This I Believe: Introduction
I woke up
about an hour ago. It is 1:26am. For those of you who know me that is unusual.
I am generally in bed early, last night
it was about 9pm, and I get up early about 5 to 6 am. I have been laying in bed thinking and what
came to my mind is the need to write another blog. A blog about what I believe. Four years ago Chris and I went to China with
the China Teachers Program at BYU. We
were assigned to teach English at Nankai University in Tianjin China. We lived there for 2 years. As part of our classes we developed lessons
based on principles from the stories of people who had submitted their beliefs
to the NPR radio program “This I Believe”.
Part of the final exam was for the students to stand in front of the
class and give a talk on what they believed in English. This experience was very rewarding and it
started me thinking what do I believe?
This blog is part journal, part family history, and part my attempt to
maybe help others to think about what they believe in. I am inspired by the scripture, "As a
man thinketh in his heart, so is he." -- Proverbs, chapter 23, verse 7. This for me means that what we think about
what we believe in what motivates us is what we really are or what we will
really become. You can really know what
kind of person you are when you look at what you think about when you don’t
have anything to do. Where does your
mind go? What do you think about? Where
is your heart? I have to say that most
of the time on our last mission when I had time on my hands my thoughts were
often about how to return to live with Father in Heaven? What must I do to lay hold of eternal life? Since returning home my spare thoughts have
been on what do I need to do to finish Charlotte’s kitchen. I miss thinking about how to get home. This blog is also part get John back on track
with what is most important and leave a record for my children and
grandchildren and generations to come about what did papa think about and
believe in. I hope they will read this
and come to know me and maybe they will believe in what I believe in.
