Tag: God

The Sacrament

Spiritual and Physical Healing

We understand that as the Aaronic priesthood asks the Father to bless, and sanctify the water and bread of the Holy Sacrament, through the sacramental prayers, that the priests don’t actually bless it, Heavenly Father does. See Moroni 4:3, and Moroni 5:2 in the Book of Mormon for a reference.

As spirit children of our Heavenly Parents, having chosen our Savior as our Redeemer in Their Presence, as made reference to our being here, dwelling in a physical body, and having kept our first estate, we already have access to forgiveness of sins for our spirits here.

But what of our physical bodies? They too need forgiveness. Therefore, we must choose Him again in the flesh. This is what constitutes why we in covenant are baptized, and partake of the sacrament weekly, for as we do so, we are cleansed of our sins from our spirits, and our bodies.

The water and bread, having been sanctified by God our Eternal Father, are part of the covenant cleansing process, for the spiritual, and physical aspects of who we are. Thus we see that in partaking of the sacrament with the proper preparation of repentance and forgiving, prepared by, and through the worthy in heart, who hold the Aaronic Priesthood, is completely necessary. For only then, can our Savior’s full atoning sacrifice experience, for both our spirits and our bodies, forgive and heal.

Think of it in terms of  having a wound on our leg, and treating it with salt water, to help heal the wound. There is both a spiritual, and a physical aspect to the salt water. The spiritual aspect of the salt water, will help heal our spirit’s part of our wound, while the physical part of the salt water, will  help heal the physical part of our wound.

The same goes for sins in our spiritual and physical bodies. We need the metabolic healing for both. But just as we have many sins, and need to repent of them all, we don’t do so all at once, but are forgiven and healed incrementally, as we take them to the Lord, and partake of the sacrament each week.

But oppositely, the same goes for those who hide their sins, and partake of the sacrament unworthily, they then are incrementally damned by degrees, but until they confess their sins to their ecclesiastical Bishop, they may not move forward. But what about those who are not worthy by intent, who are wolves in sheep’s clothing? They are not to be permitted to take of the emblems of our Lord’s body.

Shane

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Making Sense of It – The Truth Be Told

Justice Will Be Served

This is the story behind what I feel really happened, from my perspective.

It all started when I had made an appointment with my doctor, who is over my meds. To have refills, you have to meet with him every 3 months to see if anything needs changed. For some reason I don’t understand, my appt with him got canceled, and without notification. Well, I went into the Dr’s office for my appt, and found out that it was canceled.

So I set up another appt, and walked over to the nurse’s counter, to see if I could have my meds refilled, without having seen my doctor. This is the only way to get a refill in that situation, you have to schedule another appt first. Then I had the same thing happen again. He canceled on me again, without notice, and I had to do the same thing.

On the third appt, my car was in the shop, and something had happened, keeping Katherine from being able to pick me up from work. I called my Mom, and she stopped what she was doing, and rushed to come get me, so I wouldn’t be late getting there to my appt.

We got there 10 min late, and the receptionist had already informed the doctor to bring in the next patient, even though my half-hour appt wasn’t up. I politely refused to leave without seeing him, and when my doctor came out to call the other guy in, he saw me, and I acknowledged him, but I didn’t force my stance. I just looked away, and He then called me back to meet with him.

Now, going back to the second time I was canceled on my doctor’s appt, I had squared things up with the nurse’s desk to refill the second time, but without meeting with the doctor, I felt that because I had not officially met with him twice, my insurance wasn’t going to cover it. For when I called the pharmacy to get the refill on that second Dr’s cancelation, the technicians hung up on me three times, until finally I got the actual pharmacist, and he then asked me my birthday date at least 6 times, saying that he was checking something. Then he said, “Oh, we’re out of that prescription right now, but we could send you to Eagle Mountain or Nephi.” I think it was. “Or we could send it to another pharmacy like Walgreens.” I just told him the Walmart in Springville was fine.

Then, when I went to pick up the prescription at Walmart, of course it went through, being Walmart, but what intrigued me, was that I was sure the gal who gave me the prescription there at Walmart, was the same gal I’ve seen give me prescriptions at Smith’s before.

Anyhow, I got my pills, with a slight bit of, something feels and seems off here, and when I took my first med of it the next morning, I felt a bit different with it than normal, and the thought occured to me, that there was foul play going on.

