This week in institute we started reading in Joshua, Tuesday insititute is my favorite class. I love the teacher, and the other students in the class. Every Tuesday, I get filled with spiritual food and I know the other students do to! People always have comments and they are very inspired in their comments. Every tuesday someone is crying, because they feel the Spirit, pretty much amazing!!!
Well anyways, the first chapter of Joshua is Christ speaking to Joshua (Joshua being the prophet after Moses). Christ seems to mainly focus on COURAGE and FAITH in this chapter, my favorite verses in it seem to emphasis that point a LOT. Here are the verses I like in chapter 1: 5,6,9 the mostly talk about how Christ is with us and for us to be brave. I also like verse sixteen it is the people talking to Joshua saying they will follow him (in my margins I wrote follow the prophet). So, really good chapter and a great class!
Brother Miller challenged us this week to write a list every night of things we are grateful for! What a great thing to do. I am excited to try it. I haven't been doing it very well at all so far.... but it has got me thinking and tonight I WILL do it!! I also talked to my sister Emma about doing it, and I hope she does aswell.
After class I went to Emma's house to visit and play with my niece Brynlie, and then that night I watched Brynlie so Emma and Austin could go on a date. Thats when I decided I wanted to write a blog entry about how grateful I am to be an aunt, and to have such a wonderful niece!!!!
Brynlie Rain Hammer was born Oct 8, 2009. She brought with her this fantastic personality that is impossible to not love!! I don't know how, or what we did in the preexistence to deserve her. I sometimes wonder what I did to deserve the wonderful family I have.
Brynlie is two years old and so smart, she is potty trained, talking in full sentences, and learns faster then I do! She has a great sense of humor and generally a happy kid and has been her whole life. Brynlie is pretty funny because, she is a bit of a stinker. She basically knows the rules of her house and yet she still pushes her limits pretty far. The bad thing is she does it in such a funny, and cute way we tend to let her get away with it.
Although we do spoil her a lot, the amazing thing is she is still so polite and a good girl. I think Heavenly Father knew we would love any spirit who joins are family, so He gave us one that isn't spoilt by being spoiled!
I am so, so, so, grateful for my niece. I love her so much and she makes me happy everytime I am with her! I love that she lives close to me for the next two months! I am so glad I have been able to watch her go from a baby to a toddler, and I can't wait to keep watching her grow! In the spring Emma is going to have another baby and I cannot wait! I can't believe how lucky I am that I get Brynlie and will get another niece or nephew. I come from a large family so I know I will have tons YAY!!!
Being a nanny, aunt and big sister I have found the importance the each individual spirit brings. I have really become aware, and grateful for each persons differences in personalities. I know how important it is to be a good example to those younger then us.
I hope my nieces and nephews know how much I love them, and will love them. I hope they know I will always be there for them, willing to help. I say this particularly to Brynlie because, she is the only one I know so far! I hope she realizes how much I love her sweet and funny personality! I couldn't ask for a better niece.
Anyways thats my little gratitude blog for the week. I just feel so grateful for Brynlie this week and I will miss her when they move away.
Love Clancy
