I love Sundays

Just got back from Stake Priesthood Session (Stake is a larger meeting house/Church where many Church members go for major meetings). Main theme was share what we know with those that don't know what we know. Most of us have pondered the big three questions:

1. Where did we come form??I don't know about you, but this question has always bothered me and I knew inside myself, it wasn't from a big bang and primeval soup!! There is lots of random things going on, I'll grant you that, but the mere fact that out of the chaos that is this Universe, there is a planet suspended at exactly the right distance from a monstrous ball of gas, that sustains our life here. There is a question of balance (Moody Blues) between chaos and order. What puts me to the conclusion that we are not random is our bodies! They are the most amazing piece of organic machinery! It is, for the most part, self-healing and fully automatic. To have a processor that co-ordinates all the senses and runs the physical motion, all at the same time, is miraculous to me! Just the process of vision alone speaks of highly advanced engineering! We are starting to come close to mimicking some of these wonders with robots but to we are nowhere close to the whole package. When a robot can sit down on a piano and play Bach and I just have to give it a Booster Juice once in a while to keep it going, then I will still say we have just learned what our Father in Heaven has perfected a long time ago.
   
2. Why am I here? I had always believed that we have a purpose here on our little planet. If your are now leaning towards the fact that maybe we did come from somewhere else Spiritually and have been put in a miraculous body, now what? I have a simple answer. To experience life! Life to me is all about the decisions we make and the consequences that follow. How we react to things we are presented with determines who we hang out with and what direction we go. The reason for that is we are inherently social beings and "Birds of a feather, flock together". Of course we are going to be around people that have similar beliefs and goals that we have! That is until we get hurt! We all get hurt BTW and that is where the "Free to choose" element comes in. We choose to fight or flight when we are hurt!! No one can make us do anything, not even the Devil! We still choose to do what he wants; revenge, hatred, eye for an eye or.....we can have the courage to fight in a different direction. We can forgive (not necessarily forget) like the Savior did. We can reach out to others that are hurting and by doing so, heal ourselves in the process. Notice I kinda got religious there, but it's the only logical path I can take as you will see in question 3.
   
3. Where do we go when we die?? OK, if you are still reading this, that means you have at least conceded there may be a God out there some where and that He may indeed have a job for me to do while I'm here. You also must believe that there is a Devil for, just in science; for every action, there must be and equal and opposite reaction. Simpler terms, +/-, Jing/Jang. You get the idea. You are also now thinking about the fact that, we may indeed be spiritual beings, housed in a pretty neat body (I know it's not perfect and some of you feel you have a clunker but get over it, as that's part of the test!). Did I just say test? Ya, I hear you, I am not a fan of tests either but, I'm sorry to tell you that we are all enrolled in "God U" right now and how we do, determines where we go!! 

Obviously there is more to it than that but that is my spin on those elemental questions we, as salient beings, should be contemplating as we go out into the county right now and look up into the stars!
If you want to know more about Mormons and what we believe, click on the Savior and he will put you on the path to a greater understanding of those questions. One other thing before I miss my deadline, I testify to you that if you follow-up and investigate the Church of Jesus Christ, meet with the Missionaries (You have all seen them at on time or another), pray about this and read the Old and New Testament and then the Book of Mormon, you will be Blessed with the same testimony that I have for I know the Bible and the Book of Mormon are true records of ancient peoples who interacted with our Father in Heaven. I know this because I have applied sincere prayer to the mix and the Holy Ghost witnessed the truthfulness of the Gospels to me. That's His job and He's very good at it! Good night and God Bless!

Sat. Sept. 18

OK, my dear Stephanie (Daughter, Tobler tales), informs me that having an empty blog is somewhat like having an empty house. It's much better if it's filled with love and conversation! So, there's no place like home and home is where your heart is! I miss my girl but she in now making her home and I am very proud of her. She is working hard to help her student/working husband have a nice home to come to. They have a very nice apartment in Las Vegas and she is becoming a very good garage saler and she has found some amazing deals.
Here in the North (not Great White North yet), we have had some excitement. Karen's (my wife if you a nube to this tale) dad Norman, just had a pacemaker hooked up to his ticker! It must have an Every battery because he's going to keep going and going for 15 years before his needs a re-charge! He is still in the hospital giving the nurses a bad time but should be home tomorrow.
Karen is got thew cleaning bug again and we put a pretty good dent in the front and back .40! I even put some Turf builder with weed killer on our less than stellar lawn. We trimmed the two Cedar bushes in the front as well (Pictures to follow as soon as Peter Parker gets back from some lame shoot). I plan on having this fine paper trail on our lives classed up soon.
Chris (Oldest son) is healing up from a nasty spill on his mountain bike (Which he is actually going to take to the mountains, in October, and go from Banff to Lake Louise). He was peddling along, minding his own business, when up ahead, he spotted a radar sign that posts how fast you are going! I know! What's a young  man (almost 18) to do?? Of course! I'll see how fast I can go before wiping out!  48KM/hr before he said the chain skipped as he was shifting into the highest gear and jammed the rear wheel causing the helmetless young lad skidding on the pavement and scrapping to a hault! Slightly stunned, Chris dragged himself, and his not so trusty bike, off to the side of the road. He reported that several cars slowly drove by and gave him the "Once-over", but none stopped to see if he needed assistance :-( Fortunately he had his cellphone with him and it had enough of a charge in it to contact his mother (Karen, if you've forgotten already)! She then contacted me and I got to practice my first aid training I receive from Scouts! After cleansing the wounds (Elbow, hip, ribs and hand), I applied good old polysporin, Teflon covered pads and surgical tape and on the elbow, I actually had to use a roll of gauze to hold the pad in place. We took him to the Doctor the next day and I got a Gold Star for my EMT (Extraordinaire Medical Talent)! He is almost healed up now but probably will have a small reminder on his elbow.
Jared (16) just sold his pocket bike??? Ya. as if you could put it in your pocket! Green Giant yes, us, not! Anyway, he sold it for $50 less than what he bought it for so he did OK. He is now trying to sell his 100cc no-name dirt bike, which he shouldn't have bought in the first place like I told him bike. This Son loves to learn the hard way! Since these two bikes have been mechanically shakey, he has at least learned some mechanical skills. He needs to learn a few more like:

1. Use the right tool for the right job so that you don't wreck the screws/bolts you are working on
   
2. Clean the tools after you use them
3. Put them away so you can find them for the next itme you need them

Learning is a funny thing, it seems it is of little value unless you think it is of great value. Kind of like "One Man's treasure is another man's junk!" I can lead my Jared to the water but it makes him want to go pee. Oh well, I'm sure he'll figure it out, hopefully sooner than later.

G2G now or this edition won't hit the streets!
Thanks for your time and interest!