Just When All Seems To Be Going Right
By Alan on Feb 22 in Daily Inspiration tagged benefit, challenges, compassion, discomfort, Elder Richard G. Scott, everlasting, evidence, going right, grow more, growth, humble, multiple doses, often, pain, prepared, stimulate, stretching, strong, the Lord, trials, understanding, Weakness | Comments Off
Just When All Seems To Be Going Right
“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
Alan Osmond
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Being Humble
By Alan on Dec 11 in Blog tagged difference, humble, important, lives, others | Comments Off
May we bless others lives this Christmas Season!
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What Manner Of Man Is This
By Alan on Nov 06 in Blog tagged believer, experience, Family, God, Heavenly Father, humble, leader, praying, President, secret, strength, United States, willing | Comments Off
What Manner Of Man Is This
He is a believer and a man who is like unto
other praying presidents.
Mitt Romney was secretly caught on this secret photo before he entered the arena to plead his case to America.
He is a believer and a man who is like unto other praying presidents. The picture of George Washington at Valley Forge comes to mind! 
Mitt Romney has been a successful man in every aspect of his personal, family, business, church, community and service life.
I believe Mitt Romney has the skill set and spiritual connections to keep this country from going over the brink financially, socially, and morally.
What’s wrong with the thinking of so many American’s who are willing to vote for such mediocrity when a man of integrity and experience is willing to put up with all the garbage being thrown at him and his family and is still found secretly praying to a loving Heavenly Father for the strength to continue on a quest that it must seem strange that so many don’t seem to want?
We truly are living in a scary time and in a few days we will know whether we are heading for a Yorktown or a Waterloo moment.
My name is Jim Ritchie and I proudly support this man for President of the United States.
“Heal Our Land”
The Osmonds Second Generation
May God “Heal Our Land”,
Paul Linford
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Answering Our Accusers In The Savior’s Way – It Takes Christian Courage
By Alan on Apr 03 in Blog tagged answering our accusers, because they know not where to find it, become contentious, become more Christlike, can subdue the adversary, follow him, genlteness, goodness, great tests, humble, it takes Christian courage, Jesus, joy, kept from the truth, longsuffering, love, meekness, not a weakness, opposition, patience, peace, principles, show forth love, silence, staying on high ground, temperance, the Lord's purposes, the Savior"s Way, truths, turn the other cheek, values | 1 Comment
Kept From The Truth Because They Know Not Where To Find It
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That Is Christian Courage
Recently I have been getting some of my really good blog and internet followers and friends on my websites and social networks that wonder why I don’t speak out and defend myself more actively when accusations that are made against me or my beliefs by those who don’t agree, can’t live moral standards, or are just trying to upset me when I post my feelings and various articles about certain values and principles and those religious truths that I believe and know to be true. Yes, sometimes I have had to block someone from my various sites who 
are trouble makers or have a personal agenda and are so blunt or who curse, and others that I have tried to just ignore or reason with and try to explain my thinking, my beliefs and those values in which I believe.
To their inquiry I would say that one of mortality’s great tests comes when our beliefs are questioned or criticized. In such moments, we may want to respond aggressively—to “put up our dukes.” But these are important opportunities to step back, pray, and follow the Savior’s example. Remember that Jesus Himself was despised and rejected by the world. And in Lehi’s dream, those coming to the Savior also endured “mocking and pointing … fingers” (1 Nephi 8:27). “The world hath hated [my disciples],” Jesus said, “because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world” (John 17:14). But when we respond to our accusers as the Savior did, we not only become more Christlike, we invite others to feel His love and follow Him as well.
Responding in a Christlike Way
To respond in a Christlike way cannot be scripted or based on a formula. The Savior responded differently in every situation. When He was confronted by wicked King Herod, He remained silent. When He stood before Pilate, He bore a simple and powerful testimony of His divinity and purpose. Facing the moneychangers who were defiling the temple, He exercised His divine responsibility to preserve and protect that which was sacred. Lifted up upon a cross, He uttered the incomparable Christian response: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).
