ONE LOVE (for NATE)

One Love. What do these two words mean? My long lost brother Nate has made this his wonderful saying and thought recently, and it has too caught my attention. What exactly does it mean you may ask. Let me refer you to Elder Bednar and his talk in the last General Conference titled "Clean Hands And A Pure Heart". (If you haven't heard this or read it please do). In this wonderful talk Elder Bednar speaks of turning everything over to the gospel and the Lord. When we really turn our lives to the lord we have one desire, ("ONE LOVE"). We don't just do good because we are supposed too, but because it is our hearts desire. The desire to progress and get better in the lord is a great way of purifying our heart, giving us that "One Love".
Heather is teaching relief society this week on this talk and has shared her amazing thoughts with me on this. She is one of the best examples of having that "One Love". She not only works hard at serving the lord, but has the strongest desire to do so. Myself on the other hand I do try to do my part but find myself still not 100%. I am still working hard to completely put the lord first in every decision every thought and just everything I do. It's hard when the world tells us and trys to convince us otherwise on this.
So that is how I define "One Love" in my life. To be completely consumed with a desire to follow the lord.
Enjoy life, Enjoy getting better through struggles, Enjoy company, Enjoy "ONE LOVE"
last but not least "One love, One heart, let's get together and feel alright". Bob Marley. You think I could post a blog without MR Marley in it ha.
Nate keep this as your wonderful saying I love it. "ONE LOVE"

Light up the Darkness

I love all of the headings of each individual blog. I love that in a sense it desribes each of you. I just wanted to explain why I chose "Light up the darkness" to be mine. In the movie "I Am Legend" Will Smith reffers to Bob Marley and how he wanted to light up the darkness in the world. Meaning to light up the darkness in people. For some reason that has hit and stuck with me. I think that is what it means when people say let your light so shine. We all know that there is alot of darkness in the world today. That there is alot of hate and evil corrupting the world. I honestly think it is my responsibility to light up peoples darkness they have created. Let my spirit shine into their hearts. Let my love of life be an inspiration to those who have come down with the disease of sin and darkness. There is nothing like seeing the light of christ in someone. Like in the movie Stardust when the star is happy in life and in the moment the star starts to glow. That is how it is with people that have the spirit so strong in their lives they glow. I want to glow. I want to see everyone glowing. My greatest joy is that of anothers smile. That of someone who has overcome and seen the vision of overcoming there own darkness. My joy comes from others joy in life. From seeing how happy one can be. From that of a close family who loves and supports eachother.
"Singing don't worry, about a thing... Cause every little thing is going to be all right". How true is this amazing Bob Marley song. Life brings us little and big trials and we have to understand that we have to push through the dark times to find that light that shines so bright. Every little thing is going to be alright, I promise you. Work through the down times in your life. Understand the big picture, the picture of eternity. Understand that you are going through the dark to understand the power of the light. As my amazing kid brother Nate is witnessing very strongly that every little thing is going to be alright. Nate bro I love you man. Anyways, I just want you all to know that I want you to light up the darkness in your lives. Try to light up the darkness in those that you are surrounded by, by sharing your love. By sharing the light that you hold. Our mission on earth is to build up His kingdom. What are we doing if we keep our knowledge of the light that is the gospel to ourselves. Share the word of the resurection. Share the word of a ladder day prophet. Share the word of joy and peace in lighting up the darkness. By sharing these things your light will become fuller and brighter and you will glow like a star. I love life and I want to follow what I have written. Light up the darkness and you will be happy!

Is blogging the answer?

This blog will come as a big surprize to most of you. "McKay is finally blogging" I hear in my head from family members (Jamie, oldest sister of mine 28) the main one. It's true I am finally starting my own "talk about myself" blog. Don't get me wrong I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the blogs of my family and have really wanted to share thoughts and comments of my own. I just am having trouble finding the time to sit down and get one started. It also does not help that I rarely have a chance to get on the internet. With full time school and a full time work schedule I hope you all can understand my lack of communication with you. Oh ya I forgot to mention my addiction to sports that consumes alot of my time as well. But, here I am and am excited to start sharing ideas thoughts and concerns about life, sports, family, religion, and bob marley. I am excited because writing is a very theraputic thing for me. It allows my mind to go places that it can't go otherwise. I can share so much of my feelings that I rarely get to speak out loud. I can feel like my opinion is out there. Like I am apart of something. So hello to my fellow bloggers. I am proud to have joined the trend and become a communicator the world that surrounds me.