Fortunately, I have never done time, but I have had a good friend who did actually do time in prison. His name was Gene, and as a youth he was a member of a very unstable family. His parents divorced and he lived with one for awhile and then the other. His father was an…
Tag: Family History
On Work For The Dead
“It is for the benefit of God’s sons and daughters that, while on earth, we become acquainted with evil as well as good…. The contrasts, that we experience in this world, a world of mingled sorrow and joy are educational in nature, and they will be the means of raising all humanity to a full…
On God’s Laborers and Their Wages
God’s pay will not be a gold coin laid in our hand but rather bring about a feeling of satisfaction knowing that we have blessed another in some way or just do a kind deed because we saw an opportunity to do one. Very few things are more satisfying than the feeling we have after…
On God’s Pay
I express my gratitude daily for all of the good people who serve and have served as volunteers at the FamilySearch Library. We often laugh as people express their pay grade or say, “The pay is out of this world.” The following poem is often quoted as well; “Who does God’s work will get God’s…
On Hesitation
There are many reasons why we should hesitate to do things, especially without having carefully thought them through first. The saying; ‘He who hesitates is lost” Is oftimes fool’s advice. Many decisions we make in life should be made a matter of prayer and or careful thought. When we are pressured to move forward with…
On Windows Of My Soul
Though I did not feel that the lyrics to ‘Windows of My Soul,’ by Quinton Mills, were particularly inspiring, the idea of there being windows of or to our soul has been tickling my thoughts. There are many windows and they play an important part in our lives. For example, I was sitting relaxed in…
On Looking Back Too Long
I have known people who dwell too much on the past, on the way things were. When their concentration should be on now and what is changing and how best to use the new technology to their advantage. Why, because looking back can cause us to trip over things in front. There are those who…
On The Law Of Others
We have been instructed by the Savior to “Be ye perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect”—an admonition that was an objective, one not meant for this life, but rather, it was an eternal objective for each of us. The Father’s perfection, justice and power are all directed toward assisting His children to…
On Coincidence or Serendipity?
The word Serendipity does not come from Latin or Greek, but rather was created by a British nobleman in the mid 1700s from an ancient Persian fairy tale. The meaning of the word is, ‘good luck’ in finding valuable things unintentionally or by chance, refers to the fairy tale characters who were always making discoveries…
On Census Records
In verifying a person’s identity in our family line, legitimate sources are absolutely necessary. If a relative were working on our line and made a notation in the source area that said; “I believe this is the correct person?” With no other evidence, an experi- enced researcher in that family may suspect that the entry…