DESSERTS!!

Ok so since making that blog post about how all I want to do is cook, I have made few things, but being a ditz I didn't take any pictures of it! I have made spaghetti stuffed braided bread, Texas style lasagna, chicken penne pasta, chocolate chip cookies (yes my famous ones!!), Forgotten Kiss Cookies, single serving mug brownie. Yes sounds like a lot, but really the Texas style lasagna I made almost a month ago, but I just froze it and stuck it in the oven this week (but it is one of my favorite meals!). The chicken penne pasta was delicious, and so easy to make that I made 2 dishes at the same time and froze the second one, it was so good and such a hit with my roommates that I think that we will be eating it again next week! The spaghetti stuffed bread wasn't my favorite, my roommate really likes to make bread, so she wanted to use her own bread, anyways I may try to make it again sometime, but it certainly wasn't a favorite. I can always tell when something is good, my roommates eat it all up very quickly. Now before you think oh what horrible roommates that eat all your food, no we share food, we all split the cost, so it is ok that they are eating my food!
My roommates are very sweet, and so therefore never say something doesn't taste good, I think they don't want to hurt my feelings. I will freely admit if I don't like something, I don't think that makes me a bad cook, or anything it's just not every recipe is going to be a golden one, and I am going to make mistakes, and lots of them... I am no professional chef by any means!
So anyways, today I made two desserts, one was really good (in fact I'm still eating it) and the other one was a major royal flop! I will share both recipes with you!

The first one was the Forgotten Kiss Cookies, for the recipe click here I thought they would be so delicious, I mean how can you go wrong with mini m&ms and a Hershey kiss? Well those things were delicious, and the chocolate drizzle on top was oh so good as well, it was the dough I wasn't crazy about! I followed the directions perfectly, and the dough just wasn't good at all. I think if I ever make these again, I will just use my own cookie dough recipe and stick a Hershey kiss in the middle! I found this recipe on pinterest and after making them I disliked it so much I deleted it off my dessert board because I didn't want to be tempted to try and make them again!

Here are a couple pictures of the cookies, don't be deceived, they may look delicious, but they really aren't! In fact one of my roommates even agreed with me they weren't very good, when that happens you KNOW they are bad!!



So since those cookies were such a bust (and I still don' know what to do with them, maybe I should give them to someone I don't like :) ?) Anyways I still wanted something sweet and I have been DYING to try a recipe I found (also on pinterest) and it is for a single serving mug brownie, this way you don't have to make a whole pan of brownies, seriously genius!! Well I'm happy to report this experiment went much nicer than the first, I'm still eating my mug brownie, and as stated in the recipe, I think it would be most delicious with a scoop of ice cream, but alas I didn't have any! Here is the recipe for these delicious brownies!

I took a couple of pictures of these brownies, unfortunately the picture doesn't do them justice, because they are oh so good!!



Seriously if you are in the need of a chocolate fix, this should do just the trick! I added a few semi-sweet chocolate chips to mine! Also mine took longer than 1 minute, it took about 2 min 30 seconds. And I think it probably could have gone a bit longer.

The Weekend!!

Well this has been a very exciting weekend! Ok well maybe it hasn't been, but I am very happy with how it has gone down! Friday I was given some VERY exciting news, that I am finally available for an upgrade with AT&T which means I can finally get the new iPhone 4s, unfortuantly they are all sold out around these parts, so I had to order one, but I should be getting it in the next week! Also Harry Potter 7.2 came out yesterday, but I for some reason ordered it on Amazon, which means I probably won't get it until some time next week, maybe I will get both on the same day... that would be a GREAT day!
Well after work I went to a Disney party with Susanna (she is my coworker and we are going to Disney together). We had fun and met two other girls who want to be our roommates, they seem sweet, so I'm getting even more excited about going, just in case anyone was curious I will be in Disney World in 57 days!! And on that note, I will be graduating in 33 days, but who's counting right?
So after that party I came home and ate dinner only to go to my next party (seriously I never do anything, 2 parties in one night is craziness!!) This party was very low key, it was one of my friend's birthday party, it was fun and when I came home I helped my Roommate Melissa move into her own room, since we had 2 roommates move out this past week we have 2 empty rooms, which means we all have our own rooms now! After moving Melissa into her room she mentioned she was willing to help me organize and clean the kitchen, oh my gosh I was so excited! As mentioned in the last post our kitchen is usually a disaster zone, I seriously cringe every time I walk into my apartment and see how messy it is. I had wanted to make some cookies I found on pinterest, but since the kitchen was so messy I didn't even dare. Well with Melissa's help, I knew we could get the kitchen looking good. well since we have so much more room with just four of us we were able to use some of the empty plastic drawers that no one was using and put them in our kitchen, it took us nearly 3 hours and all 4 of us helped a bit, and finally it was cleaned, I mean every drawer cabinet and surface was organized and cleaned. Words can't describe how happy I am whenever I walk into my apartment and see my kitchen now, it is just so beautiful! Oh and to top it all off my roommate Melissa has some really pretty fall decorations so she brought those out now that we have places to put them and we decorated, I contributed my Christmas lights to spruce things up even more!


