My wonderful friend Lena made me a journal jar when I was leaving for Alaska for the summer. She knew that I wouldn't know very many people and she also knew that I would have a lot of down time and because she knew of my love for writing she thought a journal jar would be just what I would need! If you haven't heard of a journal jar before its basically just a jar with a bunch of pieces of paper inside with questions on them and each day you can take out a piece or 2 or as many as you'd like and write down your answer to each question. I started doing it each day and I'd like to finish the jar by answering the questions here on my blog! Feel free to answer the questions for yourself as well on a comment, I'd love to hear them! :) Hope you enjoy!
Today I'm going to answer 4 questions!
1) What do you think of when you see the night sky filled with sparkling stars?
I love when this happens! I always think about God and how He created this world. That thought always gets me thinking about all of the other worlds and people that are out there and it gets my mind going crazy. It's so fun to think about these types of things and it usually ends being a spiritual experience for me. :)
2) Do you have a favorite general authority? Who and why?
My favorite general authority is Jeffrey R. Holland. He is always so sincere, tender and passionate in what he has to say. I can always feel his love for all of us members whenever he speaks and the way that he teaches has always touched me so much.
3) What is your favorite meal and dessert?
My favorite home-cooked meal would have to be my moms roast beef with gravy, mashed potatoes and rolls! :) And for dessert my moms strawberry shortcake. SO INCREDIBLE!
4) Describe Christmas traditions.
Christmas eve-eve: All of my siblings would always camp out under the tree together. Christmas eve: Spent with the Hampton side of the family and we all have a big dinner and then the little kids re-enact Christ's birth! Following that we all sit around and sing Christmas songs and have dessert!
Christmas Day: All of the kids get up early and wake up our parents then we open our stockings and presents in the order of youngest to oldest! Then my mom would make a big breakfast and we would all hang around all day and play with our toys, watch movies, or play games until Grandma & Grandpa Hampton would come over and visit then we would go over to the Miller side of the family and have a big dinner! :) I love Christmas time!!
Monday, August 8, 2011
25 thought provoking questions.
1. How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
2. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?
3. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?
4. If not now, then when?
5. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
6. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?
7. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?
8. Who do you love? What are you doing about it?
9. When is it time to stop calculating RISK and REWARDS, and just do what you know is right?
10. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?
11. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
12. When you're old, what do you think will matter to you the most?
13. Do you ask enough questions? Or do you settle for what you know?
14. Do you celebrate the things you do have?
15 When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
16. When was the last time you tried something new?
17. Which activities make you lose track of time?
18. If you could do it all over again, would you change anything?
19. What is the difference between living and existing?
20. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow that person to be your friend?
21. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
22. Time or money?
23. Are you aware that someone has it WORSE than you?
24. What makes you smile?
25. What would you regret not fully doing, being,, or having in your life?
2. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?
3. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?
4. If not now, then when?
5. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
6. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?
7. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?
8. Who do you love? What are you doing about it?
9. When is it time to stop calculating RISK and REWARDS, and just do what you know is right?
10. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?
11. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
12. When you're old, what do you think will matter to you the most?
13. Do you ask enough questions? Or do you settle for what you know?
14. Do you celebrate the things you do have?
15 When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
16. When was the last time you tried something new?
17. Which activities make you lose track of time?
18. If you could do it all over again, would you change anything?
19. What is the difference between living and existing?
20. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow that person to be your friend?
21. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
22. Time or money?
23. Are you aware that someone has it WORSE than you?
24. What makes you smile?
25. What would you regret not fully doing, being,, or having in your life?
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Love.LOVE.love.
What would you say is God's ultimate power?
Along with His power of love..I personally feel that it is His power to create. He created this world but more importantly He created US. I am feeling very humbled today as I think about how He allows me to share with Him that power and that as a woman I can bear children.
Something that has been on my mind a lot lately is: BABIES. Me and Brady are at the time in our marriage where we are thinking about having a baby and so very often I think about how amazing it is that we have the power to CREATE just like God... yet how sad it is that SO many people in this world take advantage of that power or don't even recognize it as being sacred :/ I am so grateful to have been raised in the Gospel and to have been able to learn about my Savior and my Heavenly Father and all that they have done for me and I hope that I can make them proud with my time here on this Earth.
Along with His power of love..I personally feel that it is His power to create. He created this world but more importantly He created US. I am feeling very humbled today as I think about how He allows me to share with Him that power and that as a woman I can bear children.
Something that has been on my mind a lot lately is: BABIES. Me and Brady are at the time in our marriage where we are thinking about having a baby and so very often I think about how amazing it is that we have the power to CREATE just like God... yet how sad it is that SO many people in this world take advantage of that power or don't even recognize it as being sacred :/ I am so grateful to have been raised in the Gospel and to have been able to learn about my Savior and my Heavenly Father and all that they have done for me and I hope that I can make them proud with my time here on this Earth.
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