Jan. 1, 2017
23 And that which doth not edify is not of God, and is darkness.

 24 That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.

 25 And again, verily I say unto you, and I say it that you may know the truth, that you may chase darkness from among you; D&C:50:23-25

 

Lyrics

1. 1. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
   The flying cloud, the frosty light.
   The year is dying in the night;
   Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
   The year is dying in the night;
   Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
2. 2. Ring out the old; ring in the new.
   Ring, happy bells, across the snow.
   The year is going; let him go.
   Ring out the false; ring in the true.
   The year is going; let him go.
   Ring out the false; ring in the true.
3. 3. Ring in the valiant men and free,
   The larger heart, the kindlier hand.
   Ring out the darkness of the land;
   Ring in the Christ that is to be.
   Ring out the darkness of the land;
   Ring in the Christ that is to be.
4. Text: Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892
   Music: Crawford Gates, b. 1921. (c) 1948 IRI

 

I thought that this hymn was perfect to ring in the new year.

My plan is to have a scripture of the day that applies to my day.  I plan to do this every day.  If you don't know me following might provide some insight to how I think.  Today was a simple message that I got from sacrament meeting today.  The scriptures will come from any of the books we (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) consider to be scripture.  Those would be the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon (another testament to Jesus Christ on the America continent), and Doctrine of Covenants. We use the King Jame version of the bible.  During the year I will go into the scriptures in more detail. I think that is enough for the day. 

 

I am struggling a bit with sight tonight as my eyes are a bit swollen.  I find the reference to light interesting.  During making dinner tonight I had homemade pizzas in the oven and was making Black eye pea soup started on the stove.  The onions I cut up for the soup were really affecting me and I thought that was all until the smoke detectors went off.  I was in the kitchen and apparently it was getting darker and darker due to smoke but I could not detect it. I guess it was like the frog in a pan of water kind of thing.  Our lives in the world are much like that.  The adversary won't make it evil and totally dark all at once he will do it a little at a time.  We get used to the darkness so then he adds more.  I never did notice the darkness of the smoke in my kitchen.  My husband who wasn't part of the kitchen could see it.  Sometimes we need to remove ourselves to be able to look in and see it.  Fortunately we always have a guide to go back to and I believe that is Jesus Christ.  If we use him as our guide we can always straighten our course back to the light. 

 

The incident in the kitchen left my eyes swollen and thus making it hard for me to see.  Sometimes our brushes with darkness leave some damage.  But for me a little rest and I will be able to recover.  It talks about that in the scriptures as well.  Look up scriptures that talk about being in his "rest". 

In any case that is all I have for tonight because I need to take some rest.  See you tomorrow.