Just some thoughts I had on the atonement over this last weekend. I was reading a book about the creation, time and space. When the Lord is talking with Moses he says they he has created worlds without numbers (infinite) but they are numbered to Him. Naturally the Lord knows how many worlds that He has created. So to him there are a finite number of worlds. This play on words is what got me thinking about the atonement, but we'll get to that. The scriptures talk about space, and that the light of Christ fills all of space, but then Joseph Smith made a comment about how the light only fills the organized regions of space. That outside of this organized region there is matter unorganized, in infinite amounts, waiting to be worked with by God. Space to us is infinite because we are incapable of comprehending its vastness.
The atonement is said to be an infinite and Eternal sacrifice. And it needed to be for it to cover all of God's children, but If it is taken literally as infinite, then would it not as well cover the sins of God the Father? Will it cover the sins of my spirit children? Or yours? In the terms of infinite meaning innumerable, then to us and all of God's children the atonement is infinite. All covering, and innumerable because it surpasses our understanding. Jesus, however, knows who he sacrificed for. He knows his sheep and cares for each one. To him his sacrifice was finite. It was numbered, but such a number as is unknown to us. And we don't need to know. The scriptures say that the atonement is worth a soul of man. It was worth it even if only one man was saved.
We know of several names by which God is called upon. Elohim, LORD, Father, Man, and Eternal. Eternal is one of God's names. When looked at in this respect anything that is Eternal means like God. So when He says, "behold my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" He isn't saying his work is to make men live forever, and to make men live forever. He is saying his goal is to grant us immortality and life qualitatively like unto His own. Eternal life, life like God's.
Now, we are saved through an infinite and eternal atonement which is far sufficient enough to save all men. With our mere mortal capabilities we cannot comprehend such ideas of eternity, and immortality. But the Lord can. It is just not given to us at this time to understand.
Brigham young said (paraphrasing) that when our mortality puts on immortality, that the acquisition of this knowledge will be very consoling, like having a burden lifted off our minds. Finally to be able to understand some of the ways of God will be one of the greatest gifts I can receive from the Lord. Until then, All I can do is live how I know I'm supposed to, and strive to help others around me.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Reasons
I've come to realize that despite my one and only follower, thanks B, I find some relief in the posts here. The solitude makes me comfortable, hidden behind all the other blogs people will run into before finding mine. It seems as though my electronic journal gives me not only a place to express my feelings, but a place to be alone with them. I like that.
The majority of my time is taken up by school and work, in fact throw in homework and I'd say that 90% of my time is occupied by these pursuits, and they are indeed noble. Yet, still I have people tell me I need to date, perhaps encouraged by my somewhat random desires to find someone. Though the idea of being together with someone is indeed appealing, this solitude I get from my lonely blog seems to tell me that I am ok where I am at. For now.
Its hard to think that I have been home from my mission for nearly 6 months now. Time has passed eerily fast. I fear that I will be dead before I know whats going on here. Yes I have not been on a date since before my mission, yes I am lonely sometimes. But I find comfort in my schooling, in my books, and in my family. So, in short, I do no dislike my life for the lack of people involved, I like it for that very simple reason. I don't need a lot of people telling me they love me. I just need my family and a few close friends, and of course the Lord. But He loves me no matter how long its been since I've done....well since I've done anything. He will always be there, and I know so will my family.
The reasons I've found for being here on this earth drastically outweigh the option of leaving it. It is sad to think that this idea ever crossed my mind, especially while I was serving the Lord. But, as we have been promised, all things will be for our good. And now, not only do I have reasons for not removing myself from this glorious earthly life, I have actual reasons to live. And more life to look forward to. Reasons are what drive me. and reason, is why I write on this blog, with my one follower. The solitude reminds me that one day, this wont just be a blog about me.
The majority of my time is taken up by school and work, in fact throw in homework and I'd say that 90% of my time is occupied by these pursuits, and they are indeed noble. Yet, still I have people tell me I need to date, perhaps encouraged by my somewhat random desires to find someone. Though the idea of being together with someone is indeed appealing, this solitude I get from my lonely blog seems to tell me that I am ok where I am at. For now.
Its hard to think that I have been home from my mission for nearly 6 months now. Time has passed eerily fast. I fear that I will be dead before I know whats going on here. Yes I have not been on a date since before my mission, yes I am lonely sometimes. But I find comfort in my schooling, in my books, and in my family. So, in short, I do no dislike my life for the lack of people involved, I like it for that very simple reason. I don't need a lot of people telling me they love me. I just need my family and a few close friends, and of course the Lord. But He loves me no matter how long its been since I've done....well since I've done anything. He will always be there, and I know so will my family.
