Scott Chester

Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Psalm 51:7

dont take advantage of sin, just because we are forgiven from the sins we have done, are doing, and will do… knowing there forgiven already doesnt give us the right to continue to sin constantly… we all fail to do so….

(Thanks Riley!)

Jeremy: Friedrich Nietzsche? We can’t burn that! He’s one of the most important thinkers in 19th Century!
Elsa: Please! Nietzsche was a chauvinist pig who was in love with his sister.
Jeremy: He was not a chauvinist pig!
Elsa: But he was in love with his sister.
Brian Parks: Uh, excuse me, guys? Yeah, we got a whole section on tax laws down here we can burn.

Jack Hall: [on Sam failing calculus] I’m not angry. I’m disappointed.
Sam Hall: Do you wanna hear my side of it?
Jack Hall: Sam, how can there be two sides?
Sam Hall: Hey, look, I got every question right on the final and the only reason Mr. Spengler failed me was because I didn’t write out the solutions.
Jack Hall: Why not?
Sam Hall: I do them in my head.
Jack Hall: Did you tell him that?
Sam Hall: I did. He said he didn’t believe me. He said that if he couldn’t do them in my head then I must be cheating.
Jack Hall: Well, that’s ridiculous! How can he fail you for being smarter than he is?
Sam Hall: That’s what I said.
Jack Hall: [smirks] You did? How’d he take it?
Sam Hall: He flunked me, remember?

Sounds kind of like my high school economics class…

The Day After Tomorrow

The best thing you can give someone is a chance.
Author unknown

I miss President Bednar… I miss Idaho…

Talk about regrets…

ELDER BEDNAR COUNSELS STUDENTS TO OBSERVE
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PROVO, Utah - Observation and observance are critical spiritual gifts
that unlock doors to discernment and success, Elder David A. Bednar said
Tuesday during a devotional at Brigham Young University. Students should
learn to be “quick to observe,” said Elder Bednar, a member of the Quorum
of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “Your
future success and happiness will in large measure be determined by this
spiritual capacity,” he said.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986)
Journalist

The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, but you’re the one who gets burned.
Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563-c. 483 B.C.)
Founder of Buddhism

Guys put girls into three categories:
1. Friends.
2. Those that they think are hot.
3. The one they’re going to marry.

Make decisions for yourself. Don’t put them in other people’s hands. (i.e. by drinking, doing drugs, etc.)

Girls set your requirements for a guy high. Guys, set yours higher.

Marriage is not finding the right person, it’s being the right person.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
– Beverly Sills

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like no one’s watching, and Laugh like no one’s listening.

The best gift you can give is a hug: 1 size fits all and nobody ever minds if you return it

Remember that life isn’t about the number of breaths we take, but the moments that take our breath away.

Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.
Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions.
Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits.
Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.
Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny.

May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love
that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child
of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the
freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every
one of you

THIS WILL GIVE YOU THE CHILLS People always say how mean kids can be, never how nice they can be. This story will either make you cry, give you cold chills or just leave you cold, but it puts life into perspective!

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children,

the father of one of the school’s students delivered a speech that would

never be forgotten by all that attended.

After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question.

Everything God does is done with perfection. Yet, my son Shay cannot learn

things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children

do.

Where is God’s plan reflected in my son?” The audience was stilled by the

query. The father continued. “I believe,” the father answered, “that when

God brings a child like Shay into the world, an opportunity to realize the

Divine Plan presents itself and it comes in the way people treat that child.

Then, he told the following story:

Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, “Do you think they will let me play?” Shay’s father knew that the boys would not want him on their team. But the father understood that if his son were allowed to play it would give him

much-needed sense of belonging. Shay’s father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance

from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into his own hands and

said, “We are losing by six runs, and the game is in the eighth inning. I

guess he can be on our team and we’ll try to put him up to bat in the ninth

inning.” In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs

but was still behind by three. At the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a

glove and played in the outfield. Although no hits came his way, he was

obviously ecstatic just to be on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his

father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay’s team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base. Shay was scheduled to be the next at-bat. Would the team actually let Shay bat at this juncture and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn’t even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed.. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft

grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay

would have been out and that would have ended the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field, far beyond reach of the first baseman.. Everyone started yelling, “Shay, run to first, run to

first.” Never in his life had Shay ever made it to first base. He scampered

down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, “run to second,

run to second!” By the time Shay was rounding first base, the right fielder

had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman for a tag.

But the right fielder understood what the pitcher’s intentions had been, so

he threw the ball high and far over the third baseman’s head. Shay ran

towards second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the

bases towards home. As Shay reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, “run to

third!” As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams were screaming,

Shay Run home!” Shay ran home, stepped on home plate and was cheered as the hero for hitting a “grand slam” and winning the game for his team. “That day” said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, “the boys

from both teams helped bring a piece of the Divine Plan into this world.”

Heavenly Father, Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic
last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few
precious moments with her children.

Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young
man who can’t make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college
student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not
getting his student loans for next semester.

Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same
spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to
addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.

Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the
store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment,
knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will
be the last year that they go shopping together.

Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the
greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we
hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all
humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience,
empathy and love.

If you send this to 5 people, then you have a chance to touch 5 people. You
won’t get any wish for material things; however you might just find
a piece of serenity and the warmth of God’s touch.

Working for God on earth doesn’t pay much……but His retirement plan is
out of this world!