Happy birthday to who?

happy birthday to me, yes I am officially a quarter of a century old, and feeling every bit of it.

John was rather sweet and made me a cake and he also cooked dinner and he actually got me a rather nice present--this might be the first time he got me a present I couldn't complain about and he got it in time and not 2 months late, granted it did turn out the box was the right present but the contents of the box wasn't what he thought he had bought, but he quickly ran back to the store and exchanged it for the item he thought he had bought, it was one of those over the shoulder organizers and it is completely awsome, the card he bought me was rather nice as well.

thanks John, and Dominic, I sure do love all my boys

I'm at a cross roads

well, as you all can see, the postign a scripture a day has come to a halt, but only temperorily, I was doign that during naptime, reading the scriptures to the kids and then sitting and typing while I waited for them to all go to sleep, but I discovered something, first off, kids have a hard time understanding the Old Testament, even if the book you are reading to them has their name it in, and secondly, when I type about scriptures my posts are super long and probably super confusing. I haven't given up on the scriptures yet, I am just trying to figure out how to make everything work out.

I had a friend, and one of my most dedicated followers, tell me that she couldn't even get through one scripture post because it was too churchy, which also made me feel that I was pouring out a little too much of my heart to share with people I didn't even know, this blog was created at first with the intentions to be funny, but upon creating my other blogs that had their own unique characteristic (my medical blog, my random thoughts blog, my momma thoughts blog, and then the animal house blog) I felt like this one needed it's own thing too, and since Lewis 4 Higher was created with the intentions of Higher standing for a higher standard of living (with a sense to not just quality but also spirituality) I felt that this blog could be my spiritual side. I have considered going back on that but deep down inside I know I will regret it, I might lose some readers because they don't like my spirituality but I also know that if they are going to judge me so harshly then I don't really want that kind of a reader here anyways (not talking about my friend, she hasn't given up on me, I think she just reads this blog on Sunday)

Since I started the scripture a day I felt a change throughout my house, a sense of security and a major sense of well being, and even with the what has currently been going on and my inability to post, I know that if I keep it up good things will come my way, I am not going to let Satan Detour me so easily, so if you think this blog might just be "to churchy" then it might not be the blog for you, and you should check out my other blogs

• Medical Blog: www.diagnosisunavailable.blogspot.com
  
• Mommy thoughts: www.mommysdashboardconfessions.blogspot.com
• Random Thoughts: www.thepottyblogger.blogspot.com
• Animal House: www.attheanimalhouse.blogspot.co,

but please also bare with me, remember, I am still new to this whole blogging thing, I don't quite have all the ins and outs of URLs, page formats, and what nots down yet, there is so much I have planned for this site I just can't quite get it all to come together like I want it to--anyhow, things are improving everyday, don't give up on me just yet

I haven't died yet, I am just goign through a lot and have been avoiding the computer, so please bare with me, i will be back shortly

and while you think about it, my Birthday is August 11th, and I will be 25--a quarter of a century, so what shoudl I do for it?

D&C 38-- http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/38

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/38 is the link to this amazing scripture, I don't want this post to be too long but I feel I must point out for those of you who are not familiar with the Doctrine and Convenant that it was is composed (I think that is the word) of Revelations given to the Lord through the Prophet Joseph Smith as he restored the church (I know I slaughtered that descriptions and now you are all even more confused so check out this link and it will explain it further/better: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/introduction)

This particular revelation was given to the Prophet Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon, near Fayette, New York, December 1830.

there are so many great words in this chapter but since I know I don't have the time to share all 42 verses I want to take a minute and skim over a couple verses that stood out as I read it, and encourage you to read it yourself and return and share with me your thoughts about what struck you as you read it.