The reasons I've found for being here on this earth drastically outweigh the option of leaving it. It is sad to think that this idea ever crossed my mind, especially while I was serving the Lord. But, as we have been promised, all things will be for our good. And now, not only do I have reasons for not removing myself from this glorious earthly life, I have actual reasons to live. And more life to look forward to. Reasons are what drive me. and reason, is why I write on this blog, with my one follower. The solitude reminds me that one day, this wont just be a blog about me.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Levi's Birfday Party
This weekend I went down to Provo for my good friend levi's birthday party. It started around 9:30 and being fashionable as I am, I arrived late. About 10:15. Upon my arrival I was made immediately aware of the 2 to 1 ratio of girls to guys, definitely a good party to be at, or so I thought. I placed my keys in a large bowl for later on, ate a tiny piece of cake since I try to not have to much sugar outside of work or school. (I don't really ever eat outside of those two locations anyway). So the key game commenced.
The object was to pull out keys belonging to someone of the opposite gender and go find them, then do whatever activity you drew out of the bowl of folded up paper. So on my first go I got a guys set of keys, the functionality of the game was obviously not considered before hand as an easy method could remedy the problem of same gender key matching, and so after finding this dude, realizing it wasn't going to work out, a very nice decently attractive girl suggested that she and I just be partners. Why not. So we drew the activity and it read, "Text sweet nothings to each other." and obvious ploy to exchange numbers. And thus our textual conversation went.
me- "I usually don't get out to parties, but I guess it was fate coming to this one where i got to meet such a pretty girl." Which I thought was a pretty darn good sweet nothing. She read it, we high-fived over its sweetness and she said she would think about a good one to send back to me. She was just about to leave with her roommate ride. Here was her reply....
Aubrey- "Well I couldn't think of a good response to that amazing sweet nothing but it was nice to meet u."
Lame.
So I simply said, "you too" and placed the quite unfortunate rejection where it belonged....
Overall the party was fun. I got to spend time with some old peeps and met some new ones as well. Perhaps I was sending my sweet nothings to the wrong contact, that Megan girl was being awful nice to me.
The object was to pull out keys belonging to someone of the opposite gender and go find them, then do whatever activity you drew out of the bowl of folded up paper. So on my first go I got a guys set of keys, the functionality of the game was obviously not considered before hand as an easy method could remedy the problem of same gender key matching, and so after finding this dude, realizing it wasn't going to work out, a very nice decently attractive girl suggested that she and I just be partners. Why not. So we drew the activity and it read, "Text sweet nothings to each other." and obvious ploy to exchange numbers. And thus our textual conversation went.
me- "I usually don't get out to parties, but I guess it was fate coming to this one where i got to meet such a pretty girl." Which I thought was a pretty darn good sweet nothing. She read it, we high-fived over its sweetness and she said she would think about a good one to send back to me. She was just about to leave with her roommate ride. Here was her reply....
Aubrey- "Well I couldn't think of a good response to that amazing sweet nothing but it was nice to meet u."
Lame.
So I simply said, "you too" and placed the quite unfortunate rejection where it belonged....
Overall the party was fun. I got to spend time with some old peeps and met some new ones as well. Perhaps I was sending my sweet nothings to the wrong contact, that Megan girl was being awful nice to me.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
St. George
This weekend my brother and I took our first road trip together, not as a whole family, and we decided to head down to Southern Utah to visit our friend Nick Rhodes. Little did I know, that so much more would happen on our trip.
The four hour drive down to St George was not the funnest time of my life, but Jer and I did manage to entertain ourselves by listening to music, swapping some stories, reminiscing about old times, and making fun of things we saw along the way. After hours and hours of driving we finally ended up in St. George, thanks to Google Maps on my smartphone.
As we enter the apartment the first person I see is a cute girl sitting on the couch, nick had not mentioned that he such attractive friends, and I thought hey maybe this trip will be a lot better than previously thought. So we unpacked our car and set up camp in Nick's semi spacious apartmen, 6 guys plus jer and I made for some good times.
Well, a lot of things happended but there are only a few things that I am going to talk about here, so as not to bore you as I hithertofore have done. The night we arrived Nick took us to something he called a Foam dance. I think it was officially called "foamilicous" or some similar clever name. At this point I didn't know too many people, and I don't paricularly like dancing, so I thought this evening wouldn't been to satisfactory to me desire to have the best time ever on my trip. Thankfully I was pleasently suprised.
