Friday night we went to the Galivan center for a dinner event. They seriously had THE best hot chocolate complete with chocolate covered marshmallows so I was in heave. I definitely lost track of how many cups I had! After our delicious food and chatting we got to go skate! Josh of course was skating circles around everyone! It was a lot less crowded than Christmas time we actually had room to race around. Lots of fun (:
After skating and a quick walk through city Creek we headed to the jazz game. This was a special one! The tribute to jerry Sloan! The arena was full of old players it was really neat to be a part of and see Jerry's banner raised.
The MBA program at the U flew in some of their recruits this weekend and that is why we went to the event and Friday and why on Saturday morning bright and early we headed up to Park City to Canyons ski resort for a full day of fun! Id never been there before and was nervous but it's beautiful and we had a blast on the slopes all day! Josh skied and snowboarded. We made quite the team and enjoyed meeting prospective MBA students from around the country.
We are both so sore now! Come the end of the days my legs felt like they were going to give out half way down the mountain! It was sunny and warm the first half of the day but after lunch the snow started coming down and it was seriously beautiful.
What a great weekend! We feel so blessed having josh on the admissions team allowing us to be a part of all of these fun events (:
A little message on Faith:
As we're all aware, the United States is in turmoil regarding several moral issues. The world is trying to substitute man's wisdom for God's. This is the reality of our world, but we can choose how we react to it. From this, I have been thinking a lot about faith - what it is, what it feels like and what it requires.
As stated in Alma 32:21 : "And now as I said concerning faith— faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true."
So faith is having hope in things which are not seen, which are true. What else is faith? Faith is a verb. We hear counsel from the Savior in Matthew 7:7 "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you" We must ask, seek, and knock. We must do. We cannot expect faith to grow if we simply stay idle. Going on in Alma 32 Alma compares faith to seed that must be cared for. He uses more verbs such as : awake, arouse, experiment, exercise, desire, work, and plant. We have the choice to choose faith by our actions. I love this concept. From the October 2010 conference Elder Edgley counsels us: "When our sacred doctrine and beliefs are challenged, this is our opportunity to become acquainted with God in a most private and intimate manner. This is our opportunity to choose. I feel this couldn't be more true today.
We are all responsible for our own faith or our lack thereof. Which will you choose? I feel in this day and age it's even more important to have your own seed of faith you are nourishing. It will never be enough to be living off of someone else's. Our morals and values are being challenged and we must have enough faith to stand for them. You must make your own choice to stand for what you know to be true. What can this mean today?
In the book of Moses chapter 5 Adam gives the example of how I believe we must stand today. In verse 6 it states: "And after many days an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam, saying: Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord? And Adam said unto him: I know not, save the Lord commanded me." This is what faith means. It means doing what the Lord commands even if we do not understand all of the reasons why. We know the Lord has a perfect knowledge of all things (2 Nephi 2:24) and that is what we need to have faith in. Where did Adam turn for further knowledge? He turned to the messengers sent to him from God. As Latter Day Saints we believe in modern day revelation from our latter day prophet and apostles. To have true faith we must attune our faith to what they say, what God would have us hear. Even if we don't understand why it is the way it is.
The first presidency sent a letter to our stake asking them to go over with us why we believe in the covenants we do and why they are important. They then asked as I urge all of you to pray for God's truths to be preserved and to illuminate them.
We must be firm in what we stand for. There is much I do not know but I too know the important things. And that is what I will focus on. Elder Edgley says to : choose faith. Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism. We must have faith as we live in this changing world and in order to have faith we must act. I testify that as we act, God will turn faith into knowledge.
A little message on Faith:
As we're all aware, the United States is in turmoil regarding several moral issues. The world is trying to substitute man's wisdom for God's. This is the reality of our world, but we can choose how we react to it. From this, I have been thinking a lot about faith - what it is, what it feels like and what it requires.
As stated in Alma 32:21 : "And now as I said concerning faith— faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true."
So faith is having hope in things which are not seen, which are true. What else is faith? Faith is a verb. We hear counsel from the Savior in Matthew 7:7 "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you" We must ask, seek, and knock. We must do. We cannot expect faith to grow if we simply stay idle. Going on in Alma 32 Alma compares faith to seed that must be cared for. He uses more verbs such as : awake, arouse, experiment, exercise, desire, work, and plant. We have the choice to choose faith by our actions. I love this concept. From the October 2010 conference Elder Edgley counsels us: "When our sacred doctrine and beliefs are challenged, this is our opportunity to become acquainted with God in a most private and intimate manner. This is our opportunity to choose. I feel this couldn't be more true today.
We are all responsible for our own faith or our lack thereof. Which will you choose? I feel in this day and age it's even more important to have your own seed of faith you are nourishing. It will never be enough to be living off of someone else's. Our morals and values are being challenged and we must have enough faith to stand for them. You must make your own choice to stand for what you know to be true. What can this mean today?
In the book of Moses chapter 5 Adam gives the example of how I believe we must stand today. In verse 6 it states: "And after many days an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam, saying: Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord? And Adam said unto him: I know not, save the Lord commanded me." This is what faith means. It means doing what the Lord commands even if we do not understand all of the reasons why. We know the Lord has a perfect knowledge of all things (2 Nephi 2:24) and that is what we need to have faith in. Where did Adam turn for further knowledge? He turned to the messengers sent to him from God. As Latter Day Saints we believe in modern day revelation from our latter day prophet and apostles. To have true faith we must attune our faith to what they say, what God would have us hear. Even if we don't understand why it is the way it is.
The first presidency sent a letter to our stake asking them to go over with us why we believe in the covenants we do and why they are important. They then asked as I urge all of you to pray for God's truths to be preserved and to illuminate them.
We must be firm in what we stand for. There is much I do not know but I too know the important things. And that is what I will focus on. Elder Edgley says to : choose faith. Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism. We must have faith as we live in this changing world and in order to have faith we must act. I testify that as we act, God will turn faith into knowledge.
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