OHMYGOSHGUYS THIS BLOG.

So, yesterday my mom told me to check out a blog called The Red Headed Hostess. So this morning, after I finished up my talk that I'm giving in sacrament meeting today, I took a look.

Oh.

My.

GOSH.

Guys.

This blog is now my favorite blog ever.

It is written by a woman named Shannon who taught seminary for 13 years. She is a scripture MASTER. She keeps the most incredible scriptures journals, one organized by topic, and one that's chapter by chapter. They are full of personal insights, references to hymns and general authorities, cross references, visual aids, things that bring the scriptures to life. 

Look at the detail! And some of her visual aids are printable, so you can stick them in your scripture journal, too! It's just wonderful. She inspired me, so today I put together my own scripture journal and I am hoping to make a journal rich in insight like The Red Headed Hostess's is.

Ooh wow wow!! I am so impressed by her.

And you don't know how it feels to be your own best friend.

"Oh thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted! Behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. In righteousness shalt thou be established; thou shalt be far from oppression for thou shalt not fear, and from terror for it shall not come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather together against thee, not by me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall revile against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord."

3 Nephi 22:11-17 <3

{Outside Looking In by Jordan Pruitt}

words.

Whoever said words were powerless was a complete moron.

Words are incredible. Words shape this world. I love words.

I want to be a writer, so that I can use all the words my little heart desires.

I love to read words. I live for that feeling you get when you read something that hits you so hard, it's breathtaking. Sometimes it almost feels like everything else, even time itself, has stopped, when you read those words. Once in a while I come across words like that, and it would be selfish of me to not share them. I can't stop thinking about these words I read in seminary, in Psalm 27:3-6:

"Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. For in time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me: he shall set me up upon a rock. And now mine head shall be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord."

What words have taken your breath away lately?