A few months ago, my blogs were hacked and many of them crashed. Upon moving them to the new hosting provider, this blog seemed to not recover the crash.

It turns out that only MY computer couldn’t see the blog, because of something to do with my cache.

So, all this time I thought this blog was gone and yet it wasn’t.

So, I’m back now.. looking for a spiritual series to work on.

~Heidi

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I don’t really have a nightstand, so I didn’t say “my nightstand.” heh

Now that we’ve survived the hack and invastion of privacy in blog land, I can return to posting.

I’ve had much success, lately, with paperbackswap.

Yesterday, I received What Da Vinci Didn’t Know: an LDS perspective.

I add this book to my pile of religious reading, that includes:

• Jesus The Christ by James E. Talmage (on my 101 in 1001 days goals)
• Reexploring The Book of Mormon
• Rediscovering The Book of Mormon
• Book of Mormon Stories for Young Latter-day Saints
• The Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball
• The World’s Religions by Huston Smith

I don’t, usually, have so much specific LDS reading.  I have, yet, to find authentic Eastern Orthodox material to read offline.  I’d like to have something tangible that taught me the vocabulary and spoke in simple English.

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I just finished watching Food, Inc.

I’m not very surprised by anything new, that I’ve learned.  Maybe I didn’t learn anything new.

I, already, consider Fast Food FAKE FOOD.  Its easy to drive right by, when, in my mind, its not food.  Its “not real” has been engraved on my soul, by Marianne Williams, even if unrelated to food.

I’m more disgusted with the legal issues and the red tape..  and hidden food labels..

Its all pretty simple, to me.  I can’t grow it all.. I can’t eat it all.  I make exceptions.

I like the idea of thinking that dry pasta, in a box, is convenience food.

I’m so pleased that this movie was made and watched by so many.. I want the awareness to make Organic Foods less “weird” and more plentiful.

If more of us felt food was fake.. we’d have better food choices, so we could eat better.

This movie isn’t about not eating fast food.. its about all of our food.  It won’t make you stop eating meat. It won’t make you stop eating dairy.  It will teach you that all of our food is a dollar in some companies hand.

Conspiring men in the last days.. will feed us to death!

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My house over-haul (or the “terrorizing of the house,” as TheBoy calls it) has had me flipping through magazines, during little breaks.. so I can sort out and throw out, those, too..

The problem is that most of these magazines were saved for a particular reason.. and I don’t find myself throwing out too many..

Like.. the January 2006 Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients.

Interviewing Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of “101 Exercises for the Soul” and “365 Prescriptions for the Soul,” (in ref to 101 Exercises) they ask, “If I were limited to practicing just one “exercise” in your book, which one should it be?”

He replied, “Find a role model and live and act as if you were the person you want to be and treat yourself as well as you do your beloved pet.  By rehearsing and practicing and having coaches to criticize and provide feedback, you can become a more loving human being  and be happier too.  you are a work in progress so don’t be critical of your mistakes and give up, but instead, forgive yourself, apologize, and move on.  My role model is WWLD.  Whenever I have a problem I ask myself, What Would Lassie Do?”

Both books have been added to my Amazon Wish List:

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I think it is arrogant to assume that one is saved.  I think that God has a plan, whether we know what it is, or not..

I believe we face judgment for the life that we live..

After that judgment, I will know my fate.  Not before it.

One should not presume that they are saved.

We should do our best, to set standards, in our personal life, and be examples to others, in our deeds, attitudes, and actions.  We should seek to honestly share the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We should serve others as restitution of our sins.  We should teach others and guide them, when they are lost.

We should lead lost sheep back into the fold. (We should not assume one is lost.  They can assume on their own.  When they are looking or seeking.. we can guide and share what we know..)

We should do as we are commanded.. loving one another.. and let the judgment come when it may.

Its not our job to make that judgment of ourselves, or anyone else.

It is only our job to be, pray, and endure.  Seek forgiveness in your thoughts and actions.  Do your part, on the path to righteousness.

Then pray some more.  Aspire to be forgiven.  Let the judge forgive.

No worries.  Just strive to do your best.  That’s all you can do.  When you fall off the path.. get right back up and start again..  and pray some more.

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I popped into a blog, from twitter today.  Before I read any posts, I clicked through to a beautiful testimony.

It occured to me, that I probably should work on my testimony, for this blog.