Then that day is when the guy on the freeway happened, and I had not had much water to drink at work, because of the business of the day (with the clients making it hectic), and I planned on filling up on water once I got back to the office, which is where I was headed, until that guy followed me to the police station.

Because of the hole in my nose septum, my medications causing a thicker tongue, and being dehydrated, I was slurring my words more than normal.

For some reason, my toxicity report still hadn’t come back (praise be to the Lord!), even after three reschedules for my hearing, for if I am correct in my inmost thinking, the medication I got at Walmart was not the same thing I normally get, but was tampered with, or replaced with something that would have shown up positive on my report.

So after my case was dismissed, and I texted my lawyer to thank him for all his help and hard work, he called me and told me that, even that morning, when he had met with the prosecutor, he told him that they were going to get that report back, and that nothing was going to be on it.

Anyway, it was my lawyer’s partner that represented me that day before the judge, and at the beginning of the hearing, he said, we are going to have to reschedule this, because the toxicity report still had not come back. But when the prosecutor heard this, he said, oh, it looks like we have the report here, and there’s nothing on it. Then the judge questioned him, and he said again, there is nothing on the report. I motion to dismiss the case, and it was then dismissed by the judge.

I honestly believe that because of all this craziness, that everything that had happened, was planned out by satan and his followers, and then carried out by both people who are easily influenced by him, and also by those who work in tandem with him, in secret combinations.

Had the toxicity report not been delayed by God, they would have found whatever was in that prescription that was different, and I believe I would have gone to jail, lost my job and would have been stopped in my progression.

I’m now on a new refill bottle, and I definitely feel better than I was. Thus we see that the Lord’s wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil, and that those who put their trust in him are blessed, even unto the power of deliverance.

Shane

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Divine Quotes

Insights on Important Topics

The True definition of agency is simply: The ability to do good.

It is a fruit of the Lord’s atonement. There is nothing negative about it. Everyone has Choice, even the adversary, for he chooses how to carry out his purposes. He wanted no agency, therefore he denied himself that privilege. We all get what we want. Let us all be better agents with our agency, to act, and not be acted upon.

Mercy, Grace, and Agency

“We cannot earn our blessings, simply because we are not able to do anything good without Jesus Christ. His blessings come after we do our part, yes, but it is only by His grace in the first place, that we can do these things.

First, His mercy stops our downward fall, offering us the gift of repentance, which is another fruit of the atonement. Then, His Grace, our great enabler, gives us the ability to do good and move forward. Truly then, everything good comes from God and Christ.

Finally, when at the judgement bar, after all our very best efforts, coupled and performed with Christ’s grace, it is still not enough. We are then only blessed and saved by the grace of Jesus Christ, as we are accepted of our Father, as Jesus Christ pleads our case before Him.” Hence the prophetic quote, “…we are saved by grace, after all we can do.”

Being Prepared – Self, vs. God Reliance

“All blessings, temporal, spiritual, emotional, mental, intellectual, social, physical, and financial, come from God. Acknowledgement of Him in all these things is of utmost importance. For as we exercise the truth of gratitude in our relationship with Him, our lives will improve, and our blessings will flow. We must not forget to rely wholly on Him, in the pretense of being “self-reliant,” for all good things come from Him, and not from ourselves.”

Earth, Time, & Good vs. Evil

“Our mother earth was created to save and exalt mankind. She is our foundation. Her battles against sin, war, and pollution, are as real as ours. Her works and fruits, are a testament of her love and praise for us, and God. Praise be to our God and our Mother Earth, Eden, and all our Lord’s creations upon her, for were it not for these, we, nor the atonement, nor the plan of happiness, could ever be brought to pass. Praise be to our Father God, and Savior Jesus Christ, for organizing this most marvelous plan of exaltation. For their loving grand design, upon our mother earth, and of having father time as the great separator, and Jesus Christ as our Holy Savior, within the safety of our wonderous probationary journey.”

The Worth of Souls, Eternal life, and Exaltation

“You are of unprecedented worth and value! Your life doesn’t just matter, you are central to God our Father’s plans, works, designs, and blessings for His children, and righteous purposes. Your eternal life, exaltation, families, and glory are more majestic, resplendent, dynamic, and wondrous, than you can even possibly imagine! You will be like God, living His lifestyle! How unspeakable shall be your blessings!”

Personal Revelation

“The three P’s of Revelation: Preparation, Pondering, and Prayer. Be spiritually ready to receive revelation, by living the Lord’s commandments. Allow quiet moments for the Gift of the Holy Ghost to work on, and qualify your heart and mind to be ready to receive your answers. Then, specifically ask for the things you need, and the answers to your soul. The Lord will bless you, and answer you in the way and timing, and in the right way for you.”

