2 Nephi 22 1."And in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee; though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedest me. 2. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation. 3. Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. 4. And in that day shall ye say: Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5. Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is known in all the earth. 6. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. When I read this I felt it summed up what I often feel. The Lord God is merciful and is always ready to bless us and comfort us and sustain us in our trials and tribulations which life is full of. We are not alone. He is always there! I had thought of breaking each verse down and commenting on each phrase but not this morning.

sitting under the apple tree

Yesterday Pop put his recliner out under the apple trees and I reclined in it all afternoon. Soft breezes, muted sounds drifting across while I finished up a novel, A THREAD OF GRACE about Italy, WWII and how the Italians saved the lives of over 40,000 Jews at great cost to themselves. It was a really good book. There was nothing sugar coated though I warn you. It was war and terrible things were done. But a quote in the final chapter sums it all up,"No matter how dark the tapestry God weaves for us, there's always a thread of grace." The Rabbi who quoted the above says that..." after the Yom Kippur roundup in '43 people all over Italy helped us. Almost fifty thousand Jews were hidden. Italians, foreigners. And so many of them survived the occupation. I keep asking myself, Why was it different here? Why did Italians help when so many others turned away?" I feel a desire to know more of modern Italian history.

RECOVERY

I love this photo of the poppy. I love growing things and watching them bloom. We have worked hard on our yard this year and are in the middle of putting in the front walk way and deck and I am unable to participate any more because of surgery. But still I'll watch the plants grow and blossom. It is so green this June and it has been pretty warm for June. Lovely month.

Ready to share again

As we sat in the temple last night with six of our children helping seal families together from all around the world I felt such peace and joy and was able to envision all of our children there. The ordinance worker was so appreciative of all the Brother and Sister Barneys gathered in one session together. He had some truly profound comments to make that added such depth to our experience. Attending the temple with family is truly a strengthening experience,

Luke 1:37 "For with God nothing shall be impossible"

First we promised to become charitable. Second we promised to become witnesses of God. Third we promised to endure. The Book Of Mormon is the best guide to learn how well we are doing and how to do better. ( Henry B. Eyring ) conference oct 2011
This is what we promise to do when we are baptized members of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter
Day Saints.

The quickest way to stop an argument is to shut up!