SPIRITUAL MATHEMATICS

SPIRITUAL MATHEMATICS

 

I believe there is a Mathematic formula for Faith and receiving divine guidance.

D&C 8:2 Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart.

(The Mind + the Heart = The condition the Holy Ghost can Communicate to you with your Whole Presence)

 D&C 88:15 And the spirit and the body are the soul of man.
(Thus the Spirit Plus the Body Equals the Soul of Man.)

Technology is amazing. To paraphrase Amy Jensen (BYU Communications)
“Children and People in our Physical Presence are more important than Cell Phones....In Mass Communication Technology today we can project our souls across vast geographies. For example: My texting or emailing before or during a Meeting has an effect on my presence here. My iPhone allows me to divide my presence. While I may be seated here…part of my soul is back at the office with the email and another part of my soul is in the presence of the company I am texting miles away from the location of my body. Such dispersement of my Soul has prevented me on occasion of participating with Human Beings with my complete presence.”

Multi-tasking divides our presence. We need our complete presence right here and in the present time of now to truly experience our spiritual and physical life to the fullest.

We are here to develop our Faith thru our Sacraments to become like Heavenly Father.

 “A Sacrament could be any one of a number of gestures or acts or ordinances that Unite us with God and His limitless powers.  We are imperfect and mortal. He is Perfect and Immortal. But from time to time – indeed as often as possible and appropriate – we find ways and go to places and create circumstances where we can unite symbolically with Him, and in so doing gain access to His power.”  -Jeffery R Holland 1988

 

I believe there is a Mathematic formula for Faith and receiving divine guidance.

Body + the Mind + the Spirit = the Entire Soul Receiving guidance through the Holy Ghost…Combined with the Doctrine of the Sacrament which embodies the Atonement of Jesus Christ…Equals Faith with which all things are possible

THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST

“The Holy Ghost purifies our hearts so we no longer have the desire to do evil.”

“The Holy Ghost will come to us only when we are faithful and desire help from this heavenly messenger.”

“The Holy Ghost sanctifies us to prepare us for God’s presence.”

“…And because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with God.”

Moroni 8: 26

“To be worthy to have the help of the Holy Ghost, we must seek earnestly to obey the commandments of God. We must keep our thoughts and actions pure.”

“The gift of the Holy Ghost is one of God’s greatest gifts to us. It can bring peace to our hearts and a deeper understanding of the things of God.”

“…I am a man; and a man in the beginning was created after the image of God, and I am called by his Holy Spirit to teach these things unto this people, that they may be brought to a knowledge of that which is just and true.; And a portion of that Spirit dwelleth in me, which giveth me knowledge, and also power according to my faith and desires which are in God.” Alma 18: 34-35 

When You Have the Spirit

1. You feel happy, calm and clear minded.
2. Nobody can offend you.
3. You are glad when others succeed.
4. You feel in control – you don’t lose your temper easily; You don’t feel uncontrollable passion; You don’t overeat, or sleep too much; you don’t feel uncontrollably drawn to sensational entertainment
5. You feel like praying.
6. You wish you could keep all the Lord’s commandments.
7. You are glad to attend your meetings and Participate in Church Activities.
8. You wouldn’t mind everybody seeing what you’re doing.
9. You are eager to be with people and want to make them happy.
10. You feel generous.
11. You think about the Savior often and lovingly, you want to know Him better.
12. You feel confident and are glad to be alive.

When You Do Not Have the Spirit

1. You feel unhappy, depressed, confused, and frustrated
2. You feel possessive, self-centered, or resentful of demands made of you.
3. You are easily offended.
4. .You envy or resent the success of others.
5. You avoid people, especially members of your family, and you are critical of Family Members and Church Authorities.
6. You become secretive and evasive
7. You don’t want to pray
8. You find the commandments bothersome, restrictive, or senseless.
9. You feel emotions & appetites so strongly that you fear you cannot control them; such as hate, jealousy, anger, fatigue, hunger, lust
10. You hardly ever think of the Savior, He seems irrelevant to your life, or worse, part of a confusing system that seems to work against you.
11. You get discouraged easily and wonder if life is really worth it.
12. You don’t want to go to Church, to go home teaching, or take the sacrament. You wish you had another church job or no job at all.

