Yesterday I was feeling quite down. As I stood in the kitchen, I remembered a quote from an article I had read: "If we live as we should live, then we will be taken care of." The words, you will be taken care of touched my soul. I knew this was true. I will be taken care of. No matter what happens around me, God will take care of me.
Instantly my spirits lifted and I felt lighter. About 5 minutes later my son Stephen called to say that a recent physical had shone that he may have something wrong with his liver. I was able to be cheerful and to feel that all would be okay. He is to have an ultra sound on his liver this week. I was able to bear testimony to him that God would take care of him too.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Measure of the Day
Last Sunday was Flag Day. I woke early and had ideas for a poem running in my head. I didn't intend on finishing it until after church but my grand daughter was running slow so instead of pushing on her to hurry, I took the time to finish the poem: Flag and I printed it before church. During church ideas came to me for another poem about the Savior. I wrote lines down on my program and typed it up after church. After church Bruce came over and I made spaghetti. Then it was time to get on line and answer the phones. We were busy. All this time I was not feeling well. In the evening I realized that because of how I was feeling physically, I was judging my day to be a bad day when in reality it was not. One of the patrons I helped, told me that I did good work and another was so excited with the answer I gave her. As I looked back I could see that I should not measure my day by how I feel physically but rather rejoice in how the Lord works through me and what I am able to accomplish despite how I feel.
Measure of A Day
What is the measure of a day?
Is it imbedded in how you feel?
Or is it in all you do and say
After the Lord you humbly appeal?
When you look back on a day,
Look for answers to your prayer,
Look at how he guided your way
To help others know His care.
Let your heart find cause to rejoice
Over all He helped you to do and say,
Over all that came because of your choice,
To ask him humbly to guide your way.
How you physically feel in a day
Is you see not really a true measure,
But rather it is your choice to follow His way
That leads you to a wonderful treasure.
So when the sun goes down on your day
Look around to see His hand guiding you,
Leading you to help others along your way,
And helping you to make it through.
Look deeper than the surface of each day.
Feel within your soul His loving care.
See Him leading you along the way.
See the answers to your humble prayer.
20 June 2009 Suzanne Halliday
Measure of A Day
What is the measure of a day?
Is it imbedded in how you feel?
Or is it in all you do and say
After the Lord you humbly appeal?
When you look back on a day,
Look for answers to your prayer,
Look at how he guided your way
To help others know His care.
Let your heart find cause to rejoice
Over all He helped you to do and say,
Over all that came because of your choice,
To ask him humbly to guide your way.
How you physically feel in a day
Is you see not really a true measure,
But rather it is your choice to follow His way
That leads you to a wonderful treasure.
So when the sun goes down on your day
Look around to see His hand guiding you,
Leading you to help others along your way,
And helping you to make it through.
Look deeper than the surface of each day.
Feel within your soul His loving care.
See Him leading you along the way.
See the answers to your humble prayer.
20 June 2009 Suzanne Halliday
Friday, June 5, 2009
Little miracles
Today I have had many little miracles. It all started with a poem I wrote early this morning, "Wonder", which helped to focus on beautiful things.
We are getting ready to take a trip on Monday and I had several loose ends. One was a mishandled case that I wanted to resolve by getting an arbitration batch with a similar problem where both key A and key B were the same but yet the wrong answer. I have been looking and praying for days. Tonight it simply fell into my lap and I was able to take screen shots and send it to my assistant so she can show them to the team.
The second was a problem one of my missionaries was having with his skype phone. He has been on vacation for 2 weeks and this week was his first week on phones for indexing. Nothing went well this week. He kept dropping calls. I helped him set his skype options but it did not help. Tonight he was still dropping calls. Finally he thought to have me call his skype phone. The message I got was that his phone was disconnected. He called Skype and discovered that it had happened when he renewed his contract with him. He got it straightened out, was back on the phones and took two calls. I am so thankful. Now I do not have to worry about him and the phones next week.
I helped with both calls but the last one was amazing. God helped me to remember something that I had learned earlier in the week and brought to mind an Australian Project I saw two weeks ago. I was amazed. Jesus said that he would send the Holy Ghost and the Holy Ghost would bring all things to our remembrance. John 14:26
I also was able to remember countless things that I needed to take with us. But the last miracle was one of prevention of a bite. Bella found a tarantula on my bookcase. Daniel was able to get it outside. The bookcase is right over my bed. If it had bitten me, I would have swollen up and had to go to the emergency room. Blessed be the Lord my God. In the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Wonder
To stop and wonder
At the world around,
To ponder the thunder
Is to let miracles abound.
The world is a busy place
From morning to night.
We must stop the race
And ponder God's might.
Wonder at a mountain tall
With its towering peaks
Or listen to a cricket small
And wonder what he speaks.
The world is full of wonder.
Do we stop and look around?
Do we listen to the thunder
Or is our nose to the ground?
God's work is everywhere.
