Barbie's tour guide for the trees

"O Lord" Nephi implores on behalf of his trees, "Do not suffer that this people shall be destroyed by the sword; but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in the land, to stir them up in remembrance of the Lord their God, and perhaps they will repent and turn unto thee"

Mechanism here: chastizement. Why? Well, just look at how wonderful, precious, how much worth ONE tree all on its own has- Father in Heaven LOVES the tree! He does NOT want to lose one. He does not want to lose many. Only we can choose, to lose. Oh the JOY this single tree could bring to SO many if it only could see its gleam in Father's eyes!  Behold, snowman tree.

But really, Behold each other.

Children of the same King.

All unique.. all divine.

 "Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?" Father in Heaven asks Jonah tenderly, and after Jonah's despairing response, Father says "Should not I spare Ninevah, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?"

We see, that together these trees make BRILLIANT magic and light- we see that in united foundation in Christ, springs true growth and ever increasing, unimagineable happiness.  If you are a safe tree, rooted and at home- go out and help our Eternal Family! (We want our Eternal Family to be ALL THE TREES!

As many trees/children of God as we can possibly get!!! For YOU by covenant making and keeping, are held by the Eternal roots of Heavenly Parents and the Lord Jesus Christ! You are surrounded by angels with the Power Of the Holy Ghost! Find lost trees!! The trees who do not yet know that they are a child of an Almighty God in Heaven. A Celestially developing royalty. A uniquely intricate, extraordinary princess or prince. "How oft have I gathered you.. How oft would I have gathered you.. How oft will I gather you." -Jesus Christ. He will gather EVERY tree that desires. He does and will do everything, WITH respect to our agency, to turn us to Him- whether through invitation, chastizement, suffering, or enlightment. He will see that it is performed for OUR ultimate Happiness.. with the goal..

         ..To bring us home. No matter what the circumstances, habits, weaknesses.. Our Creator is our true family, our source of an Eternal Family that can't be counted by man. Our Savior is our MOST loving brother of all to live. They know us perfectly and intimately. They love us.

 "Who is a God like unto thee! That pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in mercy.. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us, he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.." -Micah 7:18-19

His blood on my hands.

There was a day, a long time ago....I was 19..

..and I fell asleep in an attic, and woke up within a dream. I stood in the most brilliant white light, with pure and shimmering walls, detail oriented floors and intricate sculptings all around me.. in the temple of My Father.. in the House of my Savior.. and there was a man in white, standing before me. He told me Jesus Christ would be here in a moment.. to speak with me.

Hardly in life have I captured such a feeling..
My breath caught up in my chest.. my anticipation overwhelmed any acknowledgement of all else..
But..
There was a guy next to me, who did not have the covenants I did, who stood in jeans within this temple. Who stood ignorant of who or where he was. The man in white watched me for a few seconds.
I said nothing.
The man's eyes saddened as he said, "The time has passed." The Savior would not be coming. I had not fulfilled my purpose. The guy in jeans ran out of the temple. I had missed my chance. I had EVERYTHING in place for me, I had him standing by me, curious as to what was happening- MORE than ready to hear the gospel.. and I denied him the oppurtunity to partake in the knowledge of the restored gospel, when all I had to do was open my mouth.

That dream haunted me for years.

I refuse to let that happen on my mission. In fact, that dream in itself, as I have prayed and studied and tried to understand it, was a call long beforehand to this very mission.. at this VERY time. And if so far ahead God so urgently planned for me to be here.. then he CERTAINLY planned ahead, prior to my mortal existence, for me to serve him as a missionary.. For in the first place, we were ALL on the same standing in the premortal life (Alma 13).

God HAS a purpose for us..with specific directions, and specific blessings..  That glorious Plan of Salvation goes intricately and PERSONALLY into the threads of our souls, saturating every microfiber until there can be no doubt that God's plan IS the happiest plan.. He will teach us, he will show us the way, he will invite us to trust Him and take care of us as his own children, all our lives.. but the POWER that allows him to do so, is OUR covenant keeping. Our reaching out to Him.