Here are a few pics of my apartment, I really wish I had gotten some before pics, and during because I don't think you can truly appreciate how bad it was unless you saw what it was like before!!

Here is a pic of my three roommates, sorry it isn't a very good one of any of them! Melissa is on the far left, Lezlie is the one of the far right, and the other Leslie is the one in the middle that you can't see at all!


Here is my Cabinet all spruced up, you can't really see but there are very pretty fall flowers on top!


Here are two shots of the kitchen next to each other, look how pretty and clean it looks!!

And last but not least we cleared off the table and decorated it, our apartment just looks so beautiful now! I'm so happy!!

All I want to do is COOK!!

So I will admit it, I have become a MAJOR pinterest addict. I love going on there and reading all the funny things, looking at the pretty wedding ideas, and of course drooling over all the delicious looking meals, desserts, and other mouth watering foods!! I am OK being a pinterest addict because I don't just sit and stare at all the pretty things, I actually make quite a few of the stuff I see on there.
I have recently re discovered how much I really enjoy cooking. I have a hard time getting into it because sharing an apartment with 5 other girls the kitchen is always a disaster zone (I stay out of there as much as possible). Then when I'm home I don't really feel like the kitchen is mine, so I don't like to cook there either. I say this all the time, but I seriously can't WAIT until I can have my own place, I will be there soon, very soon! Hopefully by summer time I will be in my own apartment (I will probably have at least one roommate, but that is a lot nicer than 5!!). Lately I have been cooking for my roommates, because two of them had crockpots but had no idea how to use them... I LOVE using a crockpot, and the only one I have is a little bitty one that doesn't hold very much food. So my roommates said I could use their crockpots, so I started cooking for them as well! I have this problem I don't know how to cook for just one person, so I buy the food (we split the money later) and I cook it... I ask them to help with cleaning, cause well I'm not their wife, I won't do EVERYTHING for them. I started out making my normal meal, but with the help of pinterest and family members I have expanded my horizons!! There have been a few busts (in my opinion, my sweet roommates never said it was disgusting!).
Well this last weekend I went to my stake relief society's activity and there were several different workshops, one was a meal planning one. This sister showed us how to make 3 really easy meals (well actually 2 meals and one dessert!). The past few days I have been planning what I want to fix for this week for my roommates, and last night I went shopping. Well it struck me, all I want to do is cook. This morning all I was thinking was how much I want to experiment and make cookies, and cakes, and vegetable soup, and meals, and everything else... but I have no reason to make a lot of that stuff, I could make cookies, but I have no reason to so I would end up eating A LOT of them, which is not something I want to do (well maybe I WANT to, but I shouldn't :).
Then it hit me, I want to start a food blog! I probably won't start it right now, and if I do, it will start off really slow for a while. School is still number one for me right now, but in a little over a month I will be DONE with school, so I will have more time to devote to creating a food blog. Also I have the problem of not having my own kitchen, and well I don't have hardly ANYTHING I would need for my kitchen. This Christmas I'm probably only going to ask for kitchen stuff, right now I'm DYING to have a kitchen aide mixer!! I would also LOVE to have pampered chef pots and pans and skillets, food chopper, wooden spoons, casserole dishes, stones, and oh man I could go on for ages!! I'm wishing I could throw myself a party (similar to a bridal shower, without being a bride) and get all this stuff from people! Unfortunately we don't throw a big party for people graduating from college, we do for high school (which isn't a very hard thing to do). Anyways, maybe one day I will have a kitchen full of all the appliances I need!! But little by little I want to start a food blog, so if I'm living near you, and you want to try my delicious foods... maybe a little bribing will work :).
Anyways this is all just a little rambling, but no one reads this blog anyways :)

Back in the Burg

Well this week as flown by! I can't believe it is already Friday!! I have had a really good first week of classes. I already dropped my Psych class, it was just going to be way too much work and stress, so good thing I don't need that class to graduate!