THE ATONEMENT IS THE SEED

Page 518 of ‘Jesus the Christ’ explains that Certain Greeks were visiting Christ.

To them Jesus testified that the hour of his death was near at hand. They were surprised and asked why there must be a sacrifice.

His answer was profound and was likened unto a seed.  “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”

After thinking about this…I thought….So therefore, if the fruit stay on the branch it will just stay there alone and do nothing good.

But if it falls to the ground and is sacrificed into a seed, it may be buried into the soil for a time but it will multiply and prosper and increase into another tree and more.

Christ had to be sacrificed for the Universe (us) to multiply and prosper and increase.

Therefore, we must be buried in toil (not soil) for us to sacrifice our time unto the Lord in his service so that we may multiply and prosper and increase.

It is founded upon a UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE.                            -Patti Miner

 Brad Wilcox Book “The Continuous Atonement” quotes:

• I’ve been told the gospel is here to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
• We have a Savior who covers us, a Redeemer who changes us and a Good Shepherd who is willing to go in search of us again and again continuously.
• The new Priest who had to say the prayer over and over and over again – so even though the Sacrament prayers had to be perfect, and that expectation could not be lowered, the priest was given a 2^nd chance, and a 3^rd and as many times as it took.
• Most have heard that you have to do your best and once you’ve done your best, Christ makes up the difference…He doesn’t just make up the difference…He makes ALL the difference. He requires us to repent, but not just as part of paying justice – only as part of helping us to change.
• The Atonement cannot be used up, it doesn’t run out or expire. There is nothing on it that says ‘Best used by this date’ It will always be in force in our lives.
• Were the 5000 that Christ fed ever hungry again? Was the sea calmed by Christ’s hand stirred by future storms? Yes  Repentance is a process. It is continuous.

Parents should help their Children to to be innocent and happy. Happiness is a Choice

I truly believe that childhood should be a time of innocence, joy, playfulness, happiness, and lots of love.

Children do not deserve to go through our nervous breakdown with us.

Life happens, Bad things happen and we feel bad, sad, depressed…etc…

We should not take it out emotionally on our children. Let me explain:

Children are sensitive to us. 

This equates all the way up for different ages. We are all sensitive to our parents. Examples:

In the manuals for toddlers for Nursery…usually if the parent drops off the child and has a giant guilt trip and feels really worried that the child will like it…then the child senses their parents fear and cries. If you want your child to truly love nursery then drop them off excited for them and leave...then have your worry or guilt trip out in the hall. You will save them a lot of grief.

This is also why I always bought myself a Christmas Present to open every year in front of the kids just in case I didn’t get one so I wouldn’t ruin Christmas for them. (I always got one and never put it under the tree...but it was just in case I needed to pull it out) I didn’t want them to feel bad that I didn’t get something and was excited also. I was truly excited for them to open their gifts every year…I could care less if I got a gift. The Savior's love plus Their joy WAS my gift….but they were sensitive to me and I wanted to make sure they were truly joyful without doubt or worry about how I felt during this glorious season.

An example of how we experience or view things as a child vs things as an adult:

When I was a child my mom and dad left me at my aunt and uncles to be raised for my own health.    

My aunt is a very giving person and she gave them fruit from her garden that had been bottled. Those bottles took up the place in the car where I had been sitting. The child in my mind equated that to thinking that I had been traded for bottled fruit. After that time, I hated eating bottled fruit. It would physically make me sick for years and years until my adult mind figured out why. Our child like minds perceive differently and personally. So if we are going through a difficult time emotionally (someone hurts our feelings, death, divorce etc….) and when we are depressed, lifeless and without emotion when we are around our children…they can equate that in all sorts of child mind ways; perhaps that we don’t love them, perhaps that we don’t think they are fun to be around, perhaps that we think they are too dumb to enjoy our company….etc…  it almost always hurts them in some way.

