I have a dream!

Life is so full, but today I thought I would ponder my future. What is it that I would most like 'become'on my journey? What am I creating to help my family prosper? Although the answers of these questions and many like them are far reaching, I believe that like most things in life if I search the scriptures and pray and ponder that the answers will become clearer to me.

So, to begin...In looking at prosperity I am not alone in my pondering of such things. Across contless generations have these things been written...1 Nephi 2:20, Jarom 1:9, Mosiah 1:7, Alma 37:13;49;30;50;20 

"If ye keep commandments, ye shall prosper"

It can't be much clearer than that! I guess, then in the living of Lehi's dream(1 Nephi Chapter 8) to walk unwavering the strait and narrow path we become more ready to receive the 'fruits'of HIS blessing.
I like everyone that I know often over look these blessings each day. It is only when I STOP and pray with a grateful heart for these blessings that  I even mentally acknowledge these otherwise insurmountable feats. I am reminded of revelation given by Elder David A. Bednar ...

"The tender mercies of the Lord are real. They do not occur randomly or by coincidence."

 Now, that I have established that I have come to discover that I must strive to live the commandments to the best of my ability - nothing like setting a MEGA sized goal straight up on my journey to prosperity :) The one thing that stands out for me about Jesus was that he 'created' so much in his own likeness. He created a beautiful world with stars,trees, plants and wildlife -for me, the world created was purposeful and not without perfection like himself. I believe that in order for me and my family to prosper I need to also 'create'. Unlike Lehi in his very specific dream, I have a dream that I can create things to remind people about the 'Light of God' and in the Importance of staying Clean (Spiritually speaking ). I am about to embark on the journey of creating and marketing my own "candles and soaps'' to prosper as promised in scripture.
Have I ever made soap or candles? NO! Have I all the equipment to do it? NO! Do I know about marketing and sales trends of home industries? NO! ........I think that just like when Jesus created the world - it took TIME, when Nephi and Noah built there ships having never crafted one before I believe it was there FAITH that enabled their craft to develop, when Joseph Smith and the early saints endured such hardships not only was there faith developed but their resolve to stand for TRUTH. I too hope to grow in my KNOWLEDGE that "  he is like a ^crefiner’s ^dfire, and like fuller’s soap; " I want to be able to look back to today and remember a point in time where i set my worthy goal out, pondering it , praying for his guidance in it all that I may in the process be 'refined' and come to know HIM as I come to learn of soap and candles.

First Mobile/Cell Phone Post

Today I am weary from asthma and a rather exhausting week!
I am grateful that on this beautiful Sabbath day I have my family around me and good friends looking out for us.
As I type today I am mindful of the busy fortnight ahead of us. Master One has been selected to be part of a leadership camp for school. As this will be his first ever school camp he is very excited and so are we for him. Just this week he managed to achieve his level 6 for his bronze medallion . A true outdoors lad who loves to tackle projects I would never dare! For his art assignment this week he has created a sculpture to reflect "a day in his life" - he has hand made an enormous sculpture of a hand with clay ! This is my same cherub who broke that hand in 5 places a year ago- yep a day I bet he will never forget !!! :)

My Master two however, has been mega busy creating a website about his nan and life in the 40's . He has needed to overcome lots of challenges independently to achieve this task - because I for one have never built web stuff like it!


Mr lovely gave our miniature horse a bath last night, I think it was the funniest thing I have ever seen. I think hubby ended up more covered in bubbles and water :) True Love!
Well this entering a blog from my phone has not been really hard at all! Yay for me - still living, still loving and best of all - still learning!

March to my own Drum!

March............to my own beat and drum:
This month has not only reminded me how fast this year is disappearing but how life is also! In the space of a week we have had the emotional turmoil of the most seasoned traveller of life. It has been a time where tears flowed, tempers were spicey, trials seemed to outweigh our strength and resilience at times. However, I feel that despite my less than perfect week;
I felt the strength of a MIRACLE , the might of a SAVIOUR , the peace of a TEMPLE and the love of FAMILY and FRIENDS.
I think that change is never easy but it is a gradually learned part of life that we become more equipped to manage. My blog has taken a backseat for the past few months, I truelly got to the point of - who cares anyhow? But while having my self doubt party I came to realise that the point of a blog for me is 'FOR ME' ...to pop back and see not only my personal growth but also the growth in page traffic has reminded that sharing my page is a goal that I have. As daunting as that is...I hope that I gain some more followers and comments (hint hint :)
Learning to be comfortable in my own skin is not always a reality...but I think it's ok to realise that God's not finished with me yet and that everyday is a new day - to begin again....my pace, my way, and my journey.