Turning the corner into the dance we were met by a vision of a small crowd of people gatherered around two machines suspended in the air pumping gallons upon gallons of foam down onto the peeps. My excitement increased dramatically to a steady high during the night of dancing in the foam with Nick and Jeremy and some random people we still didn't know.
Overall a good night. The next day we went to Dixie rock and climbed the crack. Perfectly named. It was a pass in the rock that was just big enough for me to fit my body into, and at some points i had to squish, moving each inch of my body carfeully aware of each muscle expanding and contracting in my attempt to fit my now seemingly HUGE body through this tiny crack in the rock. Then we come to a cave, the exit, where leaving this death trap requires suspending yourself, completely stretched out with both hands in front of you, over a hole that leads several feet down into a lower cavity of the rock. Falling would hurt. Not only do you have solid rocking touching everyside of your body but there is now a hole beneath your abs requiring even more strength to maintian your current state of living. Awesome experience ever =)
Sunday was indeed a day of rest for us. After all the activities of the previous day, many of which i omitted in this post, the relaxation was well needed. After attending the sacrament meeting of the local singles ward we returned to the cool apartment to escape the sun and eat some lunch. Cake waffles, yum.
And now, here we sit, talking with new friends making memories that will last forever. On this trip I learned a lot about myself and realized that a reason for why my life is how it is, is because I feel it with excuses for not doing what I really want to do. Filled with new motivation to make my life what I want it to be I spend this night surrounded by good people sad to leave them in the morning, but excited to come back down and visit them all again soon.
The four hour drive down to St George was not the funnest time of my life, but Jer and I did manage to entertain ourselves by listening to music, swapping some stories, reminiscing about old times, and making fun of things we saw along the way. After hours and hours of driving we finally ended up in St. George, thanks to Google Maps on my smartphone.
As we enter the apartment the first person I see is a cute girl sitting on the couch, nick had not mentioned that he such attractive friends, and I thought hey maybe this trip will be a lot better than previously thought. So we unpacked our car and set up camp in Nick's semi spacious apartmen, 6 guys plus jer and I made for some good times.
Well, a lot of things happended but there are only a few things that I am going to talk about here, so as not to bore you as I hithertofore have done. The night we arrived Nick took us to something he called a Foam dance. I think it was officially called "foamilicous" or some similar clever name. At this point I didn't know too many people, and I don't paricularly like dancing, so I thought this evening wouldn't been to satisfactory to me desire to have the best time ever on my trip. Thankfully I was pleasently suprised.
Turning the corner into the dance we were met by a vision of a small crowd of people gatherered around two machines suspended in the air pumping gallons upon gallons of foam down onto the peeps. My excitement increased dramatically to a steady high during the night of dancing in the foam with Nick and Jeremy and some random people we still didn't know.
Overall a good night. The next day we went to Dixie rock and climbed the crack. Perfectly named. It was a pass in the rock that was just big enough for me to fit my body into, and at some points i had to squish, moving each inch of my body carfeully aware of each muscle expanding and contracting in my attempt to fit my now seemingly HUGE body through this tiny crack in the rock. Then we come to a cave, the exit, where leaving this death trap requires suspending yourself, completely stretched out with both hands in front of you, over a hole that leads several feet down into a lower cavity of the rock. Falling would hurt. Not only do you have solid rocking touching everyside of your body but there is now a hole beneath your abs requiring even more strength to maintian your current state of living. Awesome experience ever =)
Sunday was indeed a day of rest for us. After all the activities of the previous day, many of which i omitted in this post, the relaxation was well needed. After attending the sacrament meeting of the local singles ward we returned to the cool apartment to escape the sun and eat some lunch. Cake waffles, yum.
And now, here we sit, talking with new friends making memories that will last forever. On this trip I learned a lot about myself and realized that a reason for why my life is how it is, is because I feel it with excuses for not doing what I really want to do. Filled with new motivation to make my life what I want it to be I spend this night surrounded by good people sad to leave them in the morning, but excited to come back down and visit them all again soon.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Simply Sushi
I had never eaten actual sushi that wasn't store bought from Albertsons so I grabbed my sister Staci, the only one in my family close by who would eat sushi, and we decided to go try a place called Ginza in Draper (Also located in SLC). Ginza opens at 530 for dinner only and we were looking for lunch at 11. So we went to Simply Sushi on 7200 and bangerter ish.
Simply Sushi was simply amazing.
We got two all you can eat, one for each of us, and went at it. Spicy upside down shrimp, spicy tuna, California roll, San Fransisco roll, King Kong, salt water eel, and snapper among others. We sat at the bar so we could continue to order and see both TV screens. One of which was playing the world cup (Yeah!) The other was playing that awesome Japanese game show where they do really dumb stuff and the English subtitles make it even dumber.