I have met all my roommates, I still don't know them very well, but they all seem like nice people! We are all older, with the exception of one freshman, and I'm pretty sure I'm the oldest in the apartment! The first few days of the week I felt like a chicken running around with its head cut off. I arrived in Rexburg Sunday night and luckily was able to just unpack my suitcase since I'm living in the same apartment all my stuff was just as I left it! I was also finally able to bring back the cabinet that my brother has been building me, it is beautiful! I only have the cabinet part with me, I still need to finish painting and staining the top shelf part, but I will be one very happy girl when I have both pieces together! Below are some pics of my cabinet!! Paul built the whole thing, and I painted and stained, Paul helped me distress it a bit too! Sorry to all my other siblings, but for right now Paul has one favorite status!!

This one makes it look like I eat a ton of Ramen, I don't actually, but one of my old roommates left me all her food, I actually ate some ramen for the first time in years yesterday!!


Isn't it just beautiful?? I'm so excited about it!! I absolutely LOVE my cabinet!!

Well back to my week, because I know you all are just sitting on the edges of your seats because my life is just soooo exciting ;). Well after getting settled in Sunday night, and seeing some of my old friends I went to bed, Monday morning I didn't have class until 10:15 but I had a ton of errands to run so I had to wake up early and get them all done! Luckily I did, and yet I still had an hour to kill before class! My classes weren't too bad, my Monday Wednesday Friday classes all seem like they are going to be pretty easy. I have 3 classes on those days, and they are back to back, from 10:15 to 1:45, and then I have work from 2-5, by the end of Monday I was EXHAUSTED!!! Straight from work I met up with my cousin Barb to have dinner, then I went straight to FHE where I found out I was indeed NOT released from my calling and am in fact still Relief Society president! The from FHE I came home and went to bed!!

This whole week has been very similar to Monday, I haven't really had any time to just stop and think, I have also already been bombarded by homework, I don't think this semester is going to be unusually hard, but I am going to have A LOT of homework!! I'm excited though, I like all my teachers and classes, and I met all my neighbors last night and I think I'm going to have a great semester!!

Welp I gotta run, I have class in a few minutes!! I hope everyone is having a great day!!

Back in the West

Welp my summer break is quickly winding down to a close! I can't believe how fast time flies by, does it ever slow down?
Well I flew back to Utah on Thursday morning, it was a very eventful day, I woke up at 4am and had to catch my flight leaving at 6:55AM. Luckily I was able to sleep most of the way, but I must say, sleeping on planes is not one of my favorite things to do. I had a sort of long layover in Dallas, and to make matters worse my plane was late getting there, and so of course we were late taking off. Finally I made it to Salt Lake, met up with my cousin Will's fiance, who was sweet enough to come pick me up even though she has never met me. She dropped me off at temple square where I met up with a friend who served in KY, Bryan Leano. We decided to go do a session in the Salt Lake temple, I had never been, and let me say, it was AMAZING!! I can't wait to go back and do a session and not have to worry about rushing to get there and rushing to leave! I would have loved to spend more time in the temple, but since neither one of us had a watch, and I was worried about catching my bus on time we ended up leaving a lot sooner than I would have liked. Luckily I had plenty of time to change and go catch my bus. I made it to Logan with no problems, was picked up at the USU campus by my brother, and then was able to eat my favorite thing in the world... CAFE RIO!!! Salt Lake temple and cafe rio all in the same day, can life get any better?? I submit that it cannot!
Well now I'm just kind of hanging around Logan, I hung out with my best friend Ericca yesterday, and today. I also have been working on the shelf and cabinet my brother has made for me. I'm excited to get back to Rexburg and see all my friends, and meet all my new roommates! I'm also a bit nervous, this is my last semester at BYU-I, then after that, who knows what I'm going to do. I have a pretty good idea of what I'm supposed to do, or rather what I want to do, but from my experience the Lord has a way of changing things around, and I'm already starting to get the feeling like things aren't going to go exactly as I have them planned!!
Well here's to hoping I have a good and successful semester!!

New Testament Class Week 5 two posts in one

Ok so here are my two New Testament posts all in one big long post!! Only one more week of classes left!!

