Incredible Preparedness Expo

This looks and sounds amazing! The Lord has been telling me to get my preparedness finalized as soon as possible. Then I was led to this incredible preparedness expo that's going to be at Weber State on March 14th. The tickets are only $15 until the end of January. I'm excited about the presenters (I own some of their books). I also love that they are focusing on preparing mind, body AND spirit for these very final last days. It's going to be great!

http://www.wholepersonpreparedness.com/

Zion and the Spirit of "At-one-ment"

I recently discovered the author M Catherine Thomas. So many people have been suggesting her books to me and all I can say is - Wow!

If you've never heard of her, she is a retired assistant professor of BYU in the department of ancient scripture and one incredibly inspired writer.

I stumbled across this older video of her speaking about "Zion and the Spirit of At-one-ment"

The words that came into my mind as I listened to her video were "Behold, here is wisdom" I looked up the scripture Doctrine & Covenants 82 and was touched that this very section is about this very topic. I love how the Spirit works. 

The time is now to become a Zion-like people. Catherine shares some profound concepts and thoughts in this video that I had never considered before. Very worth your time to watch. Amazing Stuff!

Happiness and Your Health - Free download

I'm happy to announce the release of my new eBook My Skinny Plan!

I wrote this back in 2009 after it helped me lose close to 40 pounds in 3 months - just in time for my High School Reunion. I felt amazing! A few kids later, I again needed to lose the same amount of weight and I participated in a 90-day challenge and lost 30 pounds in 90 days. My mind has had more clarity and having a healthier vessel to house my spirit has opened up my life to a fountain of personal revelation and a stronger sense of the Spirit in my life.

I decided to update the links and information and release it in an eBook. And the best part is, it's FREE today through Wednesday on Amazon. Spread the word with anyone who is wanting a happier and healthier 2015. This plan truly has changed my life!

My Skinny Plan eBook

Promoting Happiness

I've been super busy lately working on this project! 

Announcing the Happy Lady website! A free place to get tips, ideas, and inspiration on how to be a little happier, through videos and posts from the Happy Lady. It's a project/movement I started from a dream that I recently had, to promote positivity around the world.

Click on the link and feel free to share!

A Small Miracle of Tender Mercy

Over the last few weeks I have had the wonderful experience to become more in tune with the Spirit and to develop a stronger relationship with my Heavenly Parents and the Savior. 

As I have devoted much time in my day and much of my thoughts towards those beyond the veil serving on my behalf, I have received several wonderful tender mercies. Many are too sacred too share, but this one I felt was very delightful and appropriate to share. 

I had recently been reading an excerpt from a book called, Remembering Wholeness by Carol Tuttle, in which the author mentioned expressing gratitude towards your angels. Most angels are your direct relatives and ancestors - they answer to the Father in orchestrating and bringing to pass blessings, events, ideas and solutions in our everyday lives. 

I had never thought before to thank my Heavenly Father for my angels and their service on my behalf. This intrigued me. The author mentioned that as you do this you will begin to notice little tender mercies from your angels.  Some, very sacred, and others designed to make you giggle. It’s their way of letting you know that they appreciate your gratitude and your acknowledging of them in your life. 

As I continued this verbal expression of gratitude daily, I had some beautiful experiences happen that some may call miracles. On one particular instance I was overflowing with joy and awe at a wondrous “beyond the veil” experience I was blessed to receive. And in the days leading up to that experience something amusing happened that rang true with what I had read in my book.

I rolled out of bed one morning trying to do my best to wake myself up. It was going to be a busy day and I just couldn’t find the energy I needed to get my body to move a little faster. As I threw the comforter over the bed and halfheartedly arranged the throw pillows up top, something caught my eye. A big spot on my favorite pillow! How did it get there? No time to figure that out, I would just simply turn it over onto the clean side. As I reached for it to flip it over that’s when I saw it…The Savior!

It looks as though the Savior is walking towards me with his foot extended, arms open.

I couldn’t believe it! I had heard about these experiences before where people discovered the face of Jesus mysteriously carved into the trunk of a tree or in a potato chip. Some images more compelling than others and of course, some images providing quite the entertainment value. These stories always sparked my curiosity but I never thought I would one day be the recipient of such an experience.  

At first glance of recognizing the image of the Savior on my pillow, I felt a warm wave of love run through my body from head to toe. The hairs on my arms stood up on end and I knew someone was delighting in telling me that what I was seeing was meant for my own personal joy. It had been created as a token of love just for me.

As I examined the image it amazed me out how straight the lines were especially on the Savior’s arms. This couldn’t have been a random accident – a spill or marking from one of my messy children. The lines were much too straight. And what was the substance used to create the image with? The fabric appeared to be stained the same way a curtain would be on the side the faces the afternoon sun. It was as though it had been bleached by light.However as I observed even closer I saw that it was a paper cut-out of Jesus (like a paper doll) underneath the sheer fabric. As I felt the paper crinkle and I tried to move it around I was amazed that the paper stays in place and cannot be moved. This is decorative pillow and the fabric is stitched tight onto it. You cannot remove the fabric without tearing it off.

