Life’s Challenges And Tragedies
By Alan on Nov 25 in Blog tagged become strong, challenges, deafness, George & Olive Osmond, stepping stones, stumbling blocks, success, Tom Osmond, tragedies, virl Osmond, Weakness | Comments Off
Life’s Challenges And Tragedies
The challenges we are given in life does not determine one’s destiny.
Success is determines by one’s will in dealing with them.
Virl and Tom Osmond are the two eldest sons of The Osmond Family who were born
with deafness. They did not sing with their siblings but have become most successful
in life. With the loving help of their parents, George & Olive Osmond, they were
mainstreamed successfully into society instead of being left behind in a deaf world.
“And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weaknes. I give unto men weakness
that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before
me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak
things become strong unto them.” Ether 12:27
Success is not what we are given; it’s what we do with what we have.
Alan Osmond
For The Family
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Love Is Stronger Than Hate.
By Alan on Mar 29 in Daily Inspiration tagged become strong, Endure To The End, ETTE, humble, love is stronger than hate, theFamily, weak things, Weakness | Comments Off
Love Is Stronger Than Hate.
“ And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.” Ether 12: 27
“Endure To The End”
For The Family
My New Life
By Alan on Jun 28 in Blog tagged Alan Osmond, become strong, eternal life, MS, my new life, Suzanne Osmond, The Family, theFamily | 5 Comments
This life is so important to each one of us. It is a time when we chose to leave our pre-existence life and to come to earth and get a body of flesh and bones and start a ‘New Life’. We would be blessed to be a part of a family, or not. Sometimes, some of us would be aborted, adopted, or orphaned and be taken care of by those whose hearts were loving and willing to take us in.
I was very blessed to be a part of a large family with a goodly father and mother and enjoyed growing up on a humble farm with seven brothers and a sister. My two older brothers were hearing impaired and profoundly deaf. I was so blessed to be able to hear and to enjoy music with my family. I came from a family of educators on my Mother’s side and loved to learn and to share what I learned with others.
After a very full and exciting life, filled with music and television success, world travel with many friends from many nations, I found myself challenged physically with what was finally determined by several doctors to be Multiple Schlerosis or MS. It eventually took me off the performing stage of fifty plus years with my family. But, with the loving and caregiving wife that I had that loved me, Suzanne said, “This is something that we can live with.” 
Even in sickness and health we were committed to an Eternal marriage and Life together for all eternity and so I started my ‘New Life’ with my great partner and with faith that there was something for me to learn from all of this. I love to learn and know that just like in school, there is always a TEST. This physical ‘TEST with time would become a ‘TESTimony’ that God lives and that He is in charge.
Having had MS for almost twenty five years now, I still count myself as being very, very blessed.
I have learned so much from having this disease that I probably would not have learned any other way. I learned patience and to “Trust in the Lord with all my heart and lean not unto my own understanding. In all my ways, I acknowledge Him and know that He shall direct my path.” This challenge gave me time to read and ponder life’s greatest questions and to pray , study and to develop in other ways. I had time to write more songs and to publish truths on the internet.
In looking back, I can now truly say that I am a stronger person for having had MS. I read in the scriptures a passage that is so true. ”And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.” Ether 12:27
Well, it humbled me for sure, and I did a lot of studying and praying that has made me stronger in other important ways. ”As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” We become what we think about!
I would like you to meet some good friends, Stephanie and Christian Nielson who were in a plane crash and are yet so strong and positive. When their lives were suddenly changed, they were found to be still happy with their New Life!