Unit One:

Choice Three: Hebrews 13. Works of Righteousness

Paul concluded his epistle to the Hebrews with some brief teachings and statements of counsel. Read Hebrews 13 and find statements about the following questions:

• How should we treat strangers and those “in bonds”?

We should entertain them, because by doing so we may entertain angels.

We should remember be in bonds, and be compassionate towards them.

• How is marriage looked upon?

It is honorable in all.

• What warnings are given about covetousness?

That we should not be covetous, and be grateful for everything that we have, and realize that God will give us everything that we need.

• What is “the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever”?

Jesus Christ

• How are we sanctified?

Through the blood and suffering of Christ.

• How do we respond to those who rule over us?

We must Obey them and subject ourselves to them.

• Who did Paul ask the people to pray for?

Paul asked them to pray for him and the others of the ministry

Unit Two:

Topic Choices (Choose One)

Choice 1: James 1. “Be Ye Doers of the Word and Not Hearers Only”

1. Read James 1 and respond in writing to the following items:
• What words or phrases encourage you to look for direction from God?
1. That I can ask God and not have to worry about being chastised for asking.
2. When going through trials I will receive blessings for what I have gone through
3. That when I am being tempted it is not from God, so that encourages me to ask for His help.
4. Every good and perfect gift is from God.
• How did James further define the phrase to “ask in faith”?
1. Nothing wavering, that we shouldn’t doubt whether we will get an answer from God, because if we doubt than we will not get an answer.
• How do Matthew 6:24 and 1 Kings 18:21 add to your understanding of James 1:8?
1. If we are double minded than we are serving two masters, which the verses from Matthew and 1 Kings are very plain on we cannot serve two masters because we will hate one and love the other. And when they serve two masters they mean following God and following Satan which you can’t do both at once.
• From James 1:13–15, 19–27, make an outline of how we can better live the gospel of Jesus Christ.
1. That we cannot be tempted of God, and so if we cleave unto the things of the Lord we cannot be tempted. It says that we are tempted when taken away from our lusts, so we need to just stay away from those things and stay close to God.
2. Listen to the teachings of the gospel
3. be slow to anger
4. stay away from all “filthiness”
5. be doers of the word, and not hearers only.
6. be charitable, help the poor and the widowed.
• Give a few modern examples of how you have recently seen individuals exemplify James 1:22.
1. The one example that popped into my head as soon I read this question was of a lady I came into contact with at work a couple of days ago. I work at the Gap, and unfortunately we have a lot of problems with shoplifters. I was helping a lady with her purchases, she was returning a shirt and buying a couple of other things. When I finished ringing everything up her daughter put everything into the bag to help out, and we were really busy so I didn’t think anything of it. They left the store and I continued helping other customers; about 15 minutes after they left the lady came back in and said they had accidently taken the shirt the had returned with them. I was touched by that small act of honesty, because it would have been easy enough for them to just keep the shirt, they had already returned it. She took the time to come back into the store and give us the shirt back. So many people wouldn’t do that.
2. Read the institute student manual commentary for James 1:5–6, “If Any of You Lack Wisdom” (p. 409). Make a list of reasons why Elder Bruce R. McConkie (1915–1985) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said these verses have “had a greater impact ... upon mankind than any other” scripture.

Because it has helped any investigator of truth to direct his questions to God to find the answers

It was the crowning act of the ministry of James

It led Joseph Smith to ask which church he should join which then in turn opened the heavens once more, which has allowed the priesthood to be established on the Earth so we can all have to opportunity to receive the saving ordinances we must have to live with our Father in Heaven once more.

