Thursday, January 28, 2010
Are we LUCKY? or VALIANT?
Lately I have been thinking a lot about how we are here. I know we hear in church there was a war in heaven, we wanted to come down, get bodies, have free agency yadda yadda yadda. I'm talking about how were we so lucky or valiant to be here. HERE in AMERICA, with FOOD, EPIDURALS, MODERN MEDICINE, THE GOSPEL, FREEDOM and sooo... much more? Do we know how lucky we are to have what we do? Do we know how lucky we are to go the store and buy medicine if we need it? I have been overwhelmed by the blessings we keep receiving. B.J. and I don't watch much T.V. ,but lately we seem to be keeping up with the news on Haiti. Thee other night John Travolta and his wife were on the news with his private jet in the background, and they were being interviewed by the news. He was saying how he has the means to go to Haiti and deliver items and take doctors to help the poor victims. He also said that he felt some sort of responsibility to do what he can to help those in need because of his wealth and situation. I was really impressed by that. I am so sad for what they are going through in Haiti. I was on the Internet looking for babies I could adopt and found out that there was 380,000 children in Haiti waiting to be adopted in 2007. Who knows how many kids are in need now? When I got my Patriarchal blessing it was told to me that I was from the tribe of Manasseh. Ive always liked hip hop music, some rap, and black people. I spent my younger years down in Lehi Arizona going to school with the Indians cause we lived by the Reservation. I always got along with the brown boys. My mom and dad let an Hawaiian girl live with us to go to school and play volleyball when I was about 14 years old and I just loved her. It was sad to see her go back to Hawaii. B.J. and I have been talking about adopting a baby. I am sure there are people out there that think it would be silly to adopt when you can have your own kids, but when you see the amount of kids that need a home, I don't see why not. I would love to adopt right now, but I think I would want all of my kids here and I would want them to be a little older. So back to my original question? How were we so LUCKY or VALIANT to be here? I know there is a lot of babies in need in this country, and a lot of people suffering so how did I come to the family I did with the amazing blessings I have? I have herd some people say that the reason we came here was because we were so valiant in the pre existence were we valiant or did the Lord know that there was no way we would make it back unless we had what we do? Let me know what you think.
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Thanks for sharing this. I have been dealing with a lot lately, That i thought, why am I here. You are right why did we get sent to this country and this time. I wish I knew the answers. I hope it is that we were valiant. I need to work on being more grateful for the things that I do have. thanks again
Wow Candi, Thanks for posting this! I would really like an answer on that one too. I've often wondered how God places each of us. I think about those kids who are abused or neglected by their parents and think why did God put them there and not me? I just read in the paper about a little girl who was locked up in a closet for a year, let out only to go to the bathroom or go to school. This was in Arizona I think it said! How awful!!! I think it's awesome you are considering adoption, there are SO many kids out there who need good families! I support you 100%
Wow! I couldn't have said it better! I know, it makes me sick to see the things the people in Haiti are going through. That is so strange because Brett and I both were talking about adopting a baby from Haiti too. I got on the internet and did some research...but didn't seem to get anywhere. Every website I went to told me that now was NOT the time because all the paperwork is burried in rubble and they need to contact other possible alive family members first before they can put them up for adoption. But then I read this report that an American had found a remote orphanage where all 40 orphans were starving and all the adults were killed. Who is going to care for all these children? You can tell this is a topic close to my heart too. If you hear any more let me know! Love ya girl!!
Thats a great post one that makes you think. We are so blessed to be living where we are. We all all complain about how bad the ecconomy it but wow I will take a bad ecconomy of a world of diaster. I think for me personally I am here in america cause I am too big of a wimp to make it anywhere else :) I love your comments about lehi it brought back the good ol days on the bus :)
I think Luck has nothing to do with it. We are also told we choose our families in the pre-existance. Along with that comes THEIR free agency and how they choose to live their lives and raise their kids. The results effect generations and can be good or bad. As for living here in the good US of A? God chose it for us! Maybe we are the ones that could set the example for other countries? In the scriptures it says the reason Jesus was born among Jews was because they were the MOST wicked people that would do what they did to the son of GOD and then forget about it. EVERYONE IS PLACED WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. Why? Only God knows. But we do all need to count our blessings. Thanks for the post it definitely made me stop and count my blessings!!!
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