Only then can the windows of Heaven burst open. Only then can light, life and treasures of great knowledge instil upon every inch of us.

In my dream, that man had the perfect set up- he was ready, he was able, he was willing. He could have had what I HAVE!  And in it, I chose to turn down MY blessings, by turning down his chance to be blessed.
Yes there are times where fear, awkwardness, approaching people can be difficult- but WHEN someone is ready, when they WANT to know- and are RIGHT THERE, to THEN deny them those spiritual nutrients.. THAT is wherein the blood stains ME. That is where I deny my Savior by denying their Savior, through silence.

I will never let that dream take place in reality.  Never. Not on my mission. Not in this life. Not in the next life. Never. And because of that real and true Atonement of Jesus Christ, the time has NOT passed.. in fact, the time has been well spent.. and it is because of my covenants, that I can say so, and make it so, the rest of my mission, the rest of my life.

Love Lockdown.

*lights* *camera* *beats*
Action.


♫We've been teaching you, like we've been wanting to
You have felt the truth- you felt it burning in you
Now the chains need to break loose
A choice only you can do
You choose
You choose

So beat Satan out of town- and covenant with your Father
Get ready, get worthy, read the doctrines and drink the living water
Through Christ He can change your life
You'll have power over strife
you choose, you choose

Now the road is hard, and the rocks ain't dumb
but you've got the strength and the armor to bust out and overcome,
oh you've gotta move- you must act on that fire in you
you choose, you choose

Put your natural man down, and your agency up
Put your natural man down, and your agency up
It might be a little rough, but it's worth it when it's tough-
freedom is worth more than enough,
you choose, you choose. ♫
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How many people will be with Father in Heaven again?
Revelations 7:9 = you can't even count.
And how will we get there?
Revelations 7:14 = ONLY through Christ
So how do we do that? Where do we start?
Ephesians 4:5,  3 Nephi 11= HIS truth, and ordinances.. and our choices.

Father's secrets

So
If you want more from Heaven
More reality on the Eternities, on every wonder, more light on your life..
More answers
I'm talking deeper revelation than you can handle, the closest most personal relationship with YOUR creator, so close that it blows your mind- a relationship that you can ONLY handle, if you really want it..
You've got to show Heavenly Father you can keep a secret- between you and Him

Because Father in Heaven HAS given us a LOT to eat up now.. and yet there is more. There is ALWAYS more. The Prophet of God on this Earth, Thomas S Monson, and the Prophets throughout all time- have been excellent at this. Pretty darn good secret keepers.
AND
The Lord is no respector of persons.
Anybody can be pretty darn good at it.. if we desire to be. If we work to be. *And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that ALL the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord WOULD put his Spirit upon them!*

*It is given unto many to know the mysteries of God; nevertheless they are laid under a STRICT command that they shall not impart only according to the portion of his word which he doth grant unto the children of men, ACCORDING to the heed and diligence which they give unto him*

Am I telling you that the scriptures, that a modern day prophet and apostles, that the Holy Spirit via church meetings, the temple, your faith in righteous commandment keeping, and through your prayers- that you WILL be taught HOW to get more answers from God? About your life? About His life? About anything?

Yes. Yes I am. Why would Heavenly Father put it all there? Because he wants us to know. Because revelation is here. Because His gospel, His church, His priesthood- it is here. Right here. Right now. Because he is ready to give it all to us as fast as we are ready to receive it.. and through his commandments, he has taught us how to begin to receive it. And because of the Savior Jesus Christ, we CAN receive it. ALL OF IT!!!! Piece by piece..step by step.. more and more..

*Neither is man capable to make them known, for they are only to be seen and understood by the power of the Holy Spirit, which God bestows on those who love him, and purify themselves before him.. To whom he grants this privilige of seeing and knowing for themselves.*


references: Numbers 11:29, Alma 12:9, D&C 76:116-117