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All that the Father hath:
His love is so complete that he holds nothing back. He has promised all that he has to those that love and keep his commandments. All that he has, which is everything, is freely given. This is a natural response of complete love, to surrender all that he has, to those he is confidant will use it wisely for everyones good. He gives all, including his attention, support and love. He is focused on our needs and will do all he can to sustain our righteous desires. He said knock, ask, seek and give the good gifts; he would be mindful of every hair of the head, every prayer before it is breathed. He is not diverted, but focused on our well being. He is not diverted to some sport or hobby or amusement of diversion, but his work, his passion and all that he desires; is to see our success. He glories in our success. This is his occupation, his preoccupation, his work and his amusement. In Moses he said, “This is my work and my glory”. If we have God with us, who can be against us? We have only to look to God and live.

Now let us grow and learn from his example and open our heart and focus our energies to those we have been given charge or stewardship over. May we focus our energy or love and open our heart and give all that we have to the little ones; and to our eternal companion; if she is to become truly our eternal companion. Sometimes we tend to do what we anticipate from Heavenly Father: To give things rather than a portion of ourselves. We should be looking to see the long-term picture. We may be overlook the more challenging charge; to be mindful of and watch over spiritual welfare of those we love; To have love unfeigned; To instill a love for Heavenly Father and a testimony by example; To challenge them to become all that they can be; To instill in them a desire to sacrifice for the well being of others. It is when we can look beyond today that the windows of heaven are opened and those blessing flow.

The Temple is that point in the universe where Heaven touches us: our hearts, our souls our lives.

The Hearts of the Fathers

What difference does it make if our fathers turn their heart towards us? When we have the focused attention of good men of past generations looking toward us, we have the potential of great blessings. They, perhaps, know how to assist us in directing our passions and energies in a way no one else can. Much of who we are comes from them. They know the challenges they mastered, and see us struggling with them today. To have their directed prayers and blessings will have profound positive impact in many ways. Those that came from a long line of convenient people will reflect that blessing in how they live and are blessed. We see leaders’ begat leaders. Doctors often come from a long line of doctors. That is more that an idle wishes to be like my dad. There is much to be said for heritage on several levels.

Today there are more first generation members than those with many generations of covenanted ancestors. As we accomplish the work in the temples we awake, release and motivate our forefathers in ways we will only know when the veil is removed between us and them.

Meanwhile, as we turn our hearts towards them and do the great work of the temples on their behalf we are unleashing an army of priesthood in that unseen world against the opposing army. They will in effect be drawing the fire from the adversary, that we might survive in this intensifying battle for right. Satin will be bound by the eventual ineffectiveness of his efforts on an expanding army of covenanted people.

As families are sealed together we weld the links of a chain that works it way back to Father Adam. When our family has claim on Adam and his family for protection and support we will have claim on all the blessing of Heaven. It is through this linage we become a part of the united front with Michael the Arc Angle at our head.

Understand there are two fronts in this war. There is the Church and Kingdom of God. There is Melchezideck and Patriarchal Priesthoods. There is Church and Family. One is a means to the end of the other. We have a church that is here to help us get there. We have elder and priest to help us come to the unity of the faith till we became the measure of the stature of Christ. All that has an end, while the Family goes on forever.

As we grow and become united we become ready to received celestial glories and stand ready for the eternities. Such aspirations are of no value nor could we handle them alone; We need family; children and parents, we need grand children and grandparents to expand who we are to who we are too become.

Our Weaknesses

Our Weaknesses

We have a tendency to see the good in ourselves and the weaknesses in others. That is only natural. Perhaps we should try and turn that around. Maybe we need examine our weaknesses and attempt to change them or is that something that is very difficult? We need to come to terms with the reality that this natural man is an enemy to God. If we cannot recognize the enemy that is within then we will surely are deceived. Often we are too quick to justify our weaknesses and not that of our brothers. But Jesus thought, “As we forgive other we will be forgiven”. Jesus knew that as we open ourselves to examination, that we would recognize our desperate need for his mercy. When Moses did that introspection he exclaimed “What is the nothingness of man that though art mindful of him?” We remind ourselves often that we are his children, seeing the God that is in us. Perhaps we could to focus on our brother and sister, that they are his children, even the very least of them. And in so doing, we can take advantage the mercies of Christ. It is for our weakness that we need to find forgiveness and the miracle that can take the natural man out of us. It seems that the miracle will occur in us as we imposes that miracle on others. As we see only the good in our weak and sinful brothers, than the Lord can see the God in us. It is not like we are going to forgive sins as much as we are going to open our hearts to God.

We seem to get into trouble as we focus on the weakness of others. We need to go beyond that and see how we can go the extra mile and help and give and lift up and do all we can do to bind the wounds and heal the pain. They are not the enemy, but Satan; the one that wound them.

Just as in the Garden of Eden, The Lord set up a conflict where wisdom was required. “Of all the fruit thou may freely eat, nevertheless I forbid..” So also now we see the need to forgive 70 times 7 and to go the extra mile, all these things at our disadvantage, that we might gain the greatest advantage, The Lord’s mercy in our weakness. The miracle occurs as we cling to Christ that he makes those weaknesses our strengths.