My first thought is that I have no idea where to start that.

Maybe I need to read more testimony’s and figure out more what to leave out of mine, than what to say?

I wanted to send a direct message to the writer, of the testimony, because there was no ability to comment on it.  I can’t DM because she is not following me.

I don’t see any contact options.  I find that sad.  When someone inspires you.. I think you should tell them.

It is personal, enough, that I don’t want to leave it public, with an @

Mixed emotions.. but feeling positive mixed..

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Today would have been my father’s 64th birthday.  He missed it by about five weeks.

The rest of us are left behind, to put one foot in front of the other.. to take one breath at a time.. until we find a way to smooth the edges, once again.

“getting stronger with time.”

I’m just staying mentally busy.. accomplishing a lot of nothing.. but maybe tomorrow..

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I think “talking in tongues” is a simple concept.

It does not mean that we talk, in a way, that makes no one, we are talking to, understand us.

It is not babble. But, it can seem to be babble, to some. The message, then, is clearly not for he whom hears the babble.

I, rather, think, it is being given the Spirit to communicate with others.. “their way,” but “His Way” is a more appropriate thought..

This can take many forms. I, in my mortal knowledge, am incapable of knowing all the ways of this..

I am blessed, to know, that I don’t have to know God’s Plan, in its fullest, to be able to participate in it.

When the Spirit touches others, through you.. you may not even be aware of it.

With that, in mind, I’d have to say, then, that “talking in tongues” could be as simple as a touch.. a courtesy.. a “thank you” to a stranger.. or a smile.

We simply can never know when we are being used by God. What a wonderful thing, though, to be “used by God.”

Let us all want to be “Used” like this.

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Last June, I read Camille Fronk Olson’s book, “Mary, Martha, and Me – Seeking the One Thing that is Needful.” I had purchased it, as a gift, for my eldest daughter’s high school graduation.

We had, previously, watched Camille, together, in the round table discussion, on BYU-TV.

Up to that point, I had never heard of the Mary/Martha guilt. I was so intrigued, I stayed up, all night, during our travels, prior to her graduation, to read it.

I loved Camille’s take. It didn’t surprise me.. I’ve always been so inspired by Camille.

A few weeks ago, I was seeking out some books, to read, for my 101 in 1001 challenge. My youngest daughter has been a reading nut, lately, and although I’m concerned about what she may be reading.. strictly because I can’t keep up and research.. I’ve been allowing her to purchase and I’ve been purchasing “unknown-to-me” books.. because I figure that she’ll get them, one way or another, anyway.

I can only hope and pray that she makes wholesome choices.

I was perusing the christian and spiritual type inspirational books.. while I waited for her to gather her needz..

I saw this book, called, “Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World” by Joann Weaver.

There was Mary/Martha again. And there was I.. over interested.

I added this book, to my “nightstand” of many titles, of many varied subjects. I’ve been reading a few pages, here and there..

And the other night, I happened upon a most interesting part/ideal/thought/concept..

I hadn’t give much thought to the religious history, of Mary/Martha’s day. I hadn’t thought about how women didn’t “walk with God,” then. I hadn’t thought about the historical precedence of Jesus’ chastisement to Martha.

I am a busy-body, like Martha. I, too, would have been going out of mind, trying to see about all the necessary preparations, with added guests..

Luke 10 via kwout

I know I would have been offended to think that I was not doing “good.”

But, Ms. Weaver has opened up a wonderful new light, of understanding, for me.. (Camille had settled my offended thoughts.. but this understanding is so much more..)

The only thing that was needful was knowing God.

Women were given the great blessing of being allowed to worship.. allowed to know.. allowed to do what only men, in that day, were allowed to do..

Weaver wrote, “With those words, Christ swept away centuries of chauvinism and bias, tradition and ritual. Women were no longer to be on the outside looking in when it came to spiritual matters.”

What a remarkable change, of heart, it is, to realize that it was not the chastisement that it appears, to be. He needed to teach Martha how to do what was completely against her “everyday knowledge.”

He needed to teach her that she could know God. She was just as worthy. In the grand scheme of things, the dishes are not as important as learning something spiritual.

And we are all just as worthy, as another, to learn..

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Hi. I’m Heidi.

This blog will become a new spiritual journey.. that I’m working on..

I’ve walked in many different shoes.. and each day.. I just continue to endure.

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