Proclaim.

I know I already blogged today but with all of the hype going around from President Obama finally stating that he, as President, supports gay marriage (though he supported it as a Senator), I thought I'd share my feelings and thoughts on this topic...

"WE, THE FIRST PRESIDENCY and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children."

This is the opening sentence of "The Family: A Proclamation to The World," a proclamation released by my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints.

I fully believe that marriage is only to be between a man and woman. We were sent to this earth to marry and procreate and to serve Heavenly Father, and we do all of these things to return to Him again.

Now I am not at all saying that we should not love all of God's children, hetero- and homo- sexual alike. We must continue to love and treat everyone the same, no matter what. Though you don't necessarily support their lifestyles and hobbies, you must treat everyone like a human being and the son or daughter of God that they are.

Whether you're Mormon, Baptist, Non- Denomination, Methodist, Lutheran, Protestant, Catholic, or any other form of Christianity, or not even Christian, I invite you to read the rest of The Proclamation and read the rest of the eternal truths stated.

Here's the link:

http://www.lds.org/family/proclamation


That's all for now,
Lots of love,

Kori

Busy.

So here I go again, rambling on about how busy I am. This past weekend was super busy and went by just as fast as it came and this school week has been super busy a stressful. And let's just top it off with me starting work last night.

Kaitlin came up to visit on Friday and we had a blast. We went to the Diamond Rio concert, or should I say I dragged her to the Diamond Rio concert and she wanted to claw her eyes out? :) We then went to Buffalo Wild Wings (one of my favorite places in the world to eat) and we went to our favorite hang out, WinCo.

Megan and my favorite roommate, Jena came along with us but basically Kaitlin and I were the life of the party, but is that even a question?



School has been super busy and I'm super stressed out. As I write this I'm sitting in the hall before a class. After class, I have to go home, take a nap, and study my behind off and read Macbeth and watch Macbeth for my Humanities test. Goodness gracious! However, Heavenly Father is the greatest and has decreased some of the stress in my life, enabling me to study more than anticipated for this test. My science class was canceled today, I haven't had homework for my Writing for Journalism class, and I am exhausted, but I even have time scheduled in for a quick cat nap.

I'm so grateful that I have been recognizing the tender mercies in my life a little bit more, not just the big blessings that I receive.

Speaking of blessings. I have a job in this horrible economy. For that, I give many thanks.
I started work at the JCP store in Idaho Falls. I was excited however, I am in the men's department. Not fun. Do you know how many different kinds of Levi's there are? And they don't have names, just numbers. Goodness! Hopefully, it will get better. And if not, I'll suck it up. :)

Got to run,
Lots of love,

Kori

Gratitude.

I haven't posted in quite a while ... so much for increasing my writing skills, huh?

I have been super busy this past week with school and ... more school. Yes, my life is quite exciting these days.

Between me going to school and doing homework, I have realized a few things that I'm grateful for:

Idaho.

I know, I know. This sounds crazy, but just sit back and read this story that happened on Friday ...
Megan and I went to Sams and Target and while we were in Target, I of course wandered over to the shoe area. While there I put down my phone, or at least I'm guessing that's where I put it, and I walked away from it and forgot about it! I proceeded to check out and drive back to the Burg and then realized my phone was missing! I turned around and ran back into Target tried to find my phone ... it was nowhere to be found. A cashier finally went to the customer service desk, looked, and found my phone! Someone had turned it in.

So why am I grateful for Idaho? People here (for the most part), are super honest and turn in lost phones. In Florida, if you lost an iPhone, it is gone forever.

The Temple.

Rexburg has the ability to produce breath-taking sunsets. I took these pictures just with my phone on a walk with some friends.

The Rexburg temple is always so beautiful, especially at sunset and night time. You can't help but marvel at this Holy place every time you even glance at it.

Yesterday I was walking home in the horrible wind storm (I was literally being blown around), and I had a revelation. While the whole world around me was being tossed to- and -fro, I looked at the temple. While you would think that wind that strong would make Moroni waver and sway, but he didn't. I then realized, or maybe was just reminded, that nothing in this world is constant and steady except for the Gospel ... and for that, I am grateful.

On a side note, I am also grateful for the temple for the promise of eternity with your spouse and family. My best friend Alyson just got engaged last night to Sam, and I'm just so excited for them both! I can't wait for August 20 when they both say yes to eternity!


That's all for now...

So much love,
K