PLAN, PRAY and PREPARE

Three little words that can mean so much. We usually call them our daily "PPP." You can bring sunshine and order into your life if you always remember to pray, plan and prepare. Plan each day, but better still do it the night before so you can get an early start. One hour in the morning is worth three in the afternoon.

PLAN -- "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." So much more can be accomplished if you plan your time wisely. Time is but a fleeting moment, and passes too quickly. In your planning, among other things, plan to tell someone that you love them, plan to be of service to others, and plan to be happy.

PRAY -- "Life is fragile -- handle with prayer." We are told that we should pray as if everything depended on the Lord, and then go to work as if everything depended on us. How great it is to know that He is not only our Father, but also our best friend. He knows each of us by name and is always there to help us along the way through this mortal experience.

PREPARE -- "If you are prepared, ye shall not fear." D&C 38:30 Also in Alma we read, "For behold this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors."

We all know that even with lots of planning and preparing, things don't always turn out as planned. As the saying goes -- "Life is what happens when you have made other plans." But that is where prayer comes in. Prayer brings comfort and peace, and it will keep you headed in the right direction -- and that is what really matters.

We have had a wonderful week which has included much planning, lots of preparing, and tons on praying.

We missed getting pictures of some great events this week because our camera broke! It was a new camera, and a good one, but for some reason the lens suddenly refused to work properly. We took it to three stores and received the same opinion -- it would cost more to repair than to buy a new one.

When I think about buying something there are several categories to consider before buying. First -- is it essential; then, is it important; and last, is it just something you want. For us a camera is essential, important, a necessity and we just need one! So we had to bite the bullet and buy a new one.

So no pictures -- we are still reading the instructions!

I don't like reading instructions! I guess I don't have enough patience. Luckily Jerry is good at instructions. He also loves to take pictures -- of everything! I like pictures of people, but he also likes pictures of buildings, the sky, clouds, mountains, animals -- everything. I have to admit, he gets some pretty awesome pictures at times. I am just guessing -- but I am sure that our next blog will have tons of pictures.