D&C 38:10 Verily I say unto you, ye are clean, but not all; and there is none else with whom I am well pleased;

wow, I don't know exackly who he is talking about when he says "but not all" but I know the Lord God is pleased by his followers who live a worthy, clean, righteous life. now I must point out that some members of the Church may or may not translate this scripture to mean that only members of the church are clean and that none other are--but I don't think that is true, I think it just means that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints just have a better understanding because we have modern day prophets that we support and follow, we don't worship them and put them above God, we seek their council because we know that God has called them to share with us God's wants and wishes. I also think of some people informing me that only members of this particular church will get to heaven, but I know that isn't exackly true, because I know that there are 3 degrees of heaven, and even though they may not be allowed to enter the 3rd degree (the best of the best) they will still be in heaven, and depending on what religion you belong to depends on what your idea of heaven is and so if you don't know about the 3 different degrees of heaven you aren't disappointed when you don't get into the 3rd degree (or is it the 1st that would be the best of the best, whichever one it is I am talking about the best of the best) it doesn't really matter cause you weren't expecting it to begin with so either way they make it to heaven--does that make sense? That is just how I feel, whether it is right or not I do not know

Ok, I have to speed this up, sorry but I will just point out a few key points, like in 16 it stated "and the poor have complained before me, and the rich have I made, and all flesh is mine and i am no respector of persons" I honestly don't get what that scripture is saying, but if you read on he put it into a parable and compares a father and 2 sons and it all makes sense, I just like that it says "and the rich have I made" but I think it is talking about blessings and not actual money because money comes and goes but blessings you can truly enjoy--like my son, before he was born we were rich with money and once he was born all our money seemed to be gone but we had him and he is worth way more than money.

anyhow, skipping ahead to 25 where it reads to "esteem his brother as himself" which i think means to treat your brother, sister, neighbor, friend, as you would want them to treat you--haven't we heard this somewhere else? Ah yes, many may have forgotten but it is the Golden rule, too bad those who really need to be reminded of the Golden Rule aren't exackly the type of people that are going to be reading the Doctrine and Covenants. it is soon after this verse he explains the parable.

In 39 he warns to "beware of Pride" and I remember this being a big deal one lesson at church because Pride was of the Devil, anyhow some may mis-understand this verse, as I remember my mom once telling me she would never be proud of me because pride was of the devil--that wasn't the pride that it is talking about, it is OK to be proud of your kids when they do something good, it isn't OK to have so much Pride in your kids that you refuse to admit that they would ever do bad (i.e. little Johnny told the truth therefore he will never lie, always remember that nobody is without sin--well there is one exception to that rule and it is Jesus Christ, but no one else) another example is to be so proud of a possession that you let it begin to control your life--like say your car, yes it is fast, it is big, is gets great gas mileage, but if you have to work 7 days a week, miss time with your family and give up your sunday worship then is it really worth selling your soul to keep or could you maybe trade it in for something else, or another example dealing with the car is are you so proud of its conditions that you would chance losing a child to protect it--silly and rediculous I know, but think about it, how many times have you freaked out when it has gotten a little scratch, or maybe when they spill some food or drink?

now I will end with mentioning verse 41 which reads "and let our preaching be the warning voice, every man to his neighbor, in mildness and in meekness." Now it doesn't say go shout it from the roof tops or preach hell, fire, and damnation, it says to do it in mildness and in meekness, just thought that was a good thought to end with...

SO...what do you all think? what scripture stood out to you? some feedback would really be appreciated, and sorry this was so long, it was picked randomly, I didn't purposely choose such a long chapter, but I do hope you enjoy it, like I said I do believe it has reminded me of some very great words of wisdom.

Old Testament Tuesday--Jeremiah 1:5

OK, so at naptime I actually read to the kids while they laid in their beds, I first read Micah chapter 1 but then turned to Jeremiah and read Jeremiah 1&2 and one of those scriptures stood out ot me like a Orange sock in a see of grey and that was Jeremiah 1:5 which reads:

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth
out o fthe womb I santified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the
nations

I love how it states before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, even in the bible it talks about live before coming to earth cause how else would God have known him before forming him in the belly unless he lived with him before then? I also like how it stated that he was ordained before he camest forth out of the womb because I think that further proves that when we come to earth we already know what will happen in the end, and that despite the turmoil and the pain that we know we will suffer in our life we choose to come and live that life because we know it will be worth it--HOW NEAT IS THAT?!?!?!?!

Anyhow, fell free to go to www.lds.org and go to "prepare a lesson" link where you will be able to find the old testament or go and find your bible and read the whole chapters and share with us what you got from it all--I would love to know