Jacob 5-7

This is an olive tree....pretty amazing!!!!

What a gorgeous tree!!!

The Lord likens this olive vineyard

to the House of Israel.

The church began to die, so the Lord

took branches, like the Nephites, the lost tribes

and others that we don't know about,

from this olive tree

and planted them all over the world,

which is his vineyard.
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I read this chapter and at first,

I am like holy cow, give up already

how much work are you going to

put into this vineyard, but then I think

about it, and what if everyone would

have given up on me? What if the Lord

gave up on the world and never restored

the Gospel. I would be lost, we would all be

lost. The Lord will never give up on us!!!

I think to about starting a project that I

really care about, something that means

a lot to me, and I dont' give up very easily!!

I want to see it do good, I want to have it succeed!!

The Lord is the same way about his Gospel, about

his children....he wants to see us succeed!!

Jacob 3-4

Jacob 1-2

I am so sorry, for slacking

on the blog....and I want to give a

shout out to my dad for calling me on

it!!!! Thanks Dad, I am sure my mom

had something to do with it too, so

thanks to both of you!!! This is why I

stop every time!!! I thought I had just

missed like a day of reading, but when I

went back to where I had marked

in my scriptures, I was like 5 chapters

behind.....before, I would probably

have not even noticed until I was like

10 chapters behind, and I would have

felt overwhelmed and probably

just stopped reading my scriptures.

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And that's what I love about this blog!!!!

We are doing this together and we can

keep eachother on track!! So I am going

to get caught up tonight and be back on track!!

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Bring it on Satan, no matter how

busy my life gets, I will do this!!!
I am determined to read the Book

on Mormom front to back, without

missing a chapter!!! And I laugh in your

face Satan, because now I have family and

friends that are going to help me!!! There is

power in numbers!!! So thank you guys

for taking up this challenge it has defintitely

made a difference in my life and I am

excited to finish this together with all of

you !!! Now, I better get reading

because I have some catching up to do ;)

2nd Nephi 33

2nd Nephi 30-32

2nd Nephi 29

2nd Nephi 27-28

2nd Nephi 26

The thing that stuck out most to me

in this chapter was verse 22

"...according to the combinations of the

devil, for he is the founder of all these things;

yea, the founder of murder, and the works

of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the

neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them

with his strond cords forever."

Satan knows our weaknesses. He also knows

that if he came right out and asked us to do

some big huge sin like adultry.... we would say

NO WAY!!! But, Satan is to smart for that!!

He knows we would say no, so he throws little

things at us, like a fight with our spouse. Not a

big deal, everyone goes through that right?

Spending a lot of time away from home, people

have to work right? Not reading scriptures as a

family, we get busy!! A friendly co-worker of

the opposite sex, totally normal!! Lunch with

that co-worker, it's just business. Telling this friend

about problems in your marriage, you need

someone to talk to right? But, all of these things

although they may not seem so badbad on their

own, they are a recipe for disater. Satan's recipe

to make us more comfortable in situations

that we should not be in, until...

It's to late, we have no

control anymore, he has power over us

he tricks us into doing his will. Little by little !!

We need to be very careful of the choices we make.

Although they may seem small and insignificant at the

time, they lead to decisions that would take us

further away from our Heavenly Father.

We need to be strong!!!

2nd Nephi 24-25

2nd Nephi 23

2nd Nephi 21-22

2nd Nephi 20

2nd Nephi 19

Twice in this chapter Isaiah tells us.....

"...For all this his anger is not turned away,

but his hand is stretched out still."

Our Father in Heaven loves us!

No matter how much we fall and make

mistakes, his hand is there to help us up.

We just need to turn to him....he can't help

us if we don't let him.

Remember him always....

2nd Nephi 17-18

2nd Nephi 16

2nd Nephi 14-15

Sounds like a pretty miserable place

that Isaiah is describing, for the wicked.

Kinda makes you want to be good....huh?

Thank goodness, I have such an amazing

family and friends to help keep me on the

straight and narrow path. I know I have a

whole bunch of people rooting for team Sarah

up in Heaven too!! It is comforting to know

that the Lord has given us so much to help resist

all those temptations, that are out there.

Sometimes, it feels like Isaiah is describing the Earth

right now.....and as members of the church, we

have kind of a little bubble of protection from

all of the evils out there. Maybe more like

the arms of a Father around us to

guide us, to comfort us, and

to protect us!!!

2nd Nephi 13

Hello everyone, I am so happy

to be back on the blog!!!

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So this chapter to me was pretty

serious....and it's like Isaiah is saying

these things just for us!!

I see a lot of these things in our world

today. There is so much wickedness and

confusion today. Children who have the run

of the household, same sex marriages,

our freedoms slowly being taken away,

tolerance of drug use, women wear less and

less all the time. It's just a scary place out there.

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We really need our homes to be somewhere

safe, calm, and reflective of Christ. With pictures,

scriptures out and being used, Family home evening,

and many reminders before we walk

out the door into a world that seems to be less

and less accepting of God!!!

I am so happy to have been raised in

a home where righteous principles were

taught. Although, we didn't have Family home

evening every week, and my parents tried

to have family scripture reading.......and us kids

were not so keen on the idea. They tried and

it had an impact on me....so Thank you for not

just giving up...and starting over again and again.

2nd Nephi 10

Oh my goodness....I forgot to

post even the reading for yesterday.

I am so bad at this. But, starting

tomorrow, the posting will begin again!!!

I am so excited, it's funny that even in

the short time I have been doing this....

I feel like, if I haven't posted my thoughts

on the reading for the day that the whole

day is just thrown off. Not quite right, you know and

I love that.....not that it's thrown off, but

that I feel so good posting that missing it is

noticeable to me. Thank you guys so much for

doing this with me. I will be back in the game

tomorrow!!! ;)

2nd Nephi 7-8

2nd Nephi 6

Alright, so I have not been posting.

But, I want everyone to know that

I have been following along with the reading!!!

My friend Kim and I are hosting a huge

open house, at my house this Saturday.

So she has been over here every day from

the morning till I leave for work. Crazy busy.

So after Saturday I will start posting again

about my feelings as I read these chapters.

I am so happy that you are still leaving thoughts

for me to read. I love love love it!!!

So keep them coming and know that

even though I am not posting, I am reading

with you guys as a family!!!

2nd Nephi 4-5

2nd Nephi 3

2nd Nephi 1-2

1st Nephi 22

1st Nephi 21