Symbolism vs. Symbols – To Teach The Ready

While it is true that symbols can help teach people things according to their readiness, it is also true that symbols, although meant to teach the truth using symbolism, it is also true that at the very center, core, and reality of these truths, which are given symbolically, is the very, actual, and literal truth.

Shane

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My Life Triumph

With God, All Things Are Possible

Before the barriers between God, Jesus and me were removed, I carried the stresses of all those around me, starting at age 21, through means of being an absorber. This is as a result of having a poisonous substance injected into the roof of my mouth at age 17, by servants of the enemy, which caused four of the most severe of mental illnesses and brain damage to occur. Pre-accompanied by these, were traumatic psychological, physiological and abusive mind changing experiences I underwent at age 3, and 6.

From the time of the second abuse at age 6, to the event which caused this condition and phenomenon at age 17 in the first place, I experienced much negative “programming,” which caused me to learn and take on the ways of the adversary, to my dishonor and utmost personal shame.

Because of all the issues caused by this, I had, although unavoidably, put up barriers between me and deity, through choices as a child. Having suffered these when I was age three, six and seventeen. At age 6 I was told by the Holy Ghost from God that, “You are of utmost importance to my plan and kingdom here on the earth in these last days. If you allow me, I’ll make all these things better for you.” I then told Him, “But you weren’t there for me! Go ahead and try to do it without me!”

Several things occurred from these indignities. I later acquired the four major mental illnesses, brain damage and other majorly complicated, insane, disturbing, emotional disturbances and baggage, all in a contorted cocktail of difficulty, which compounded, and made life very difficult indeed.

With all of these things on top, plus the negative programming and mental illnesses, this made for a Satanic “lock,” and Godly “quest,” to somehow survive and begin to thrive, through all of these compounded struggles this caused.

But this wasn’t all. During the evil abuse at age six, which I was miraculously able to survive alive, among the several torture methods used during these ritualistic abuses, I had also been cursed with three majorly evil curses, which were only able to be removed during my two years of service inside the La Jolla, San Diego, California, Latter-Day Saint Temple, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, during my two year service mission as a young adult, when I was age 24-26.

Also, having these four mental illnesses, evil spirits had a greater access to me, with the ability to harass and torture me directly, which they did so.

With all the previously outlined layers, emotional, physical, mental, social and lack of healthy outlets and life skills, plus the mental illnesses, plus these causing evil spirits to have a greater and direct access to me, all working against me in the very worst of ways, trying to recover was an all out war.

Life’s challenges were all compounded. Plus, I never had the connection of family or friends, because I was too much for them to relate to, so, I had God. All of these things twisted in the most horrendous of mixes, made life very difficult for me, although I was misunderstood by all, howbeit, I was the source of inspiration to my family, helping them to move on, regardless of how they felt about me. I prayed for them, and shared my light with them and worked with them to improve in their personal lives.

How? Because I had God. God stepped in and said, “This is My son, he’s not being taken care of. I will do it!”

God then came down from Heaven, and carried me out of personal destruction, and pulled me back to His light. He carried me in a wonderfully, powerful and amazing way, which is beyond mortal comprehension.

A little history of this instigating, Satanic “family’s” interactions with me:

Having been sucked into this “family” through their two boys, with fantasy and toys, and having been emotionally tied in to them because of the ritualistic abuse I suffered at age six, I tried to make friends with the enemy, thinking that in trying to fix them, I could also fix myself.

Not even remembering the abuse until I was at age 21, when my brain was more stabilized on medication, I had still felt that something was wrong, and this cycle of me trying to make myself well by changing them, is one of the reasons these cults abuse children this way in the first place. They know this phenomenon is very real, and it causes their “victims” to stay, and keep coming back to them.

Finally, at age seventeen, when my bishop told me he had angels speaking to him about me, I decided I needed to make the break away from them, still realizing that I was too much for my own family to handle, but seeing this as the better alternative for me, I did so.

Yet having been lured back over one last time to say goodbye at age seventeen, and to in and of myself show them that I was stronger than them, I was then knocked out through something they gave me in drink, and I was given through injection into the roof of my mouth, a poison which was intended to kill me.

Immediately on my way walking home, I felt my mind descend deeper and deeper, even until I arrived at home, wherein my mind was in utter darkness, even at all the resistance I tried to put up to stop it from doing so.

