Relationships in general and how freedom applies.
Jesus was a Follower. This is an excellent commentary on leadership. Personal leadership and self-mastery is what freedom is all about. Getting others to follow or being someone who is worth following does not take away our freedom but gathers us together into good and virtuous things. I would recommend this blog very highly! I…
It is one thing to obtain freedom for oneself and quite another to live free among people. Especially people with varying capacities and understandings of freedom. I have never been more grateful for the standard works (the scriptures) in my life than I am now because without them I would be so lost. Even though…
Sometimes the challenges that we face in life are the very things that will open up new insights. Herein is the joy in life, even in its most difficult times. I have learned that no matter what kind of oppression one faces or when they may face it, say as a child or an adult,…
Freedom begins with me living true to the principle of freedom and this begins with me learning to trust my own inner voice in any given matter. This is not something that is easily done or allowed. Following the commandments of God gives us confidence in ourselves to be able to trust that we will…
Last week when I was trying to sort out my relationship with the people who were trying to decide what was freedom of speech for me and others in our congregation I kept thinking of “I Am A Child Of God” and I wrote this poem to follow its beat to remind me how grateful…
Functionality in this earthly realm is not the ultimate state that the human being is able to achieve. To stop there in the place of “comfort” or lack of “stress” is a sad state of affairs. We were sent here to do great things in the name of the God who sent us, even as…
Family statistics or circumstances do not need to define us. Neither does our personal history need to define us before God, even though it may to the world. Some of what you will see here may not be easy to read. Remember they are just circumstances in a life. I do not need to claim…
Freedom basics as presented by our Savior, Jesus Christ, are autonomy. Merriam-Webster Definition of AUTONOMY 1: the quality or state of being self-governing; especially : the right of self-government 2: self-directing freedom and especially moral independence 3: a self-governing state He said we are to love others as we love ourselves so we must have…
Pain is there, underlying all that I do, because ever since I have received the sure witness of God’s love for me he has also given me a love for all mankind…actually I had accepted that portion of his love as a child of neglect and abuse, deciding to love rather than hate…it was me…
Post/after, traumatic/upsetting, stress/life, disorder/opposite of order….lol, my definitions…(PS… I am not a doctor or professional in any field, just a FYI) I wonder if there is anyone who does not have post traumatic stress disorder? Is not birth about the most traumatic thing you can experience in this life? Going from an environment where all…