Thoughts and stories, by Pal

This is a lovely article about how the Holy Ghost is truly a comforter. Accessing the Gift of the Holy Ghost By Joni Hilton  · January 17, 2018 I love to attend baptisms. I have yet to witness one where I didn’t feel the Spirit, and I can see the moist eyes of others experiencing the same thing. Recently I watched an eight-year-old girl in my ward enter into the waters of baptism, after her grandmother gave a beautiful talk about the Holy Ghost. The grandmother showed a quilt of her great-grandfather’s, truly a comforter, which is how the Holy Ghost is often identified. Of course we all know he is a member of the Godhead, and does much more than comfort. He also testifies of truth, he enlightens our minds, he prompts and inspires us to take righteous and charitable actions, he helps us make decisions, he warns us of danger, on and on. But we call him   The Comforter.  We don’t call him the Enlightener, or the Teacher, the Prompter, or the...

At this beautiful Christmas season, I am including the pencil drawing by my grandson, Sam Lieske, of Del Parson's painting of Jesus Christ holding a lamb.  Sam is very gifted, and pursuing a degree in architecture. December 2, 2017 Trails are a Sign of the Times SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY 1 Peter 4:12-13 "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." QUOTE OF THE DAY John Taylor "We complain sometimes about our trials. We need not do that. These are things that are necessary for our perfection. We think sometimes that we are not rightly treated, and I think we think correctly about some of these things. We think there are plots set on foot to entrap us; and I think we think so ...

Inspirational thoughts, to help us remember July 24th, and the pioneers. Martha Ann Riste Wilson, my great grandmother who was a pioneer from England. July 15, 2017 Come, Come, Ye Saints SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 25:12-13 "For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads. Wherefore, lift up thy heart and rejoice, and cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made. " QUOTE OF THE DAY Heber J. Grant "Never can I hear this song, never can I read it, but my heart goes out in gratitude to my father and to my mother, and to thousands of those noble men and women who journeyed over the plains. Many of them, time and time again, crossed the plains to help others, enduring the hardships cheerfully, carrying out, in very deed, the teachings of this inspired hymn!  "I can never th...

I love to receive these thoughts daily.  I am trying to find the way you can bring them to your own e mail, and it isn't as easy as I thought.  Tonight we had our daughter Anita, her husband Reed, and 3 of her sons, with 2 of their wives, for dinner, and playing games after.  It was so fun!  I'm so thankful for my posterity, and they bring joy to my heart! Anita's sons, left to right:  Sam, Ben, Jake, and David.  This picture was taken in the Salt Lake City airport, as Jake returned home from his mission in Indonesia last August! David had to work tonight, but the others were here! June 16, 2017 Christlike Character SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Alma 7:23-24 "And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both s...