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Farm Report

The Sunsets are amazing.

 

The new house is coming together.

 

Jake's horse, Buddy had to get his teeth floated by Dr Wengert

 

And Buddy has Cancer of a private nature.  Guess that's why he was free??  Jill said, "There's no such thing as a free horse!"

 

 

 

Casualness and Flaxen Cords Part 2 The Mind

We become what we practice, inevitably and absolutely.

"A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his

thoughts." (Pres. Kimball)

"I will know what you are if you tell me what you think about when you don't have to

think." (Pres. McKay)

"The thought in your mind at this moment is contributing, however infinitesimally,

almost imperceptibly to the shaping of your soul.... even passing and idle thoughts

leave their impression. (Pres. McKay)

"How could a person possibly become what he is not thinking? Nor is any thought,

when persistently entertained, too small to have its effect. The "divinity that shapes our

ends" is indeed in ourselves." (Pres. Kimball)

"If a man be pure in thought, he will be correspondingly pure in action; but if he allows

his mind to roam in unrestricted freedom through the various avenues of evil or to dwell

unchecked upon the contemplation of forbidden indulgences, it will not be long before

his feet tread those paths and his hand plucks the tempting but deceitful fruit. When

once the tempter gains the citadel of the heart, his power is very great, and there is no

knowing to what excesses of folly and crime he may incite his unhappy victim." (George

Q. Cannon)

"It [the mind] is the agent of the Almighty clothed with mortal tabernacles, and we must

learn to discipline it, and bring it to bear on one point, and not allow the Devil to

interfere and confuse it, nor divert it from the great object we have in view... If we could

control our own minds, we could control our children and our families and the kingdom

of God, and see that everything went right, and with much more ease than we do now."

(Orson Hyde)

"The greatest mystery a man ever learned, is to know how to control the human mind,

and bring every faculty and power of the same in subjection to Jesus Christ; this is the

greatest mystery we have to learn while in these tabernacles of clay." (Brigham Young)

Casualness and Flaxen Cords Part 1 From "A Sense of the Sacred."

Elder  Christofferson:

Our temples and meetinghouses are dedicated to the Lord as sacred space. On each temple is found the words Holiness to the Lord—the House of the Lord. A sense of the sacred should lead us to act and speak with reverence in and around these buildings. It would lead us to dress a certain way when we are there.

As immodest dress dishonors the body—God’s most sacred creation—immodest, casual, or sloppy dress and grooming at sacred times and places mocks the sacredness of the Lord’s house and what is taking place.

From the 1992 Movie, A River Runs Through It.

Each of us will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.

Why is it the people who need the most help... won't take it?

Seth returns from his mission to the Dominican Republic

Seth returned Nov 9, 2011.  We had a big crowd at the airport and all the kids and spouses stayed at the house from Wed night through Sunday.  We had a blast!  We ate lots of good food, played games, took field trips, and just enjoyed the whole reunion.  Enjoy the multiple pics!

Tiger Rattlesnake

Tiger Rattlesnake at the Shack tonight.