Scriptures online changes- very cool!

As I have mentioned before, I read the scriptures online quite a bit. When I opened them this morning, I see that they have changed a bit. I knew they were re-doing LDS.org but I didn't know that included the scriptures site, too.

If you have read the conference talks online, you see that they have quite a few study aids to help you. If you log in, you can even put in your own notes as you read the talks. Now I see that they have done the same thing with the scriptures! How great! Before, I was adding my notes to a separate word document. Now they will be all together. You can mark your scriptures and take notes just like you would your regular hard copy of your scriptures.

Do we live in a great age of technology or what??!!
To take notes, etc. you need to create an account. You need your membership number, which is listed on your temple recommend or the membership record you usually get at tithing settlement. I think it will also want your confirmation date, which is on the same membership record. If they didn't hand it out at tithing settlement, you can still ask your ward clerk for a copy.

The church's website gets better and better! What a fantastic resource!
Here is the link to the scriptures: http://lds.org/scriptures?lang=eng

And if you want more, here is a link to the gen. conf. talks: http://lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2010/10?lang=eng

The more I think about this scripture, the more I love it..

This is definitely in my top 10 list of favorite scriptures. I found it a while back when I was looking for a scripture that would help our family try harder to be kind. I printed it out and have hung it in various places around our house. I don't know if anyone else in the house even notices it, but I do. Every time I see it and read it, I love it more.

Ephesians 4
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

When I read this scripture, I always think of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's wonderful General Conference address entitled "The Tongue of Angels".


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Humor in the Scriptures

Here are some scriptures that are kind of funny if you think about them! I will add them as I come across them.

And their hearts were swollen with joy, unto the gushing out of many tears, because of the great goodness of God in delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; and they knew it was because of their repentance and their humility that they had been delivered from an everlasting destruction. 3 Nephi 4:33 (You can imagine why this has special meaning to me, if you know me very well!)

Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor your labor for that which cannot satisfy. Hearken diligently unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and come unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in fatness. 2 Nephi 9:51

Of course, there is my dad's favorite bible story: Balaam and his talking donkey
Here's the verse with the punchline:
Num. 22: 30
30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. (How's that for a little role reversal?!)