Bad Fruit inspiration.....

So here is what was read the night of my last choir rehearsal...we got a copy of it tonight...which I must say was another great rehearsal. We had an unexpected visit from Julie Beck, the Relief Society PRESIDENT.... her spirit and words she shared brought me to full on tears. I think she lives in my area,..she mentioned seeing alot of familiar faces from the grocery store!!

Anyhow....friends.....COPY THIS MESSAGE!! AND SHARE IT!!!

Strengthen the Hands of Your Fellow Beings

If you feel evil, keep it to yourselves until you overcome that evil principle. This is what I call resisting the devil, and he flees from me.

(Discourses of Brigham Young Second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints- Page 123
By John A. Widtsoe Published by Kessinger Publishing,2004)


When you are influenced by the Spirit of holiness and purity,let your light shine;but if you are tried and tempted and buffeted by Satan, keep your thoughts to yourselves--keep your mouths closed; for speaking produces fruit, either of a good or evil character.

If persons think they have greater sorrow and affliction than any others, when they reveal that sorrow and affliction, it produces fruit. You frequently hear brethren and sisters say that they feel so tried and tempted, and have so many cares, and are so buffeted, that they must give vent to their feelings; and they yield to the temptation, and deal out their unpleasant sensations to their families, friends, and neighbours ,we can bear them off alone.

But if we have light or intelligence--that which will do good, we will impart it; but our bad feelings, our desponding feelings, our dark hours, and disagreeable sensations we will keep to ourselves.

Let that be the determination of every individual, for spirit begets spirit--likeness,likeness; feelings beget their likeness; and custom, custom.

You know very well, by your own experience, that you are naturally inclined to more or less adopt the customs, feelings, and manners of the people you associate with. If, then, we give vent to all our bad feelings and disagreeable sensations, how quickly we beget the same in Others, and load each other down with our troubles, and become sunk in darkness and despair!

If you have anything good to say, speak it and comfort the hearts of the Saints. If you have that which tends to death, keep it to yourselves; we do not want it, for we already have plenty of it.

Frame you lives according to the precepts of the Gospel. Let your deal, walk, and conversation be that upon which an angel can look with pleasure. And in all your social communications, or whatever your associations are, let all the dark, discontented, murmuring, unhappy, miserable feelings---all the EVIL FRUIT OF THE MIND, fall from the tree in SILENCE and unnoticed; and so let it perish, without taking it up to present to your neighbours. But when you have JOY and HAPPINESS, LIGHT and INTELLIGENCE, TRUTH and VIRTUE, offer that fruit abundantly to your neighbors, and it will do them good, and so strengthen the hands of your FELLOW BEINGS...

(Journal of Discourses Volume 7:268-269)

I love this message becuz I'm soooo GUILTY of IT.... even with the best intentions,..I don't realize what comes out of my mouth in this sense sometimes...I love it when the LIGHT pops on in my head and I can be more AWARE of MY CONTRIBUTIONS to the world around me.
I guess I always thought if I keep my miserable and unhappy feelings to myself,..I'm only going to explode and uhhh it won't be nice... so mine as well let it out when you feel like it huh?...

Ya...I guess that makes me feel good for the MOMENT... but I truly believe there are lasting negative effects when you bomb out like that....so I'm gonna stick with the prophets words and do my best. I also know there are certain situations where you must let someone know what your feeling inside...when your unhappy and whatnot,.. thats when we take the next step and do our best to say it with wisdom and carefully choose are words....

Anyhowwwzzzz

To end off....Here was our GOAL for tonites rehearsal....

TO REALIZE WHO WE ARE....BEFORE WE REMEMBER!!