Some people mistakenly think responses such as silence, meekness, forgiveness, and bearing humble testimony are passive or weak. But to “love [our] enemies, bless them that curse [us], do good to them that hate [us], and pray for them which despitefully use [us], and persecute [us]” (Matthew 5:44) takes faith, strength, and, most of all, Christian courage.
Our Prophet Joseph Smith demonstrated this courage throughout 
his life. Though he “suffer[ed] severe persecution at the hands of all classes of men, both religious and irreligious” (Joseph Smith—History 1:27), he did not retaliate or give in to hatred. Like all true disciples of Christ, he stood with the Savior by loving others in a tolerant and compassionate way.That is Christian courage.
When we do not retaliate—when we turn the other cheek and resist feelings of anger—we too stand with the Savior. We show forth His love, which is the only power that can subdue the adversary and answer our accusers without accusing them in return. That is not weakness. That is Christian courage.
Opportunity in Opposition
Through the years we learn that challenges to our faith and family values are not new, and they aren’t likely to disappear soon. But true disciples of Christ see opportunity in the midst of opposition.
Experience shows that seasons of negative publicity about the Church or principles of belief can help accomplish the Lord’s purposes. In 1983 the First Presidency of our Church wrote to our leaders, “Opposition may be in itself an opportunity. … These criticisms create … interest in the Church. This provides an opportunity [for members] to present the truth to those whose attention is thus directed toward us.” 1 The same goes for those principles that are good for The Family.
We can take advantage of such opportunities in many ways: a kind letter to the editor, a conversation with a friend, a comment in an email, a blog, or a reassuring word to one who has made a disparaging comment. We can answer with love those who have been influenced by misinformation and prejudice—who are “kept from the truth because they know not where to find it” (D&C 123:12). I assure you that to answer our accusers in this way is never weakness. It is Christian courage in action.
As we respond to others, each circumstance will be different. Fortunately, the Lord knows the hearts of our accusers and how we can most effectively respond to them. As true disciples seek guidance from the Spirit, they receive inspiration tailored to each encounter. And in every encounter, true disciples respond in ways that invite the Spirit of the Lord.
Avoiding Contention
One should never become contentious when discussing their faith. The Savior has said, “He that hath the spirit of contention is not of me” (3 Nephi 11:29). More regrettable than the Church being accused of not being Christian is when Church members react to such accusations in an un-Christlike way! May our conversations with others always be marked by the fruits of the Spirit—“love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, [and] temperance” (Galatians 5:22–23). To be meek, as defined in Webster’s dictionary, is “manifesting patience and longsuffering: enduring injury without resentment.” 2 Meekness is not weakness. It is a badge of Christian courage.
This is not to suggest that we compromise our principles or dilute our beliefs. We cannot change the doctrines of the restored gospel, even if teaching and obeying them makes us unpopular in the eyes of the world. Yet even as we feel to speak the word of God with boldness, we must pray to be filled with the Holy Ghost (see Acts 4:29, 31). We should never confuse boldness with Satan’s counterfeit: overbearance (see Alma 38:12). True disciples speak with quiet confidence, not boastful pride.
As true disciples, our primary concern must be others’ welfare, not personal vindication. Questions and criticisms give us an opportunity to reach 
out to others and demonstrate that they matter to our Heavenly Father and to us. Our aim should be to help them understand the truth, not defend our egos or score points in a theological debate. Our heartfelt testimonies are the most powerful answer we can give our accusers. And such testimonies can only be borne in love and meekness.
