Vision: Inauguration Day

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Inauguration Day

What a sweet and beautiful moment it was to see President Obama take oath a few days ago. I was in tears as I witnessed such a miraculous and historical moment. I love the way I felt as I viewed it and I'm so glad to see the change this has been to people all over the world. I love that people are feeling ownership, responsibility and the need to exercise their citizenship. I love the HOPE that is sweeping over our Nation because we have a leader we can believe in. As he gave his Inaugural Speech I felt the Spirit really strong. I was so grateful that I could actually see God in this whole event and I'm very glad that they included Him in that great day. Really it's because of God's great mercy and loving kindness that we can live on this promise land. I hope the positive momentum continues and we can strive to be a little bit better each day.

P.s. I just finished this book called Women & Money by Suze Orman. Excellent! A must read for anyone who is knowledgeable or ignorant when it comes to money. Strategies & advice what to do and how to manage your money were astounding. Thought it would be boring but the total opposite. With this knowledge I feel more empowered and by doing the things she has mention means more control of my life. There are simple things we could do now to avoid stress and conflict in the future if we but make the effort to do so. My next read is called Women of Destiny it's an inspirational book that reflects on the Relief Society Declaration. Loving it so far!

2 comments:

sheila said...: good advice on the woman and money book. I was thinking of buying it. Now I will.; January 22, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Carly said...: Agreed! Loved the inaguration. I was glued to the TV all day and night. It was a moment that will be talked about in our children's chilren's history classes.; January 22, 2009 at 5:26 PM

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Juanita's Conversion Story

I feel that Heavenly Father has blessed me with the desire to play softball. The fact that the Lord was guiding me to play softball became more evident to me when I was offered a scholarship to play ball at BYU-Hawaii. The thought of attending BYU-Hawaii just seemed right and good at the time so I attended college there. My first year in college I was so excited to learn, play, and party. I discovered real soon that the students who attended the university had fun without drinking. I also discovered that the people were faithful and they had a strong sense of purpose and Identity. This compelled me to go on a spiritual search. I decided to take the lessons from the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As I took the lessons I was taught things that I heard before and things that were new to me. Such as the Book of Mormon and the prophet Joseph Smith. These were things that were a challenge for me to believe. So I took these challenges up to the Lord and I asked him if the Book of Mormon is the word of God and if Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I'm so delighted to share with you that I do know that the Book of Mormon is true and that the Prophet Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I know that it's true because of the power of the Holy Spirit, because of these truths and much more I decided to be baptized and serve the Lord. Getting baptized was the best decision I ever made. It's because of this choice that I enjoy the blessing of life today. The church is true and I find myself indebt to the Lord forever.