Travel

 Ezra and Hannah flew to Ohio today. Rob and I are driving there. We will have two fun days to play!! Can’t wait!

Today is Tatum’s 13th birthday! She is an amazing young woman. She seems so much more grown up this last year.

I listened to a wonderful podcast today on Psalm 51 and it’s perspective on repentance. Several things really stood out to me. This quote: “As a General Authority, I have preparedness’s  information for the First Presidency to use in considering applications to readmit repentant transgressors into the Church and to restore priesthood and temple blessings. Many times a bishop will write, "I feel he has suffered enough!" But suffering is not repentance. Suffering comes from lack of complete repentance. A stake president will write, "I feel he has been punished enough!" But punishment is not repentance. Punishment follows disobedience and precedes repentance. A husband will write, "My wife has confessed everything!" But confession is not repentance. Confession is an admission of guilt that occurs as repentance begins. A wife will write, "My husband is filled with remorse!" But remorse is not repentance. Remorse and sorrow continue because a person has not yet fully repented. Suffering, punishment, confession, remorse, and sorrow may sometimes accompany repentance, but they are not repentance...The meaning of repentance is not that people be punished, but rather that they change their lives so that God can help them escape eternal punishment and enter into his rest with joy and rejoicing. Theodore Burton, “The Meaning of Repentance,” Ensign, Aug. 1988, 7-8.. 

They coupled it with the teachings of John the Baptist, the prophet of repentance. repentance is to prepare the way of the Lord, it’s getting Jesus into your life. Sin pushes Him out of your life, repentance brings Him back. I loved that. It’s not just the steps of penitence that are repentance, although they certainly can be part of repenting. True repentance is being in a place where you can be with God.