The Little Kite

This is a poem that my friend wrote and it inspired me to share it!

The Young Little Kite

As the young little kite began his first flight

the breeze blew softly until the string was tight

Gently he was lifted just a few feet more

"Surely, I'm higher than I've ever been before."

Soon a wind replaced the soft breeze

Until the young little kite was above all the trees.

His very first glide had turned to a soar.

"Surely, I'm higher than I've ever been before."

The winds sped up and the clouds turned grey

He was beaten and tossed in every which way.

And all he could feel was the string's tension pulling down

So he let go of his string and soon crashed to the ground.

The poor little kite was lying broken in the dirt

When the Master picked him up and wrapped him up in his shirt.

He cradled him tight as he took the kite in.

Then fixed every hole and glued every limb.

The kite was now fixed and felt good as new.

As the breeze came alive he began flight two.

Little did he know was that the string "pulling down,"

Was the only sole thing keeping him off of the ground.

Soon the wind replaced the soft breeze

Until the young little kite was above all the trees.

Once again, his glide turned to a soar.

"Surely, I'm higher than I've ever been before."

we have all experienced this we feel things like, Friends, family, parents, church responsibilities or even church all together, work, etc., weigh us down so we cut the rope and found later that it was a mistake and that we  started to fall but the Master our Savior is always there to pick us up and put us back together, reattach the rope and help us take off again. He hopes we learn not to cut the rope anymore. I know that he is always there to "put us in the air" again. 

The Voice Inside Our Head.

Our conscience where does it come from? What is it? Why do we have one? How do we get rid of that nagging feeling of our conscience? Through my mission and working with 100's of people from all different walks of life I have often been asked these questions and questions close to them. Almost always I was happy to be the one that got to answer them, because it has always meant a lot to me.
I  have always felt it. My mother taught her children a lot about it and she answered these questions as  my siblings and I asked them years ago. Our conscience where does it come from? Simply it comes from God to be used as a tool to help us in our hectic lives, to teach us  what to do to make it easier on us in this life. What is a conscience? In The Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ we learn; "And men (women and children) are instructed sufficiently that they know good from evil. And the law is given unto men." (2 Ne 2:5) And in the KJV Bible; 14 "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)"(Romans 2:14-15) Our conscience is from god. It is the little voice inside our head that tells us right from wrong and where to go and what to do when we get there. Our conscience also bears witness. Bears witness of what? It bears witness of truth and bears witness of all things pertaining to our Savior.
Why do we have a conscience?
 16 "For behold, the Spirit of Christ (our conscience) is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God." (Moroni 7:16) After reading this scripture we see that we have a conscience to show us what is of God and what is not. It is a gift free to everyone. It is not to make us feel bad but to show us how to have happiness. These scriptures show us that every person has a conscience, so that everyone has the opportunity to know what is from God and what is not.
How do we get rid of that nagging feeling? When we know we are doing wrong we feel guilty we need to follow our conscience to find our way back to peace and happiness. the way to do this is through the atonement of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. We do this by repenting and following god. Repentance, as I explained in a few blogs ago, is a turning away from sin. That sacrifice that he made for us, or the atonement, is sufficient to save all sinners. With repentance there is always a price to pay, Jonah had to ride in a whales mouth for his price. Almost every story in the scriptures show a price they had to pay, sometimes it was small sometime it was big the lady that was caught in adultery, her price was the guilt she carried and the embarrassment of all the towns men being there. David paid a price, he lost his kingdom on earth. So everyone pays a price they are all different and they are all forgivable.
I know this is true that sins are forgivable because I have seen people first hand go from rock bottom to knowing they have been forgiven and knowing they are right in the eyes of the Master. Our conscience is such a great gift that God has given to all of us, to know right from wrong and know how to change their lives to be better and more happy.