http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?cid=HP000016&lang=eng#moments-that-matter-most
Friday, April 19, 2013
Quiet Time
In a busy world where it seems like time just flies by, we can get so caught up in our day to day routines that we almost seem to get lost. Lost in working, lost in running errands, lost in worry or fear, etc. We get so caught up in the worldly things that we forget the things that are most important. We forget about those moments that matter most. We forget to take the time to ponder. As Dieter F. Uchtdorf has said "we would do well to slow down a little." Taking time for those things that matter most make all the difference in our lives.
I have learned that it is really important to take time each day and ponder in a quite place. Whether it be reading your scriptures, praying or just sitting and thinking, taking time to be alone is important. In having some quite time for myself I find that I am able to organize my thoughts and feelings and I am able to know what I need to do next in my life. As well as taking time for myself, taking time to make memories and do those things that are most important in life are a far greater blessing to me than any other thing in this life. Taking time to learn and grow and to love one another is a far greater treasure than any worldly possession.
http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?cid=HP000016&lang=eng#moments-that-matter-most
http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?cid=HP000016&lang=eng#moments-that-matter-most
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This is very true! There’s another word for “ponder” that I like – ruminate. I think I read an article about it before.
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Search, ponder and pray are the things that I must do
The spirit will guide and deep inside I know the scriptures are true.
I knew you were Mormon the moment I read "scriptures." My parents are Mormons too. :)
Found your blog through Arlee Bird’s shoutout. Let’s get you to 50 followers today! :)
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Lovely post. You are so right on slowing down and enjoying what really matters in life. I was so happy when I was able to 'get off the band wagon'! :)
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This is a lovely post Jessica and a timely reminder to slow down and re-evaluate the important things in our lives, thank you. Looking forward to receiving more of your posts.
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I call it "me time". And I know I will go seriously insane without it.
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Hi Jessica, We both got featured in Arlee's Blogging A to Z list today. Enjoyed your post today. Quiet time is so important. I make time every morning to sit quietly in the Lord's presences. Some days I just sit and pray, some time I spend time in the word. My writing comes out of my quiet time. I still spin at a pretty fast pace the rest of the day but I look for little places to pause through out the days as well.
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Thanks for sharing, Jessica. I'm glad to have discovered your blog through the A to Z challenge. Quiet time is vital, without it I would burn out fast.
ReplyDeleteI love the saying at the top of your blog; it's very true. ""Enjoy the little things in life...for one day you will look back and realize they were the big things."
Thank you for your comment! It is very encouraging! :)
DeleteAaah that precious time just for me. Great post on Q.
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful post. I chose the same topic for my blogpost but I loved your approach to it. I'm so glad that I discovered your blog through this challenge.
ReplyDeleteI loved your post as well! Thank You!
DeleteThank you for this quiet time!
ReplyDeleteA great reminder. Thank you. Simply Sarah
ReplyDeleteGreat point! I love the quote at the header of your blog too. Brand new follower to Little Moments!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post! I love Mormon Messages too--always so inspiring.
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Excellent Q subject! I've yet to decide what mine will be. I'm happy to discover your blog through the A to Z Challenge and I look forward to reading more!
ReplyDelete-Cristyl @ www.mychillthoughts.com
You are so right. We do need to sit with our own thoughts and just listen on a regular basis. The world is full of so many distractions, but we need to shut them all off at times to center again.
ReplyDeleteThis is the second post I've read today about taking a rest...pondering...just being still for awhile. I need to read this, as life is chaotic right now and I'm so tired. Thanks.
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Quiet time is essential to keeping our sanity!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite time is quiet time (maybe not constantly, but more and more every day). Lovely post ... calming in many ways.
ReplyDeleteSilvia @ Silvia Writes
Wise words. Our lives need to have margins, but we don't leave any, and the scribbling extents to the very edges of the page. Thanks for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteI've just taken up yoga and I try to practise it every morning, with a little time for meditation and thought too. Quiet time is such a blessing :)
ReplyDeleteNaomi @ Cornet Crafts
This is so true! And if you don't slow down you get worn out and then you might be useless for a long time. Been there, doing that. *sigh* Recently I decided to simplify--family, moving, church. When the move is over I can start writing again and all the other stuff I need to be doing.
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Great post, I love a bit of quiet time...I can't get enough quiet time!
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ReplyDeleteJessica, you are so right. I wonder how life was when writers wrote out their entire manuscripts with quill and ink. People were well read and immersed themselves in books (no skimming). People ate at the dinner table and there were no smart phones to bury their heads in and avoid face to face. It seems like there's no time anymore for any of that, but we have the same time as they had back then. I wonder what happened.
ReplyDeleteGreat to meet you through the A to Z Challenge! It is great to hear from President Uchtdorf any day :) Inspirefly
ReplyDeleteJust started following you through the A-Z challenge. I agree- quiet time IS so important!
ReplyDeleteOh how I long for quiet time!
ReplyDeleteQuiet time is to be treasured. It's so easy to overlook the value of reflection and meditation, and to forget how restorative even a few minutes of tranquility can be.
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