New Testament Class Week 4 second post

Unit TWO

Choice 4: Titus 1–3. Epistle of Obedience

1. Read Titus 1:1–5 and the Bible Dictionary entry for “Titus” (pp. 785–86). Write a paragraph about who Titus was and what responsibility he had toward the Saints living in Crete.
• It sounds like Titus was Paul’s son. I’m not sure if Paul used that term literally or figuratively. Either way he used that term in the scriptures Titus was a very near and dear person to Paul. Titus traveled with Paul on several of his missions, and was present at a lot of the conferences. His role in Crete was to carry on the work there and establish the priests and the “government” of the church.
2. List the attributes of a bishop found in Titus 1:6–9; 1 Timothy 3:1–7.
• Blameless
• One wife
• Faithful children
• Not accused of riot
• Not unruly
• Not selfwilled
• Steward of God
• Not soon angry
• Not given to wine
• No striker
• Not given to filthy lucre a lover of hospitality
• Lover of good men
• Sober
• Just
• Holy
• Temperate
• Holding fast to the word
• Good behavior
• Apt to teach
• Patient
• Not covetous
• Presides well over his own house
3. Read Titus 1:10–16 and the institute student manual commentary for Titus 1:12, “The Nature and Character of the Cretans” (p. 373). Make a list of the problems Paul identified that existed among the Saints in Crete.
• Many unruly, vain talkers, deceivers
• Lovers of filthy lucre
• Always liars
• False prophets
• Evil beasts
• Slow bellies
• Unbelievers
• Disobedient
• Deny God
• Hypocrites
4. Read Titus 2–3. Then write your answers to the following questions:
• In Titus 2:1, what did Paul encourage Titus to speak of?
1. Speak only sound doctrine
• What impact did Paul say sound doctrine would have upon the aged?
1. it teaches them to be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things.
• How could that also apply to the young?
1. it also teachers them to be sober, chaste, good works, obedient.
• How can the counsel given in Titus 3:2–5 help us be patient with new members of the Church?
1. That we have all made “fools” of ourselves and we have all been learners and brand new to something so we should have love and patience for those who are new and learning.
• What role does the Lord’s grace play in our salvation? Read Titus 3:5–7; 2 Nephi 2:6–8; 10:24; Moroni 6:4; 10:32–33; Doctrine and Covenants 45:3–5.
1. Without the Lord’s grace there is no way we could be saved. He is our advocate during the judgment. He suffered for all of our sins so that if we just live as righteously as we can and repent of our sins with our Lord’s grace we can be clean 100%.
5. Read Titus 3:9 and the institute student manual commentary for Titus 3:9, “Why ‘Avoid Foolish Questions, and Genealogies, and Contentions, and Strivings About the Law’?” (p. 374). Write a definition for what is meant by foolish questions and genealogies. Write a paragraph about how you could stay grounded in “sound doctrine” (Titus 2:1) and “avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law.”
• I figure what is meant by foolish questions and genealogies is when people ask things to be contentious, or to try and start a “bible bash” and we are supposed to avoid those.
• I can stay grounded in sound doctrine by obviously going to church every Sunday, attending FHE on Monday nights, go to institute if it is offered. Also reading my scriptures and praying, studying conference talks. Doing all these things can help me stay grounded in sound doctrine. Ways to avoid foolish questions and contentions would be to just not rise to the challenge. Many times in my life people have tried to trip me up in my beliefs, or have wanted to bible bash. As soon as I start to get a hint of that kind of attitude I simply bare my testimony and try to end the conversation. People who want to argue are not spiritually sensitive enough to understand the spirit.

New Testament Class Week 4

Here is my most recent post for my new testament class. I don't know if anyone is reading my blog here, but if you are, hopefully you are enjoying these little insights I have had! This post is on how we can use the scriptures to solve our day to day problems. ENJOY!

Unit one

Choice 1: Philippians 1–4. Find Solutions in the Scriptures to Life’s Challenges

For each of the following common challenges, write the counsel from Philippians that you would use to resolve it:

• People sometimes argue and complain over petty matters in church meetings or throughout the week (see Philippians 2:1–8, 14–15).

In this set of scriptures it talks about how we should be like minded and remember Christ who died for us. These scriptures made me think about how we need to realize that everyone is different, and so we will all have different opinions. We need to realize this, and think well if it isn’t something vitally important, than we shouldn’t argue over it. I a lot of times try (and the key word here is try), to just think let bygones be bygones, if it isn’t eternally important, I try to just let it go.

• Many youth feel that their parents’ testimony is sufficient for them. Since they have good parents, they rely on them for all their spiritual strength (see Philippians 2:12–15 and institute student manual commentary for Philippians 2:12, “Work out Your Own Salvation with Fear and Trembling” [pp. 361–62]).

These are good scriptures, but what really helped it hit home was the part of the institute manual. We are responsible for our own testimony. This is an action gospel, we can’t just sit idly by and expect to gain exhalation. No, we must live and strive for it constantly by always trying to better our testimony. Not only can we forever lean on the testimony of our parents, but we can’t just have one spiritual experience and think we have a testimony and never work on it again. Having spiritual strength and a testimony is a lifelong process of hard work.

• An investigator is considering joining the Church, but his family will no longer associate with him if he does (see Philippians 3:7–16; 4:13).