It can be seen and heard
If we but look here and there
And let our hearts be stirred.
5 June 2009 Suzanne Halliday
We are getting ready to take a trip on Monday and I had several loose ends. One was a mishandled case that I wanted to resolve by getting an arbitration batch with a similar problem where both key A and key B were the same but yet the wrong answer. I have been looking and praying for days. Tonight it simply fell into my lap and I was able to take screen shots and send it to my assistant so she can show them to the team.
The second was a problem one of my missionaries was having with his skype phone. He has been on vacation for 2 weeks and this week was his first week on phones for indexing. Nothing went well this week. He kept dropping calls. I helped him set his skype options but it did not help. Tonight he was still dropping calls. Finally he thought to have me call his skype phone. The message I got was that his phone was disconnected. He called Skype and discovered that it had happened when he renewed his contract with him. He got it straightened out, was back on the phones and took two calls. I am so thankful. Now I do not have to worry about him and the phones next week.
I helped with both calls but the last one was amazing. God helped me to remember something that I had learned earlier in the week and brought to mind an Australian Project I saw two weeks ago. I was amazed. Jesus said that he would send the Holy Ghost and the Holy Ghost would bring all things to our remembrance. John 14:26
I also was able to remember countless things that I needed to take with us. But the last miracle was one of prevention of a bite. Bella found a tarantula on my bookcase. Daniel was able to get it outside. The bookcase is right over my bed. If it had bitten me, I would have swollen up and had to go to the emergency room. Blessed be the Lord my God. In the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Wonder
To stop and wonder
At the world around,
To ponder the thunder
Is to let miracles abound.
The world is a busy place
From morning to night.
We must stop the race
And ponder God's might.
Wonder at a mountain tall
With its towering peaks
Or listen to a cricket small
And wonder what he speaks.
The world is full of wonder.
Do we stop and look around?
Do we listen to the thunder
Or is our nose to the ground?
God's work is everywhere.
It can be seen and heard
If we but look here and there
And let our hearts be stirred.
5 June 2009 Suzanne Halliday
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Amazing Grace
Today did not start out very well. I am stiff and hurting and my blood sugar is up. Sydney was whimpering at 6 AM and I found him all wet so I had to strip everything, give him a bath and do a couple of loads of laundry. I began to pray that despite how I was feeling God would bless me that the Light of Christ might shine through my eyes and that I might feel His love and His presence with me. As I have mentioned before, I am always humming and God sends me messages through song.
I cannot remember the music that was coming to me when I first woke up but after I had finished everything and was out the door to give Missie her walk, an amazing thing happened. As I prayed once more, the strains of amazing grace came to me and I found myself humming and then singing outloud the verse that begins, "The Lord has promised good to me."
"The Lord has promised good to me; His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be as long as life endures."
As I sang the words over and over again, an amazing thing happened. I began to feel His light shining through me and I felt His presence beside me. I still felt stiff and in pain, but with His presence I was able to rise above it. The words are true. He has promised good to me, His word does my hope secure and He will my shield and portion be as long as life endures.
Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
I cannot remember the music that was coming to me when I first woke up but after I had finished everything and was out the door to give Missie her walk, an amazing thing happened. As I prayed once more, the strains of amazing grace came to me and I found myself humming and then singing outloud the verse that begins, "The Lord has promised good to me."
"The Lord has promised good to me; His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be as long as life endures."
As I sang the words over and over again, an amazing thing happened. I began to feel His light shining through me and I felt His presence beside me. I still felt stiff and in pain, but with His presence I was able to rise above it. The words are true. He has promised good to me, His word does my hope secure and He will my shield and portion be as long as life endures.
Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Poems
Follow The Master
Sometimes our visibility is poor,
But the Master stands at the door.
If we but follow the Master's lead,
We will find those in need.
If we follow the Master,
He will calm each disaster,
But if we follow the world,
With each wind we'll be hurled.
If you put your feet upon His path,
He will save you from all wrath.
Serve others as He serves you.
Follow the Master in all you do.
The Master will take you in His arm
And keep your soul from harm.
Day by day, hour by hour,
The Master will bless you with power.
17 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
John 8:12, "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."
He Will See You Through
If you but stop to ask,
God will help with the task.
He will see you through
All that you need to do.
He will help you to teach
And to each soul reach.
He will help you to lead
And to plant many a seed.
He will help you to find
Love and peace of mind.
Consecrate to Him all you do
And He will see you through.
14 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
2 Nephi 32:9
His Arms Around Me
Today while just sitting in a weekly indexing call, I felt Jesus arms around me. It was like a hug.
Jesus put his arms around me
And gave me a gentle hug.
From worry He set me free
And made me feel warm and snug.
Often for a purpose I cannot see
Father blesses me wih His grace
That a better servant I might be,
And opens my eyes to see His Place.
I cannot imagine dealing with life
Without Father's many gifts of love.
In moments of the greatest strife
He often sends help from above.
