I love Christmas music.  The right music bears such a clear testimony of the Savior.  As I listen to the hymns and songs that bring the spirit, I am renewed.  I find joy and happiness in listening to them over and over again.  Music is such a purveyor of light or darkness.  It will calm my soul when little else will.  It comforts me and strengthens me.  It cheers me up.  I shared above a connection to a song that this seasons that bears testimony to me of the reality of the Savior.  

Terri

I couldn't watch the news tonight.  One hundred and forty four dead children and teachers.  Vengeance once more has reared its ugly head.  Vengeance brings out the worst in humans.  It breeds in humans darkness, anger, pain and suffering.  When God said vengeance was mine, He was protecting us from the worst in ourselves.  I have learned to tell myself to let God take care of the offender.  In my life, forgiveness has opened the door to relief and healing.  I will never understand how an individual can knowingly be so dark and evil as to take such evil revenge on innocent children.  

     Jeff Benedict, a writer in New York and a Mormon, has one of the best articles on families and sons or daughters with same-gender attraction.  I really encourage people to read it.  It has been a help to me and reinforces conclusions that our family came to.    http://www.jeffbenedict.com/index.php/blog/35-blog/378-maybe-ill-meet-a-girl.  I cannot make choices for my son.  But I can love him and keep him near to us so that he is safe with us and hopefully someday will consider coming back to church.   He has had good and bad experiences with Mormons.  We hope there will be those who choose to love him and see all the good in him.  We see the hand of the Lord in his life and we are so grateful for that.  God remembers all of his children.
Terri