So, when we experience a hard time….We need to shake it off and enjoy our children while they are children and ‘to infinity and beyond’ as Buzz  Lightyear would say.

My mother was a wonderful example of that:

My dad was a cool and smart man when he was sober…..but….When I was little my dad would drink alcohol and come home and beat mom and the kids. The emotion was scary and intense…but after he would leave, my mom would assess the damage and if there were no broken bones..etc…then she would excitedly say, “Let’s change the mood in this home!” and she would honky tonk the piano and we would all dance around in joy and delight. What a wonderful woman she was.  

That proved to me that Happiness is a Choice. So choose to be happy for Kids Sake.

God Bless America

In honor of 9/11 May we remember and pray for all families

who have lost someone they love.

“God Bless America”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfQmborHQvE&feature=youtu.be

Deep & Wide Music Video

DEEP & WIDE

Music Video by Patti Miner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HEU-non0yE&feature=youtu.be

"Your love is to me like a clear blue mountain stream. Just like mama sang, it's Deep & Wide"

All Creation Speaks of God

ALL CREATION SHOW THAT THERE IS A GOD

Here are at least 16 scientific reasons in the creation of our Earth 

that if off even a degree would not sustain life. 

These scientific facts alone should indeed prove 

that there had to be a great design on the part of a supreme creator.

1. The Earth must be positioned exactly where it is in the Milky Way and have two gas giants; Jupiter and Saturn to protect the Earth from cataclysmic destruction.
2.  If we were 5% closer to the Sun we would have a runaway Green House Effect like Venus up to 900 degrees
3.  If we were 20% farther we would have carbon dioxide clouds creating ice similar to Mars.
4. If our Sun was not the size it is and was smaller, (like 90% of the stars in the galaxy) Earth would be locked into the Sun’s rotation thus one side hot and one side cold.
5. If our Moon was not stabilized at 23.5 degree tilt it would not allow the seasons and also have cataclysmic destruction.
6. If our Earth was spinning too fast or too slow, or our magnetic field was weaker it would allow the solar wind to strip away our atmosphere.
7. If our Earth was a circular orbit and not a ‘near circular orbit’ it would not be ideal for human life as well.
8. The liquid on our planet is perfect to absorb and retain heat from the sun to regulate the Earth’s surface temperature, protect it from harmful radiation and yet
9. The liquid is capable of transporting nutrients to all living things.
10. The liquid water on our planet differs from most other liquids on other planets – it is most dense at 4 degrees Celsius and not as solid as most planets liquid
11. Our atmosphere is the perfect mix of oxygen and nitrogen, enough for respiration and fire, but not explosive. 
12. Strong magnetic field requires molten metal core- ours is iron, and protects us from radiation. If the Earth had a smaller magnetic field it would be too weak and would allow the solar wind to strip away our atmosphere and turn it into a barren wasteland like Mars.
13. Our Atmosphere protects us from harmful radiation, yet it allows only the special radiation crucial for life to come through
14. Plate Tectonics regulate the interior temperatures and re-cycles the carbon and mixes chemical elements essential for life. It also shapes the continents.
15. The Strength of Gravity has to be exact to hold us to the planet yet allowing our movement.
16. The specific Electromagnetic frequencies that enable plants to manufacture food –it represents less than 1 trillionth of a trillionth of the Universe’s normal range of  Electromagnetic emissions. It protects us from the solar winds and radiations. There is even a back up barrier in case any harmful emissions get through the first one. Then those emissions are directed towards the two poles to protect the rest of the land mass. (Sometimes we can see them - Thus the Northern Lights) 

Charles Darwin said, “If you believe in God your entire life and there isn’t a God, you have wasted a lifetime. If you don’t believe in God your entire life and there is, you have wasted an eternity.”

 I know there is a God who created this Earth and is my Heavenly Father and I love Him very much and I know that He loves me and each and everyone one of us…His children.

Sincerely

Patti Miner