http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress Colleen's Personal Weblog. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:32:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a talk entitled, “Born of God,” President Benson made the following statement about how often a person should look to the Lord to seek His guidance: “The constant and recurring question in our minds, touching every thought and deed of our lives should be, ‘Lord, what wilt thou have ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=87 Dear Friends seeking recovery in and through here-and-now application of the Savior's offer of Atonement, . . . The following post is the journal record of this morning's dialogue with the Lord. In all humility I share it here. I have no intent or desire except to encourage and invite you ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=81 August 23, 2009 5:34 p.m. Phil and I attended the final session of the dedicatory services for the Oquirrh Mountain temple at 3:00 p.m., today. Earlier in the day I had honestly expressed to the Lord my divided feelings about going, much in the spirit or manner of ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=80 THIS IS HOW IT ALL BEGAN . . . August 2, 2009 As I knelt down, this morning, to offer my formal “opening prayer” for the day to Heavenly Father, I automatically (20 years of imperfect buy persistent repetition) reached for my pen and notepad. I had to smile ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=79 July 9, 2009 3:49 a.m.  I don’t know why I’m staying up at this time of morning, except that it feels like Christmas, and I am filled with love for God and from God.  A “Power greater than myself” is waiting for me every morning that I choose to forgive and ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=78 As the reading for this morning’s 6:30 meeting, I drew some quotes from Elder Bruce R. McConkie’s article, “How to Get Personal Revelation,” published in the June, 1980 issue of the New Era. “As a people, we are in the habit of saying that we believe in latter-day revelation. . ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=77 There have been some posts of late addressing all the external, arm-of-flesh things a wife might try to do to "help" her husband and protect herself from having to put up with any more of his unrighteous choices, but I have never found any of them to be of any ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=76 Some Personal Reflections on Step One: Admitting I Can’t Manage My Way Out of Addiction   May 22, 2009 – originally shared at the HtH online meeting   I could begin by sharing on my stubborn resistance to admitting that my life is “unmanageable,” as Step One asks of me.   My insistence on ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=75 MY LIFE IN ZION, AS ONE WITH CHRIST IN HEART AND MIND May 1, 2009 9:05 a.m.  Wow!  I’ve had such a great morning–so conscious of the Savior’s abiding presence in my “midst.”  So grateful for the rock-solid hope and peace that gives me.  So grateful for how far and ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=74 May 21, 2009 9:06 a.m.   I’m at my desk.  This is a first draft of my thoughts.  Not transcribed from handwritten notes. I just read an article from Sheila Bender’s newsletter for 5/21/09.  It’s called “What the Moment Can Hold” by Abigail Thomas.  It is an excerpt from her book, Safekeeping: Some ... http://windhavenpublishing.com/wordpress/?p=73