, why should they care? It’s not their life; they shouldn’t be sticking their noses into the middle of somebody else’s business. But we should care about other people, not in the sense that we need to know everything about one person. But rather in the sense that we need to care about them like family and be aware of their needs. After all, we are all one big family down here on Earth.