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He Did Deliver Me

THE DANGER IN EMPHASIZING SELF-RELIANCE OVER RELIANCE ON GOD – the author makes these points: – _We are mistaken to think anything more of ourselves – to think our success or salvation in any area of life was coming because of our own “industry”, management or genius.

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08/29/2007 | michele | Comment

Anyone want to discuss with me?

When I go running I like to listen to Podcasts. I don’t do good running to music because the tempo changes affect my speed to much and it bothers me. Sometimes I will listen to books on tape, or talks but i like podcasts the best. I like the interview format, it keeps me from getting bored and doesn’t require as much attention. One of the podcasts I listen to the most is the Cricket and Seagull . A few weeks ago I listened to a Cricket and Seagull podcast that had on the author of the book He Did Deliver Me From Bondage (go to April 28, 2006 and May 5, 2006) by Colleen Harrison. Colleen Harrison was overweight and having a hard time losing weight. She just couldn’t stick to anything. She ended up going to Overeaters Anonymous where she went through the 12 step program for addictive behaviors. While going through the steps she thought so many of them sounded like they could have come from The Book of Mormon so she went through the steps and found places in the Book of Mormon that supported those thoughts. She put those steps in a book and it was later used by Family Services for 10 years until the church made their own book to be used. She was on the committee that put this new book together. So as I was listening to this interview I really liked some of the things she said.She really talked about trusting God, putting God first, the Atonement. The book Deliver Me From Bondage is meant to be used like a workout. There are scriptures to be searched out and questions to really ponder. The interviewer Steven Kapp Perry said he has heard many people use this book even if they do not struggle with an addictive problem because it is so good at bringing you closer to Christ. I love work book type of books. Books that have you search out scriptures and answer questions. I seem to get more out of them then books I just read. (Unless we are talking fiction of coarse, which I love, but that is a different post) So I decided even though I don’t struggle with an addiction I wanted to read this book. So I bought it at Deseret Book. I am very surprised at how much I am getting out of this book. I have found that I have some very screwey thinking. There are alot of thought that I think make great discussion thoughts so I thought I would post them here. If you want to discuss with me look for my posts titled He Did Deliver Me. Can’t wait to hear from everyone!

08/29/2007 | michele | Comment [1]

It's finally me!

Over the past few months I have been reading different blogs of family members, strangers who have the same interests I do, companies, etc. I have thought how it would be such a good way to keep track of what I am doing. Seems even better than a journal because you could include pictures, recipes, just more details about my everyday life. Which I guess in the case of family history could be interesting for those who read it. So, I have contemplated have a blog for quite a few months. I just have a few reservations: how much would I disclose, concerns for safety for my family and one of the biggest TIME. I can hardly find time to do what I need to as it is why add something else to it? Well, I made the mistake of mentioning to Hugh I was thinking it might be fun to have a blog and before I have any time to think about any of my reservations we have a family bog and everyone in the family has blogged but me. I’m getting lots of pressure to start blogging so even though I am not quite sure how it is I want to blog I guess I’m starting. So don’t be suprised if my blog it pretty all over the place.

So that’s all for now. It should be a fun trip!

08/29/2007 | michele | Comment [2]