Since my recovery of life from age 21 until now, being the 24th of July 2020, I had in essence tried living for the Lord, without Him, a very hard road indeed, and this is how I’ve had to live and function, after the choices I made, to live a more separate life from God’s grace and relationship. For I hated God for what I went through, but He still helped me, despite this anger. It was the Lord I despised most, but He was also willing to help me anonymously, until I could love and forgive them both.

Because of this, and not having the coping resources, I cut off in measure, an open, clear and direct correspondence between God and myself. I’ve had to not only bear my own griefs and stresses, because of all I’ve been through, but also with this added type of separation, as well as my dilemma as outlined earlier, and because of other laws and influences which exist and that be in motion, both good and bad, I also had to, by means of my mental illnesses and thinner veil, bear the weight of all things, pertaining to God’s plan for me, and my role therein.

This, as well as of all those around me, as was stated, howbeit, Christ did carry me, even at the peril of my non-acknowledging relationship with Him. This at the bitterness of my own soul toward His, for at those times, I hated Him.

My help, although from Him, came at the hand of the Father, because I would not accept the Savior as a being in my life, but the Father I would.

As someone once explained it to me, this type of absorbing other’s stresses is a condition known as being an Empath, which I know I am. This has been an extremely exhausting, rough and unbearable road and route to go, but necessary for me somehow.

As of today, I have been changed and have forgiven my Savior and Father, for even though my life had to play out this way, even a tougher road than imaginable, I realize that I have been in the wrong, in not loving them, and have come to accept and love Them, regardless of the pathway they chose for me to tread, howbeit I chose to agree to this life.

This is, and can be a great blessing for me, and I would not have conceived it possible, but I’m glad that now that I’m in Their direct care, and not “my own” anymore, I can have inner peace.

Shane

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A Type and Shadow of Things That Never Change

Turn Not Unto The Right, Nor The Left

One of the great comparisons in life I like to look at, are the power of God, and the influence (false) “power” of Satan. For example, let’s look at the power and energy of light as we know it. For as the semblance of everything denotes there is a God, and as in each thing there is a blueprint, or example of God, we too can take a look at, and study the concept of God, seeing Him and His power in all things.

In light is the essence and matter of all the colors in the color spectrum which we have in our planet’s sphere. So when light is shining on an object, the only color that the object does not “absorb,” is then reflected back to the eye, and it appears as that color. It is the object then, which determines which color not to, “accept,” which is then seen by our eyes, and then interpreted back by our brain, to what the color’s representation is.

One of the great comparisons in life I like to look at, are the power of God, and the influence (false) “power” of Satan. For example, let’s look at the power and energy of light as we know it. For as the semblance of everything denotes there is a God, and as in each thing there is a blueprint, or example of God, we too can take a look at, and study the concept of God, seeing Him and His power in all things.

In light is the essence and matter of all the colors in the color spectrum which we have in our planet’s sphere. So when light is shining on an object, the only color that the object does not “absorb,” is then reflected back to the eye, and it appears as that color. It is the object then, which determines which color not to, “accept,” which is then seen by our eyes, and then interpreted back by our brain, to what the color’s representation is.

When light is broken

When light is broken down, you can see that it’s combined complexities, consist of all the colors of the rainbow in one. The result is, a brilliant and ennobling pure white light. Every color combined in and through the power of God, creates and gives order and structure to the world we know around us.

Let’s look at the adversary’s false, or self said, “power,” which he tries to use to convince others he has. He can only take of the things which God has created, and try to use them for harm, or against that for which they were intended or created. He cannot create anything.

For example, let’s use a metaphor, to illustrate in these physical terms. Satan will take of the products of God’s creations, such as in this case an artist’s paint.

He will take of the pigments of each color, in an attempt to deceive and counterfeit God’s efforts, by trying to manipulate them in a way to cause something, or the paint to become something pleasing, good or desirable. However, he cannot deliver, nor does He ever want to. By very nature of the way Satan uses and abuses what God has created for his own cunning design, he cannot ever deliver, the “promised” result.

Satan is not capable one bit of telling the truth, and he can do no good thing. He will take of the colors, put them all together, and get black.

Only God can create, put His colors together, whether in light, paint, shading or creation, and get a bright and glorious manifestation, in which life, warmth, peace and meaning are all given. Let’s look to God in all things, and acknowledge Him in all we see.

Shane

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