The cost of KNOWING

The cost of knowing is high. When we know something we are held responsible for that knowledge. With knowledge comes power...and blessings.

One wouldn't expect a child to be responsible to do all the household chores...but adults, they know... although I'll admittedly say sometimes I wish I didn't know how to clean the bathroom.

When we know something we are expected to ACT upon that knowledge.

Loaf of bread

The springfield building chapel makes me feel like I am in a loaf bread. The architecture creates just the right cruve on the ceiling and walls.
It makes me think about how Christ is called the bread of life. He is the bread of life and we promise the chapel weekly to become like Him...I like to think of myself as a crumb leaving the loaf every sunday to go out and reflect the bread.
#deepthinker #bread

Christmas Tree

It's finally starting to feel like Christmas in our house...

 Walmart had a variety of trees to chose from ranging from pine fresh to cotton candy swirl. All perfectly sized and trimmed. 

We finally choose a black and white swirl with a lovely cheap bathroom soap smell.

It really fills up the room huh? ;)

We hung it up with some nice masking tape.

OH CHRISTMAS TREE OH CHRISTMAS TREE! :)

Love

Love is the theme always...in every song, movie, and debately every conversation.

Perhaps because it has been the theme since the beginning. Our loving Heavenly Father crated a plan for us because He loves us. Christ atoned for us because He loves us.

Love isnt love until you give it away.

Christlike attributes are clearly love...it is patient, selfless, humble, forgiving, understanding...it is charitable, virtuous,  honset...it is kind, listens...it sacrifices.

I see it all day in everything around me. In the gospel of Jesus Christ. In familes. It's in saying sorry first and meaning it. In the breeze on a hot day. In the old couple in front of me on bus sharing crackers. The way my sister calls me to proudly declare what her husband has been up to. The way my brother and his wife talk about their daughter. In an older married man still opening the door for his wife.

I stand by holland when I say "Christlike love is the greatest need we have"

My new addiction

I am offically addicted to making memes. Here a few I have tried over the last few days...

Signs I have been a gangster since birth

1. My first crush in elementary school was a little indian boy... I liked him because he brought a pocket knife to school and he kept getting kicked out for fights.

2. One of my crushes in high school is still in prison.

3. I feel the need to hip hop dance or at least start shaking when I hear music.

4. I blasted music in a big white van.

5. I carry a switch blade...always.

6. A healthy dinner is a open can of pork beans warmed up in da microwave.

7. My best friend and I have signed our names on road signs.

8. I have slang for my slang.

9. All my shoes got holes in em

10. Bright colored clothing and sweatpants is my style.

11. My name makes a nice rapper name mir-i-am

12. My blood is .001% black.

13. I feel more at home in third world countries.

synchronized swimming

This is what my family is really like... 18 months and we were back to normal on my first night back.

Chess

Love is like a game of chess. So many possible moves. You have to overcome obstacles and appoinets. And if u and smart and trust you instincts in the end you catch a king.