the Convert

Hello For those who dont know me my name is Dorie jean joseph ( used to be grant) I am 25yrs old and am the oldest of 4 children . I have 2 sisters katie is 20 , sarah 23, 1 brother douglas 24 he has a wife named michelle and they have a son named douglas alexander grant hes 16mos. My parents are diane Murray and douglas mitchell grant( Died August 2nd 2003 rest in peace daddy) My mom remarried my stepdad william Murray. I was 21 when I converted to the church Ive never written down my life experience with this so here it goes. When we were little we were baptized baptists and we went to church most every sunday . There was a collection plate in sacrament we passed around my dad always gave us a dollar to put in it we also had sunday school and on wednesday nights we had awanas and play games and did scripture study and won badges for our uniforms. when we got older it got harder to go to church because my dad was so sick more often and in and out of the hospital but I guess it didnt matter cause church had become a traumatizing event that would change all our lives forever. I believe that I always knew not everything made sense mom if your reading this I want to know that you and dad both taught me to ask questions find the truth and dont just take peoples word for things and I did. So let me explain how this all worked out My dad is in heaven and his temple work is done and he told me he believes its true and is proud of me, My mom believes inhat heavenly father but just has addictions that are too strong but she loves the missionaries and the church people its just not her time yet, My brother he is confusing he became buddist for awhile still kinda is I dont know much about what all believes, Sarah believes very strongly are that there i s a god and she is a unique person she is very compassionate and kind and tries her best, katie believes in god to the one thing they all have in common is they are afraid of organized religion which they have every right to be our old church was kinda scary you have 2 choices heaven or hell I am grateful I found the church and no longer have to be afraid because jesus died on the cross and gave his life he made a promise that none of us are damned to hell cause there is no hell only outerdarkness and the only people who go there are people who denie christ or the holy ghost isnt that a marvelous blessing I hope one day my family will know this truth and that the savior has some glorious things planned for them.

The Best Of C.S Lewis

When a man turns to christ and seems to be getting on pretty well (in a sense that His bad habits are now corrected), he often feels that it would now be natural if things went fairly smoothly. When troubles come along- illnesses, money troubles, new kinds of temptation- he is disappointed. These things, he feels, might have been necessary to rouse him and make him repent in his bad old days, but why now? because God is forcing him on, or up, to a higher level, putting him into situations where he will have to be very nuch braver,or more patient , or more loving, than he ever dreamed of being before. It seems to us all unnecessary, but we have not yet had the slightest notion of the tremedious thing he means to make of us. I find I borrow a parable from George Mcdonald.Imagine yourself as a Living House. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first,perhaps,you can understand what he is doing.He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on, you knew that those jobs needed doing so your not really surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense.What on earth is he up to? The explanation is that he is building quuite a different house from the one you thought of-throwing out a new wing here,putting on an extra floor there, running up towers,making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage, but he is building a palace, he intends to come and live in himself. The commandment Be Ye Perfect is not idealistic gas.Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He is going to make us into creatures that can obey that command. He said (in the bible) That we were "Gods" and he is going to make good his words.If we let him- for we can prevent him, if we choose- He will make the feebliest and fithiest of us into a God or Goddess, dazzeling,radiant,immortal creature,pulsating all through with such energy and joy and wisdom and love as we cannot now imagine, a bright stainless mirror which reflects back to God perfectly(Though, of course, on a smaller scale0 His own boundless power and delight and goodness. The process will be long and in parts very painful, but that is what we are in for, nothing less he meant what he said Great words from a great man

Warrior Princess

There comes a time in life when your life is taken away and you live in darkness for a span of what seems like centuries But one day you realize that heavenly father gave you free agency the right to choose right from wrong and to choose a life of rightousness or a life of being lost in the dark. I Choose to live my life the way The lord wants me too living in light not darkness I choose to forgive those who have wronged me, forgive myself for my mistakes and I choose true happiness the path the lord set for me. Everything in life is a choice and no one is powerless you can get life back yesterday I made the choice to take my life back to empower myself with gods love and faith I know that I am one of heavenly fathers daughters and one of his warriors and I will fight for my soul and my happiness with all my heart no matter what temptations or storms try to knock me down I will get back up and prevail. Satan will not win this war he has no power except what I give him and I give him no power. I love my heavenly father Always and I will fight to be with him once more.

My Husband Prince Charming

My Husband is totally the man of my dreams I know its hard to believe I wake up everyday asking how did this happen its dream well let me tell you alittle bit about him. He is from utah 24, attending college at UVSC to be an accountant,He temple worker very active in church and his callings,Hes my spiritual equal. he repects me for who I am and has the desire to want to strive and endure till the end, We were married and sealed in the Mt Timpanogos temple for time and all eternity. He is very special and im happy to say I love him and I know he loves me too Im very blessed at this point in my life that heavenly father loves me and so many people love me and that my dream of marrying in the temple and being sealed to my children forever will happen that its not a dream my efforts to be good are paying off it feels wonderful. Remember dreams and prayers eventually come true so dont give up. We currently live in Highland, Alpine and I attend the family ward here we plan on starting a family sometime the end of this year Jake is my eternal companion he tells me that everyday and says i love you 100 times a day (not kidding) and for valentines day he got me 6 red ballons, 1 dozen red roses , a beautiful card, a box of chololates and took me to dinner at olive garden I love my husband