Reflections of a Child

Faith, Hope, Charity, Love, With an eye set on the glory above!  I wish it were just that easy, To be just who He wants me to be... Faith is believing in what isn't seen, this is the key to who I'd rather've been.  It's so hard sometimes to know what to do, But with it, Christ, will bring me on through! Hope is something deep down inside, Sometimes something which I'd like hide. It is simply something you want to be true, Sometimes it's something not true about you... I love you so much, you see,  I want to give to you through Charity. Not just with money, so bland. But by reaching out a caring hand!  Love is not what you think, it's a verb. It's how we act on God's mighty word! Through service and joy and softness of heart, it's love that shows me just what is my part!  The last of these points, the hardest of all, Is constantly keeping my eye on the ball. It is in the last stanza, the key t...

From white to red,  From red to white,  The Moon glances down  In the deep of the night. * * * * As I gaze toward the Heavens, And think of the strife, I can’t help but ponder,  The Lord, my Savior’s life! * * * * That despite all His glory,  He came to follow the plan,  And though He was so perfect, He bled for all of man. * * * * And just like the Earth, Blocking light from the Sun, The Noble of Birth Died for everyone. * * * * Now as I ponder The Moon so bright,  Though your sins be scarlet, Your burdens may be light! * * * * I know that I’m His, This life is not mine, He has shown to me His love, In the Moon, in a sign.  * * * * From white to red, From red to white, My Savior can heal me,  In the darkest night.

Osmosis Have you ever heard of Jim Rohn’s “Law of Average?” This Law simply states that you become the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Another similar law is the law of Osmosis. A definition of Osmosis is “the process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc.” The common principle that underlies both of these concepts is this; You become like what you surround yourself with. This applies in our social lives as well as in chemistry, but frankly it doesn’t have much to do with my topic. I just needed to start with something. What makes something a Temple? We are incredibly blessed to live in an area which is so full of Temples of the Lord. We have a pretty good idea of what temples are and what they do. But what makes these beautiful pieces of architecture Houses of the Lord? To help us more fully understand what makes a temple a temple, we need to look to scriptural words. When we talk about temples in the scriptures, the first ...