my fav scriptures...
A good friend of mine asked me a while back what my favorite scripture was. But as the saying goes, I could no sooner pick a favorite star in the sky...so I ended up sending her a list of over a hundred scriptures that I liked—ha! The past few months I have been contemplating a lot about myself and a few of the scriptures that have profoundly affected my life, complete with life-changing, "turning point" stories behind them. Here they are: “Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.” (Alma 37:36, Book of Mormon) “…There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me…. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made per