10 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
Doctrine and Covenants 6:20, "Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love."
Sometimes our visibility is poor,
But the Master stands at the door.
If we but follow the Master's lead,
We will find those in need.
If we follow the Master,
He will calm each disaster,
But if we follow the world,
With each wind we'll be hurled.
If you put your feet upon His path,
He will save you from all wrath.
Serve others as He serves you.
Follow the Master in all you do.
The Master will take you in His arm
And keep your soul from harm.
Day by day, hour by hour,
The Master will bless you with power.
17 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
John 8:12, "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."
He Will See You Through
If you but stop to ask,
God will help with the task.
He will see you through
All that you need to do.
He will help you to teach
And to each soul reach.
He will help you to lead
And to plant many a seed.
He will help you to find
Love and peace of mind.
Consecrate to Him all you do
And He will see you through.
14 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
2 Nephi 32:9
His Arms Around Me
Today while just sitting in a weekly indexing call, I felt Jesus arms around me. It was like a hug.
Jesus put his arms around me
And gave me a gentle hug.
From worry He set me free
And made me feel warm and snug.
Often for a purpose I cannot see
Father blesses me wih His grace
That a better servant I might be,
And opens my eyes to see His Place.
I cannot imagine dealing with life
Without Father's many gifts of love.
In moments of the greatest strife
He often sends help from above.
10 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
Doctrine and Covenants 6:20, "Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love."
Extractors
I am an assistant Extraction Director in my stake and have workers in my ward. Up until last October I had still had two very faithful extractors along with several indexers. They both just could not work any longer. Last Thursday Don G Excel died and Doris Gardener is in a coma and not expected to live. Because of this I wrote the following poem and gave it to Don's family.
Extractors
Those, who while on this earth
Work diligently for the other side,
Are doing something of great worth.
With them the Spirit doth abide.
God is pleased for every hour
They spend extracting each name.
He grants to them great power
That they might fulfil their aim.
When they pass to the other side,
They are welcomed with great joy
By those whose names they spied.
To them the work was a life buoy.
Name by name day after day
The extractors index each record:
Birth to death and along the way,
Hoping each by someone is adored.
Through their fingers the work flows
Until someones life pattern is drawn.
In their hearts the extractors know
heir importance to someone gone on.
25 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
Extractors
Those, who while on this earth
Work diligently for the other side,
Are doing something of great worth.
With them the Spirit doth abide.
God is pleased for every hour
They spend extracting each name.
He grants to them great power
That they might fulfil their aim.
When they pass to the other side,
They are welcomed with great joy
By those whose names they spied.
To them the work was a life buoy.
Name by name day after day
The extractors index each record:
Birth to death and along the way,
Hoping each by someone is adored.
Through their fingers the work flows
Until someones life pattern is drawn.
In their hearts the extractors know
heir importance to someone gone on.
25 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
Friday, May 8, 2009
Some Days
Doctrine and Covenants 24:8-9 "Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many; but endure them, for lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days." "And in temporal labors thou shalt not have strength, for this is not thy calling..."
Often that last verse applies to me. In temporal labors I often lack strength but when I am serving the Lord He buoys me up and I am able to accomplish amazing things. Last night one of my new missionaries was wondering how I manage to do it all. She said, "It seems like there are not enough hours in the day."
I replied, "Sometimes I find that God gives me strength only to serve Him and I feel the Spirit and get energized when I am serving him by being on call or helping my missionaries but I have to struggle to wash a dish." That statement is what inspired me to write the following poem:
Some Days
Some days it is hard to wash a dish
Or make a broom go swish.
But God is always there for me
Giving me strength to like Him be.
I may not have strength to sweep
But spiritually I can take a leap.
He gives me all the strength I need
To one of his children lead.
I can help someone on the phone
When all other strength has flown.
He helps me His servant to be
And from fear He sets me free.
My great desire is to with Him abide
And for that I will willingly set aside
Many an earthly task I cannot do.
For I know He will see me through.
8 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
Often that last verse applies to me. In temporal labors I often lack strength but when I am serving the Lord He buoys me up and I am able to accomplish amazing things. Last night one of my new missionaries was wondering how I manage to do it all. She said, "It seems like there are not enough hours in the day."
I replied, "Sometimes I find that God gives me strength only to serve Him and I feel the Spirit and get energized when I am serving him by being on call or helping my missionaries but I have to struggle to wash a dish." That statement is what inspired me to write the following poem:
Some Days
Some days it is hard to wash a dish
Or make a broom go swish.
But God is always there for me
Giving me strength to like Him be.
I may not have strength to sweep
But spiritually I can take a leap.
He gives me all the strength I need
To one of his children lead.
I can help someone on the phone
When all other strength has flown.
He helps me His servant to be
And from fear He sets me free.
My great desire is to with Him abide
And for that I will willingly set aside
Many an earthly task I cannot do.
For I know He will see me through.
8 May 2009 Suzanne Halliday
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