The Savior’s arms were extended open towards me in a welcoming and loving embrace. I could feel the excitement of the being that created it, just knowing it would make my day and put a smile on my face. I giggled at how imperfect it was, almost a cartoon form of some type. It was as though it was meant just for my noticing. 

Throughout the coming days as I pondered this small miracle, it occurred to me that whenever I wanted to feel my Savior’s embrace and his unconditional love for me, all I had to do was hug this pillow. What a beautiful gift!

I share this with you as a testimony that the Lord and our angels look to bless us in ways that we will recognize and that will resonate deep within our souls. How many days have we unknowingly passed by beautiful miracles and signs all around us as we rushed out the door to get the kids to school, then off to get our grocery shopping accomplished all while stressing about the slow driver in front of us or the lights that keep turning red. When we take a minute to slow down and see those red lights as opportunities to have a conversation with our Father, we become in tune to His Spirit and we align with His will. We prepare ourselves to be in state of peace so that we might better notice His beautiful gifts he surrounds us with daily, hourly and minute by minute. 

Get to know your Father a little bit better today. Thank Him for the angels he places in your life to keep watch over you. Express your gratitude and as you do you will begin to notice the workings of miracles big and small in your life. 

I testify the truthfulness of this message in the name of my Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. 

Update: I have since received some beautiful personal revelation that this tender creation was a gift from a future grandson of mine. My children are all very young and it will be quite some time before I ever meet him. It was his way of showing me a miracle. He "wanted to put some whimsy in my day" as I was told. I feel so blessed! 

From the Mouths of Babes

The other day just out of the blue my three-year-old daughter said, "Mom...remember when you got married? I do because I was there. I was standing at the top of the stairs with Paisley and Gabe and Tatem and we were watching you down below."

I could not believe what I had just heard so I said, "Tell me more."

She went on, "We were in a big, tall, old building and everything inside was white. We were all wearing really nice clothes. Daddy's family from Germany was there and later everyone sat at some tables and ate food."

That was about all I got from her. She walked away and began to play with her toys. Later when I asked her about it again, she repeated everything.

It amazes me how thin the veil is for our children and how things that some adults struggle to believe all their life, comes very matter of fact to children. They just know.

I smile when I think about my children being a part of our wedding day, even though they were not here on the earth yet. Manuel and I had just made a very important covenant with our Heavenly Father which would seal our children to us for eternity as they would each be born into that covenant. They must have been so happy for us. We were taking the necessary steps so they could come into the world and perform their missions.

I love this gospel and I know that through the covenants we make in the temple, our families can be together forever. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

My Son's Dream

My kids have been having some incredible dreams this year. Just out of the blue my six-year-old daughter told me the other day that the night before she had a dream about Jesus. She said that in the dream someone came and knocked on our door. We answered it and they told us that Jesus was here and that we needed to go to the mountains to be with him.

She said that we packed up bread and water into our car and headed towards the mountains. We were very happy.

A week later to the day, my eight-year-old son had a dream that he shared with me.

In the dream he was shown the number 2014. He then saw that all of us including our extended family had traveled to Germany for vacation. Suddenly there were terrible storms everywhere and it became too dangerous and we had to leave.

He was then shown the number 2015 and saw that we had all traveled to California for vacation. Again, the same thing happened. Storms everywhere and it became to dangerous and we had to leave.

He was then shown the number 2016. We had traveled to Mexico for vacation and the exact same thing happened.

At that time he saw a large old book open up. It opened up to a page and in very fancy old script handwriting read,

It is time.

He then woke up to a crack of thunder and his alarm clock went off.

He asked me what it might mean. I felt that the vacations represented different regions of the world that would become unsafe. The years were a timeline. It started with Europe, then the West Coast and lastly Mexico. Unsafe could mean many different things such as natural disasters, disease, war and violence.

"It is time", could possibly mean it is time for the gathering to places of safety. It could also mean the time of Armageddon. Lastly, it could mean the building of the New Jerusalem or even the return of the Savior. I do not know for sure - but what I do know is that it was significant. I believe the clap of thunder and the alarm was significant to wake up my son and imprint the importance of what he was just shown.

These things should not be a surprise - our prophets and apostles both anciently and today have warned us of these events. I believe that the Lord is letting us know that time is very short. In just a couple years something very significant will happen and we must be prepared (spiritually and physically). This is a time to build up our faith and put our trust in the Lord. We need to strengthen our testimony, become more in tune with the Spirit and seek personal revelation daily. We must be the best people that we can be. Though great evils and destruction are sweeping the Earth we are also on the verge of great miracles.

Hold fast to the gospel, increase your prayer and strengthen your faith. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ amen.