These scriptures are very comforting, and help us realize that Christ has suffered it all. He knows what it is like for someone to lose their family, He asks us to follow Him, and He will make it all better. He will strengthen us in our tough times; we just have to have faith in Him.

• How is this writing assignment an example of the principle taught in 2 Nephi 32:3?

In this scripture it is telling us we should feast upon the words of Christ, because they are the words of Christ, and will be a comfort for us. So this activity of seeing how the scriptures can help solve day to day problems is like feasting on them. So many times we want other people to solve our problems for us, or help us figure them out, when really all we have to do is learn to turn to the scriptures for all our problems.

Two in one day!!

So here is another insight I gained from my New Testament class, I really like this one!

Choice 3: Romans 6. Baptism

1. Review Romans 6:1-13 and answer the following questions in writing:

a. What must be done with sin before baptism can occur?

i. We must repent and forsake of sin before baptism can occur.

b. What events from Christ’s life are symbolized in baptism?

i. His death and resurrection are symbolized in baptism.

c. Considering this symbolism, why couldn’t someone be baptized by sprinkling?

i. Because we must be immersed in the water, the reason we are laid down in the water and brought back up again is to symbolize that Christ laid down His life for us and was raised. The sprinkling can’t show that symbolism.

d. What do these verses teach us about how we can maintain the “newness of life”?

i. By keeping the commandments of God.

e. According to Mosiah 3:19, what part of us would ideally die at baptism?

i. The natural man. When we are baptized we are saying that we are putting aside our will for the will of God, so we are symbolizing that the natural man has died and we will live a more spiritual life.

2. Study Romans 6:14-23. Write a paragraph that describes how we know whose servant we are. Then write a statement identifying the true source of freedom.

We know whose servant we are when sin has no power over us, we live by grace. We are obedient to the commandments of God, and are free from sin. And by our fruits you can tell whose servant we are. It is so important to remember this concept, that by their fruits ye shall know them; the same will go for us. People can tell who we serve by the way we act.

The true source of freedom comes from living the commandments and having our will be the same as God’s will. He will always make sure we are free.

New Testament Class Week 3

Here is another spiritual insight for my New Testament class, Enjoy:

Romans 12-16 Live as Saints should Live

1. Review Romans 13:11 and look for what is “nearer”. Read Ezekiel 3:20; D&C 14:7; and explain in writing what we must continue doing to work out our salvation.

Our salvation is “nearer” than what we thought. I take this to be a warning that the second coming is nearer than we think, or that we shouldn’t procrastinate the day of our repentance. We must continue to be obedient and repent to work out our salvation. We mustn’t leave it to the last minute because we never know what may happen tomorrow. And as it says in the doctrine and covenants, if we keep the commandments, endure to the end we will have eternal life, and that is the best of all the gifts God can give us.

2. In Romans 12-13 Paul gave much counsel that leads to salvation. Read each of the following verses and list what Paul taught would help lead to salvation:

a. Romans 12:1

i. To present ourselves as a living sacrifice, such as service.

b. Romans 12:2

i. Conform my will to the will of God.

c. Romans 12:9

i. Abhor evil, and cleave unto righteousness.

d. Romans 12:13

i. Be charitable.

e. Romans 12:16

i. Be not prideful towards others.

f. Romans 12:21

i. Overcome evil with good.

g. Romans 13:1

i. Be subject to God’s powers.

h. Romans 13:3

i. Do good.

i. Romans 13:8

i. Love one another

j. Romans 13:9

i. Keep the commandments.

3. Review Romans 14:1-13; 15:1-3. Then write answers to the following questions:

a. What cautions did Paul give about judging?

i. That we shouldn’t judge, because in the manner that we judge others, we will be judged.

b. People may have different opinions and practices, but what is most important to remember?

i. I really liked the verses on people having differing opinions. It basically said live and let live, if someone doesn’t think the same way as you, just let it be. I find in my life and especially in my family, we want everyone to see the way we see and believe the way we believe, and sometimes it is best to just let things go. As long as it isn’t essential to our salvation, it is ok to have different opinions.

c. What additional insight comes from reading D&C 38:25-27?

i. I think it just means we need to be more united. It is ok to have differing opinions, as long as we are united in the gospel and can understand and love one another.

4. Review Romans 15:25-26, 31; 16:2, 15. Write the term Paul frequently used to refer to members of the Church in his day.

Paul refers to the members of the Church in his day as saints. This is really nice because we are now the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. So it is as if we are of the same church, nothing has changed in the two thousand years since it was established.