The Mountains Are Out

  The Mountains Are Out!

When we moved out here, we were surprised to hear this phrase. It took a few months for us to realize that these Olympic Mountains weren't always visible. Sometimes they were "out" and sometimes they weren't. This was a spectacular, sparkling day. 

We Believe in Christ

 

“We believe in the historical Jesus who walked the dusty paths of the Holy Land … We testify that He is one with the Father and the Holy Ghost, the Three being One: one in spirit, one in strength, one in purpose, one in voice, one in glory, one in will, one in goodness, and one in grace—one in every conceivable form and facet of unity except that of Their separate physical embodiment (see 3 Nephi 11:36). We testify that Christ was born of His divine Father and a virgin mother, that from the age of 12 onward, He was about His true Father’s business, that in doing so, He lived a perfect, sinless life and thus provided a pattern for all who come unto Him for salvation.

 

We bear witness of every sermon He ever gave, every prayer He ever uttered, every miracle He ever called down from heaven, and every redeeming act He ever performed. In this latter regard we testify that in fulfilling the divine plan for our salvation, He took upon Himself all the sins, sorrows, and sicknesses of the world, bleeding at every pore in the anguish of it all, beginning in Gethsemane and dying upon the cross of Calvary as a vicarious offering for those sins and sinners, including each of us.

 

We declare that three days after the Crucifixion, He rose from the tomb in glorious immortality, the firstfruits of the Resurrection, thereby breaking the physical bands of death and the spiritual bonds of hell, providing an immortal future for both the body and the spirit, a future that can be realized in its full glory and grandeur only by accepting Him and His name as the only “name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Neither is there, nor can there ever be, “salvation in any other” (Acts 4:12).

 

We declare that He will come again to earth, this time in might, majesty, and glory, to reign as King of kings and Lord of lords. This is the Christ, whom we praise, in whose grace we trust implicitly and explicitly, and who is “the Shepherd and Bishop of [our] souls” (1 Peter 2:25).

 

Joseph Smith was once asked the question, “What are the fundamental principles of your religion?” He replied, “The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.”

 

We rejoice with the Apostle Paul: “Thanks be to God, [who] giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57). In that spirit, as one Book of Mormon prophet wrote, “We talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ … that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins … [and] may look forward unto that life which is in Christ” (2 Nephi 25:26, 27)."

Jeffrey Holland - Standing Together for the Cause of Christ

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 

Family

 

 “The family is ordained of God.”* 

We’ve been brought together for this journey on earth and it’s our choice how much we accompany and support each other. 

It’s also our choice whether or not we’ll continue this journey together on the other side of the veil.

I love my family - in its complexity and various configurations.

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*The Family- a Proclamation to the World

We Are Children of God

 "In today’s world, no matter where we live and no matter what our circumstances are, it is essential that our preeminent identity is as a child of God. Knowing that will allow our faith to flourish, will motivate our continual repentance, and will provide the strength to “be steadfast and immovable” throughout our mortal journey (Mosiah 5:15). Donald L. Hallstrom

"One of the great adventures of life is that of finding out who we really are, where we came from and then living consistently in harmony with our identity and the purpose of our existence... Become who you really are. Your happiness and ability to find balance in your life will occur as you find, recognize and accept your true identity as a child of our Heavenly Father, and then live in accordance with this knowledge."

Gerald Jean Causse

Spring Is in the Air & a Few Other Things

First rhododendron blooms of the season

Moss is everywhere in this area - 

including on this stone wall and both sides of trees

One week I found pacifiers hung in several planters downtown

Great views across Lake Washington to Seattle in the distance

Spring flowers

I don't know if this is a new sculpture or I just haven't

noticed it before because it's tucked in amongst some shrubbery.