Simply Jaimie

love this quote! It has taken me way too long to do the things I love because I was so worried about what others would think. Life is way too short to not be pursuing the things you love

Book of Mormon Wives and Daughters of the 5,400 Nephites Who Migrated Northward Alma 63:4-10 4 - "and it came to pass that in the thirty and seventh year of the reign of the judges, the   re was a large company of men, even to the amount of five thousand and four hundred men, with their wives and their children, departed out of the land of Zarahemla into the land which was northward." I have to admit that it was nice to read something else besides hatred and bloodshed. After years of terrible and heartbreaking war between the Lamanites and the Nephites, finally some peace. I wonder if people were excited and even anxious to get out of there current situation in Zarahemla. Sometimes a change of scenery and a fresh start can be good. Maybe this is what I would have wanted. I probably would have jumped at the chance to explore new lands.  I do wonder how people were chosen to leave? Did they volunteer? Did they pick specific people to be leaders? Where did t...

My (very rough) notes I took while reading The Secret. There is no order or reason to these notes just wrote down parts of the books I liked and want to use as a reference for future posts *like attracts like *everything begins with your thoughts *our job as humans is to hold onto the thoughts of what we want, make it absolutely clear in our minds what we want. . . . you become what you think about most, but you also attract what you think about most. John Assaraf *if you want to change anything in your life - change your thoughts *attract the good instead of the bad - Challenge : listen to your thoughts - really listen - and listen to the words you say - are they negative? positive? are they helping you reach your dreams? *you create your life through your thoughts *make the last thought before you fall asleep a good thought *if you are complaining. The law of attraction will bring you more things to complain about *you reap what you sew the power of your mind *this i...

"What brought you to Utah?" This is a question I get asked all the time which is normal when you go to a new place. I always answer with, "My husband got a job up here as a realtor." It's not a lie, however, the most honest answer would be, "The Lord wanted us here." When my husband was on deployment, he submitted his papers for re-enlistment. We had prayed about it and felt good about our decision. The military was a good life for us. They provided us with a house, health insurance, and the opportunity to see new places. We also knew that twice a month, every month, we would receive a paycheck. As an independent wife raising an independent little girl, life was good. Our plan was to stay in the military for twenty years, then Aaron would retire and we would move onto the next phase of our life.  We were aware that the competition for re-enlistment was pretty steep because there were about eleven marines going for three or four spots. We weren...

Book of Mormon Women Taken Prisoner by the Lamanites Alma 54:3; 55:17-24; 58:30-31; 60:17 60:17 "but behold, not the Lamanites are coming upon us, taking possession of our lands, and they are murdering our people with the sword, yea, our women and our children, and also carrying them away captive, causing them that they should suffer all manner of afflictions, and this because of the great wickedness of those who are seeking for power and authority, yea, even those king-men." These verses are just more evidence at how ruthless and bloodthirsty these Lamanites were. They didn't care who you were. If you were standing in their way, they were going to remove you. We know from Alma 54:3 that the Nephites did not take any women or children as prisoners. Their fight was not with them. To have been taken captive with your children, by an enemy that hated you, must have been so frightening. As I have pondered these scriptures, I have wondered about how I could app...

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