I did not get to try everything, and I plan on going back there during dinner hours to try the sushi offered later in the day. I loved my experience at Simply Sushi. The environment felt clean, the atmosphere was relaxed, and we didn't have that annoying waiter who keeps asking us how everything is every time she passes by. (I know several of us hate that)
So if you want to join me for sushi, I'm ready to go.
There is a new place in the District called Blue Fish I want to try.
Simply Sushi was simply amazing.
We got two all you can eat, one for each of us, and went at it. Spicy upside down shrimp, spicy tuna, California roll, San Fransisco roll, King Kong, salt water eel, and snapper among others. We sat at the bar so we could continue to order and see both TV screens. One of which was playing the world cup (Yeah!) The other was playing that awesome Japanese game show where they do really dumb stuff and the English subtitles make it even dumber.
I did not get to try everything, and I plan on going back there during dinner hours to try the sushi offered later in the day. I loved my experience at Simply Sushi. The environment felt clean, the atmosphere was relaxed, and we didn't have that annoying waiter who keeps asking us how everything is every time she passes by. (I know several of us hate that)
So if you want to join me for sushi, I'm ready to go.
There is a new place in the District called Blue Fish I want to try.
Sizzler
As I arrived home from school my sister Steph invited me and my brother to go with her to Sizzler for dinner. I don't remember having been there, nor did I have other plans, so I agreed. We drove about 10 minutes to find the location, I'm not sure if that was the closest....I ordered the Steak and Lobster, normally 23.99 on sale for 16.99, and my brother ordered a full rack of ribs. (I only mention the food I tried). My steak was upgraded from a 6 oz o 8 oz at my request and we were sent off to find our own table.
Why do I have to find my own table?
We sat down and waited about 10 minutes for our server to find our hidden location next to the salad bar and take some drink orders. Pepsi. mmmmm. Then we waited another 10 for our food. Mine, Jer's and Steph's came out before the two kids. We all agreed that was strange to give the adults food first when the hungry crazy hyper kids were still waiting for their mundane cheese pizza. (not very good pizza either). So we start eating. My Lobster is average and steak unseasoned, though they did provide some A1 steak sauce and some house sauce which were just like every other A1 sauce I've had. They just put their name on it and added some water.
I ate everything on my late which came with "Steamed Vegetables" which turned out just to be broccoli. I ate it all and was considerably unsatisfied. So I ate what was left of my brother's. About 1/2 rack. (apparently he cant eat more than a pea size of food). The ribs were, you guessed it, mundane. Unseasoned, but not bad with the A1 sauce. Good job sizzler for doing what most living organisms can do at home. \
The servers weren't even that cute.
The best part of the meal was my Pepsi...but how can you go wrong with a fountain drink? I'm sure Sizzler could find a way.
I will not criticize the salad/fruit bar as I did not eat anything from it but some pineapple and a boiled egg which i shoved in its entirety into my mouth to amuse my niece.
Overall it seems like an overpriced restaurant for lower income families to feel like they are "treating themselves"
Or maybe I'm just in a critical mood. Stay tuned for "Simply Sushi"
Why do I have to find my own table?
We sat down and waited about 10 minutes for our server to find our hidden location next to the salad bar and take some drink orders. Pepsi. mmmmm. Then we waited another 10 for our food. Mine, Jer's and Steph's came out before the two kids. We all agreed that was strange to give the adults food first when the hungry crazy hyper kids were still waiting for their mundane cheese pizza. (not very good pizza either). So we start eating. My Lobster is average and steak unseasoned, though they did provide some A1 steak sauce and some house sauce which were just like every other A1 sauce I've had. They just put their name on it and added some water.
I ate everything on my late which came with "Steamed Vegetables" which turned out just to be broccoli. I ate it all and was considerably unsatisfied. So I ate what was left of my brother's. About 1/2 rack. (apparently he cant eat more than a pea size of food). The ribs were, you guessed it, mundane. Unseasoned, but not bad with the A1 sauce. Good job sizzler for doing what most living organisms can do at home. \
The servers weren't even that cute.
The best part of the meal was my Pepsi...but how can you go wrong with a fountain drink? I'm sure Sizzler could find a way.
I will not criticize the salad/fruit bar as I did not eat anything from it but some pineapple and a boiled egg which i shoved in its entirety into my mouth to amuse my niece.
Overall it seems like an overpriced restaurant for lower income families to feel like they are "treating themselves"
Or maybe I'm just in a critical mood. Stay tuned for "Simply Sushi"
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)