I’ve had a lot on my heart and mind lately; a lot of things on my heart and mind that are dear to my heart and which I have not only enthusiastically embraced for more than a decade now (almost 15 years), but which have also encompassed and entangled the very fibers of my soul.
Lately, I have been pondering more and more over life and other things that are of great importance to me- eternal importance; especially regarding faith and spiritual strengthening and growth, and even more; especially my concerns in regards to all that has been going on in the world; especially these past several years, and the ever-increasing sense of urgency within my soul that says I need to focus on increasing not only my own spiritual strength and growth, but also that of my family, and that I need to do this even more so now in the present day than ever before.
Among the things that have been weighing on my heart and mind, and also on my soul, are these:
- Faith in Jesus Christ; Strengthening myself and my family spiritually, and preparing spiritually for the calamities that the Savior and his prophets have prophesied will occur in these latter days
- Family, Marriage, and Motherhood responsibilities, familial relationships, family time, traditions, making memories, capturing moments / documenting and keeping a record of our family’s story and my own personal history, family history, and creating a legacy worth passing down to my posterity and future generations
- Setting my house and home in order, establishing a Christ-centered home, and becoming the spiritual Guardian and Keeper of My Home
- Teaching and nurturing my children (both temporal and spiritual instruction)
- Ministering, the Savior’s way, and becoming a true friend
- Developing my talents and learning new ones.
- Joy.
These are the things that continually float about in my mind and flutter over my heart, ever brushing against my soul to remind me every day that they are of the utmost of importance, and which have sunken deeply within my soul as they have etched themselves into the very foundations of my heart, like the eroding marks of the breaking of the waves gently nudging upon the rocks on the shoreline, leaving a permanent impression upon my soul.
These are also things that I used to write about here on this same blog a decade ago before I quit and started this blog over from scratch. I regret having quit and deleted my blog, especially because I had written and journaled so many things of this same nature that were close to my heart. As such, I am now pivoting a bit in what I am and will be writing about here on my personal blog from here on out. I plan to keep writing about the things I am grateful for, yes, but I also want to write about much more of the things that I seem to have in the forefront of my mind so very frequently, and which if not in the forefront of my mind, then always at least ever present somewhere in my mind among the few precious things important enough to me to continually bob their way towards the surface of the vast sea of my daily thoughts without ceasing.
Sincerely,
Stacy
