Sunday, April 8, 2012

Hoppy Easter!!!

with all of the festivities and family time that comes with this holiday we still need to remember the reason that we have easter:


“He Is Risen”


“The clarion call of Christendom,” President Thomas S. Monson has declared, is that Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead. “The reality of the Resurrection provides to one and all the peace that surpasses understanding” (see Philippians 4:7).1
In the following excerpts, President Monson shares his testimony of and gratitude for the Savior’s Resurrection and declares that because the Son conquered death, all of the Father’s children who come to earth will live again.

Life beyond Mortality

“I believe that none of us can conceive the full import of what Christ did for us in Gethsemane, but I am grateful every day of my life for His atoning sacrifice in our behalf.
“At the last moment, He could have turned back. But He did not. He passed beneath all things that He might save all things. In doing so, He gave us life beyond this mortal existence. He reclaimed us from the Fall of Adam.
“To the depths of my very soul, I am grateful to Him. He taught us how to live. He taught us how to die. He secured our salvation.”2

Dispelling the Darkness of Death

“In certain situations, as in great suffering and illness, death comes as an angel of mercy. But for the most part, we think of it as the enemy of human happiness.
“The darkness of death can ever be dispelled by the light of revealed truth. ‘I am the resurrection, and the life,’ spoke the Master. ‘He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.’
“This reassurance—yes, even holy confirmation—of life beyond the grave could well provide the peace promised by the Savior when He assured His disciples: ‘Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.’”3

He Is Not Here

“Our Savior lived again. The most glorious, comforting, and reassuring of all events of human history had taken place—the victory over death. The pain and agony of Gethsemane and Calvary had been wiped away. The salvation of mankind had been secured. The Fall of Adam had been reclaimed.
“The empty tomb that first Easter morning was the answer to Job’s question, ‘If a man die, shall he live again?’ To all within the sound of my voice, I declare, If a man die, he shall live again. We know, for we have the light of revealed truth. …
“My beloved brothers and sisters, in our hour of deepest sorrow, we can receive profound peace from the words of the angel that first Easter morning: ‘He is not here: for he is risen.’”4

All Will Live Again

“We laugh, we cry, we work, we play, we love, we live. And then we die. …
“And dead we would remain but for one Man and His mission, even Jesus of Nazareth. …
“With all my heart and the fervency of my soul, I lift up my voice in testimony as a special witness and declare that God does live. Jesus is His Son, the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh. He is our Redeemer; He is our Mediator with the Father. He it was who died on the cross to atone for our sins. He became the firstfruits of the Resurrection. Because He died, all shall live again.”5

A Personal Witness

“I declare my personal witness that death has been conquered, victory over the tomb has been won. May the words made sacred by Him who fulfilled them become actual knowledge to all. Remember them. Cherish them. Honor them. He is risen.6

Monday, April 2, 2012

My round with natural healthcare

So, I have had this rather annoying cough.. This cough has been lingering in my house for a very long, long, long time. Well, my mom started to get worried that I had developed pneumonia and wanted me to go to the doctor. The only issue I had with this is that I don't currently have health insurance.... It's kinda a pesky thing since you need it usually... So I went and spent A LOT of money for the doctor to tell me that it was just a cough and give me a prescription for Z-PAK he said would clear it up.... Well one week later I'm STILL coughing. So my mom who is into these essential oils from DoTerra gives me this little humidifier and two oils called breath and on guard.
Breath is supposed to help with the coughing and plugged up nose and on guard is to disinfect germs and kill the virus or whatever it is... Well I ran this little humidifier for one night and the next day I felt amazing!! My cough had lessened and wasn't so deep and my lungs didn't ache! It was incredible!! So for about the same amount of money this little amount of oils ( Which was about three drops each) had already started working where this doctor couldn't really do anything!
Now I'm not discrediting doctors because they are great and they do know what they are talking about but there are some areas that modern medicine can't really fix and the same goes for the oils I'm sure! I didn't use it for a night and did notice a difference I was coughing a lot more than I was while using it!
For some one who can't spend ninety dollars to go to the doctor everytime she gets sick this is incredible!! And if the ancient peoples of the world used these methods with out modern technology and they worked then why can't we?? Especially since nowadays most prescriptions have so many other additives that they almost hinder more than they do good who wouldn't want to use a natural path that doesn't have side effects?
Well, that was my little rant and I think I should stop now but they really do work period!