The last few weeks I have gone hiking twice where it became foggy around me. As I did so I was reminded of an experience I had years ago while living in Southern California. At the time, I was only living a few miles from where I worked in a small business complex. As IContinue reading “Through the Fog”
Category Archives: Sabbath Day Thoughts
Clutter
Look around you–is your life full of clutter? When my children were younger and we would go on family vacations I loved being in a hotel room. It was clutter-free; no toys laying around or anything shoved into the corners. When I would get home, our house looked so crowded. There were so many thingsContinue reading “Clutter”
Spiritual Power
There are many types of power in the world. Political Power, physical power, and natural power are a few. Many years ago I worked for McDonnell Douglas, an Airplane manufacturer in Long Beach California. At the time they were building a new airplane; the MD-11. This plane sat 280-400 people, weighed six hundred thousand pounds, and hadContinue reading “Spiritual Power”
Be of Good Cheer
How do we find courage to carry on during difficult moments of life? The following story was told by S. Gifford Neilson, “In 1978, I stood on a football field in a stadium packed with 65,000 fans. In front of me were several very large opponents who looked like they wanted to take my headContinue reading “Be of Good Cheer”
Listening
In a conversation with others, how often are we only half listening? If most of you are like me, many times I am already thinking about the next thing I’m going to say, or a rebuttal for the argument, or something else entirely. By doing so did we miss something important or even the realContinue reading “Listening”
God Among Us
Today in church we discussed a recent talk in our General Conference entitled “God Among us”. Many of us shared things, especially over this past year, where our faith may have been strengthened or wavered. This past year has been difficult for people who have dealt with loneliness, bad health, loss of jobs, or evenContinue reading “God Among Us”
Saint or Sinner?
Are you a saint or a sinner? In a talk at church today one of the speakers told about Nelson Mandela. His forgiveness of those who had imprisoned him earlier amazed many people and he received much praise. However in response to the accolades he would say. I’m no saint—that is, unless you think aContinue reading “Saint or Sinner?”
Change
Change. The word itself sometimes makes us tense up or shudder. We tend to think of change as something that is negative. But we all need to change. If it wasn’t for change we would all still be wearing diapers and laying on the floor. But even as a young child something inside us toldContinue reading “Change”
Mistakes
We all make mistakes. We all fail at things in our life. Some are big and some are small. Some are our own doing, while others are just part of life. But that’s the way life was designed to be. It’s hard to learn what we need to learn and to become what we areContinue reading “Mistakes”
Charity
What is Love or Charity? Anyone that knows me well, knows that ice cream is my favorite dessert; and very well could be my favorite food. I’ve said many times how much I love ice cream! But in reality I don’t love ice cream, but really, really, really, really (ok you get the message) likeContinue reading “Charity”
Inspirational Musings of Mike Shelton 