Private Square

Last night I was passing through the kitchen and Lilly was standing in front of the refrigerator, so as I passed by I smacked her on the butt. She turned around and sang (with hand gestures):

Stop! Don't touch me there,

That's my private square!

Somedays that child cracks me up! AND now that song is stuck in my head!

Dreams are weird...

Last night I dreamed that I went to my old job to work the front desk over the lunch hour. Why would I do that? In the five years I worked there I think I worked the front desk a total of 2 hours! But it gets better...not only did I go over there to work I went dressed in a bear costume, and while I was there another former employee showed up wearing brown fleece footie pajamas and sat down to visit with me. What on earth does this mean?? I don't know, but I woke up laughing at it!

Jesus the Christ, Chapter 7

I read chapter 7 today and I have to say it was the most interesting chapter so far! Chapter 7 is "Gabriel's Annunciation of John and Jesus" and tells the story of Gabriel announcing to Zacharias that he and his wife would be having a baby...I really have to laugh at the idea that Zacharias is talking to an angel and doesn't believe what the angel is telling him. Really? He's a priest, standing in the Holy of Holies, talking to an angel, and he doesn't believe him? Wow. So he asks for a sign and gets one...he can't talk til the baby is named! I love it, some days I wish my husband would get the same sign...oops...did I just say that in a public forum? =)

Then Gabriel goes to Mary and tells her she's going to have a baby, and she's pretty cool about it. She didn't ask for a sign! What really stood out to me though, was Joseph's reaction. For some reason when I read this I suddenly wondered about what it must have been like to be in his shoes. The woman he loves tells him she's having a baby that's not his, in fact, it's God's baby, the promised Messiah. I think he believed her, but I think he didn't feel worthy to be the stepfather of the Son of God. Can you imagine the responsibility of that? Wow.

Jesus the Christ: Chapters 5 & 6

It's getting interesting!

Chapter 5: Earthly Advent of the Christ Predicted

So, chapter 5 talks about the prophecies regarding the Messiah. Talmage points out that the Bible says the serpent should have the power to bruise the heel of Adam's, but through the seed of the woman should come the power to bruse the adversary's head. It doesn't say through Adam or through man or through Adam AND Eve, it says through the seed of the woman. The only instance of a woman having a child dissociated from mortal fatherhood is Jesus Christ. I thought that was very interesting. So it appears there are prophecies that I have not previously recognized, this being one of them.

Chapter 6: The Meridian of Time

This chapter was probably the most interesting so far (in my opinion anyway) because it explains the Pharisees and Saducees...they have always been a bit of a mystery to me. I have to admit though, that even when they are explained to me, it's still hard to really get it. I think what it boils down to is that they were two groups who interpreted the scriptures differently, and were very opinionated about it! This chapter also explained some of the reasons that the Jews held themselves apart from other people, and explains the reasons they hated the Samaritans.

an evening at home...

Tonight I sat down with my two older kids to watch the movie "RED", which, by the way, I learned stands for Retired, Extremely Dangerous. hahahaha! About a fourth of the way in Lilly suddenly asked Thomas if he knew what his facebook status was....what was it, you ask?

"I love my little Sister Erin! This is a poem I wrote for Her!

E is for energetic

R is for randomly Awesome

I is for interestingly enough my favorite person too! :)

N is for Naturally beautiful"

I laughed so hard I cried! He ran upstairs and deleted it, no sense of humor somedays! Thomas is a huge fan of Morgan Freeman so when the movie ended he was completely shocked that they had actually killed off his character. Then Thomas wondered aloud if Morgan Freeman might have a 17 year old granddaughter...the mental image in my head was not very pretty!

Anyway, it was a fun movie, I love the cast!

By the way, now that I am posting blogs I realize just how much I do not remember of the rules of grammar...yikes!

Jesus the Christ, chapters 3&4

Aaaahhhhhh! It gets easier to read! I wonder if it's like Shakespeare, you just have to get familiar with the style of language used in order to read it? I took a Shakespeare class in college and really enjoyed reading it, so a couple of years ago I picked up my old Shakespeare book for a little light reading and found that it was very difficult to read...just like Jesus the Christ was difficult at first.

Chapter 3: "The Need of a Redeemer"

In order for us to progress spiritually we needed to be able to make our own choices, the Eternal Father knew that we would sin. "It was not His design that the souls of mankind be lost; on the contrary it was and is His work and glory, 'to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. (Moses 1:39)'". So it was decided that we would need a Savior, an atonement.

Chapter 4: "The Antemortal Godship of Christ"

I liked this chapter the best so far. First of all I had to laugh when I looked up the word "antediluvial", which means before the great flood, or before Noah (paraphrased of course). I think "before the flood" would have worked just as well.

Anyway, this chapter talks about the Holy Trinity, or as we more commonly call it in our church, the Godhead. We believe that God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are one in spirit and purpose, but separate physical beings and this chapter lays out the scriptural reasons for this belief. It also talks about the names of Jesus and the meaning of them. Very interesting information in this chapter.

Jesus the Christ, Chapters 1 & 2

Our ward had New Beginnings Tuesday night and challenged the young women (and us leaders) to read the book "Jesus the Christ" by December 13th. Tonight I read chapters 1 and 2. I've decided that it's an interesting challenge and I'd like to share the journey with whoever might happen upon my blog. So I'm not promising anything except that I will try to report here once a week...please note that I used the word TRY.

The first thing I noticed about this book is that James E. Talmage liked big words, and lots of words! I remember hearing somewhere that the length of the sentences a person uses is an indication of their intelligence, so Brother Talmage must have been a GENIUS. I think this book is challenging for many readers just because the words used and the way they are used will be overwhelming. I hope that the girls will be persistent and keep chipping away at it!