Christ is the Bread of Life.

This phrase has been with me recently as I studied John chapter 6 as Christ taught his apostles that is is the bread of life and the living water.  I know that when I come to Christ and rely on him things will go right but when I seek to take things upon myself without his help they fail.  At this point in time I am looking for a new job for many reasons.  I have done everything I can think of and now I need to rely upon the Lord to take me where he would have me go.  I know that God does look down with love upon his children and wants to bless them.  His blessings often come in the form that we learn something and that is a very hard lesson to learn some times.  I have to learn to go where he would have me go and understand it is not about money but providing.  I am learning that lesson through my three jobs since graduation that I need to seek one that brings the most blessings to my family which is not money but time and benefits for them.
Back to the bread of life. only by partaking of what he has to offer which is peace and love and guidance can we be filled.  I have learned that my body can go longer than I thought without food and be okay but my spirit needs Christ daily in order to stay healthy.  He is like bread and water in that as we seek him and obey his laws and commandments we will be filled with things we didn't know we had before.
So on at this Easter season as you partake of a great bounty please remember the bread of life is Christ.

A day of Miracles

The power of Fasting is real and wonderful.  God truly will grant unto us what we need when we need it.  Yesterday was a wonderful sabbath day.  To start at the beginning Saturday we started fasting for several different things and while I was practicing the piano I had an idea on how to go about paying off what we will owe in taxes. It was a peaceful evening. Then Sunday morning we had a truly wonderful sacrament meeting where many got up and shared amazing testimonies about prophets and the Savior.  I was greatly enriched.  I want to share the two stories that most impressed me.  The first Brother was able to attend general conference and he gave the example that when a high ranking official enters an area in the military everyone is called to attention or when the president of the United States enters congress he is announced and all arise.  But at conference when president Monson entered no one announced him but all of the sudden 21,000 people stopped talking and everyone arose until he ushered them to sit. What an amazing experience and what respect all these people have for the mantle of prophet.  The second experience was told about an experience after a particularly tough men's church basketball game.  Many people were upset, there were lots of hard fouls and the game was not filled with an atmosphere of love.  After the game was over a large player walked over to the audience and stretched forth his arms wide open and said, "The church is still true".  As soon as he said it a peaceful spirit settled over the gym and the rest of the tournament was much more peaceful.

Now on to our evening.  Mari, while playing the piano, received an answer to her prayer and she now has an idea of what she needs to do to help support our family.  She will begin teaching art classes next month dealing with painting, puppetry and acting. What a miraculous blessing.

Our last prayer to be answered last night occurred while we were outside on our deck enjoying a beautiful evening reading and working on projects.  Alex our cat jumped off the deck, which she frequently does, but she always goes under the deck and then comes back up.  Tonight she did not come back.  Mari worried so she got a flashlight and looked but Alex was not under the deck!  So we spent the next 2 hours calling for and looking in the dark for our cat Alex, who is not an outdoors cat and not the brightest either.  We prayed and prayed for help to get her home knowing she was lost somewhere in our neighborhood.  Then Mari went out on her bike at about 11:00 pm and for some reason she  rode the opposite way than where she really believed Alex might be.  While riding she saw Alex walking about a 1/2 a block away and she was running away from our house looking very lost.

We are grateful for spirit building days such as yesterday.