True disciples avoid being unduly judgmental of others’ views. My family and I have cultivated strong friendships with those who are not members of our Church. We need them, and they need us. As President Thomas S. Monsonhas taught, “Let us learn respect for others. … None of us lives alone—in our city, our nation, or our world.” 3
Staying on the High Ground
As the Savior demonstrated with Herod, sometimes true disciples must show Christian courage by saying nothing at all. Some may try to provoke us and engage us in argument. In the Book of Mormon, we read about Lehonti and his men camped upon a mount. The traitorous Amalickiah urged Lehonti to “come down” and meet him in the valley. But when Lehonti left the high ground, he was poisoned “by degrees” until he died, and his army fell into Amalickiah’s hands (see Alma 47). By arguments and accusations, some people bait us to leave the high ground. Sometimes others want us to come down off the high ground and join them in a theological scrum in the mud. These few contentious individuals are set on picking religious fights, online or in person. We are always better staying on the higher ground of mutual respect and love.
In doing so, we follow the example of the prophet Nehemiah, who built a wall around Jerusalem. Nehemiah’s enemies entreated him to meet them on the plain, where “they thought to do [him] mischief.” Unlike Lehonti, however, Nehemiah wisely refused their offer with this message: “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?” (Nehemiah 6:2–3). We too have a great work to do here at TheFamily.com and in spreading the love of Jesus Christ, which will not be accomplished if we allow ourselves to stop and argue and be distracted. Instead we should muster Christian courage and move on. As we read in Psalms, “Fret not thyself because of evildoers” (Psalm 37:1).
To my inquiring friends and all who seek to know how we should respond to our accusers, I reply, we love them. Whatever their race, creed, religion, or political persuasion, if we follow Christ and show forth His courage, we must love them. We do not feel we are better than they are. Rather, we desire with our love to show them a better way—the way of Jesus Christ. His way leads to the strait and narrow path of righteous living, and the temple of God. He is “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). Only through Him can we and all our brothers and sisters inherit the greatest gift we can receive—eternal life and eternal happiness. To help them, to be an example for them, is not for the weak. It is for the strong. It is for you and me as friends and believers who pay the price of discipleship by answering our accusers with Christian courage.
We must never become contentious when we are discussing our faith or values.
When we respond to our accusers as the Savior did, we not only become more Christlike, we invite others to feel His love and follow Him as well.
Like all true disciples of Christ, they stood with the Savior by loving others in a tolerant and compassionate way. That is Christian courage.
True disciples of Christ see opportunity in the midst of opposition.
“For there are many yet on the earth among all sects, parties, and denominations, who are blinded by the subtle craftiness of men, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, and who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it.” D&C 123: 12
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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”
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Choose Ye This Day Whom Ye Will Serve
By Alan on Jan 26 in Blog tagged cannot exist without it, choose a president, choose ye this day, destiny of this world, forefathers, from on high, from within, fulfilling prophecies, heart is in tume with God, humble, in harmony, me and my house, One Heart, our nation is based on morality, outbursts defending their evil ways, polls, power, promised blessings, promptings of he Spirit, put on the armor of Christ, right choice, righteous, righteousness, see the future, seeks directiion, stand for truth, swayed by those with money, this promised land, votes, we are at war, we will serve the Lord, whom ye will serve | Comments Off
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Being An Osmond
By Alan on Aug 23 in Blog tagged alan, being an Osmond, Celestial Kingdom, deny yourselves, Donny, forever, good times, hard times, humble, Jay, jimmy, Life is T.U.F.F., M.S., Marie, Merrill, stronger, together, Wayne, Weakness | 10 Comments
Being an Osmond
An exclusive video was made of us brothers, The Osmond Brothers, just talking and remembering the past and what it was like by “Being An Osmond.”
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Since this video, my brothers and I have really have become much closer and have come to deal with past ventures that our so called, people we trusted, made for us. We don’t have any malice because we know we don’t take any “stuff” with us after we die anyway! What we will take with us though is an eternal love and respect for each other with great experiences and many friends plus a common conviction that Jesus is the Christ. Because of so many of those truths that we believed in and have lived, and still do, the hard work and great memories will bring us all together again one day in the eternal heavens of the celestial kingdom with each other and our families with our Eternal parents once again.
Regarding my M.S., I decided that “Life is T.UF.F.”
I “T”, Targeted this thing called M.S., I “U”, worked hard to learn and understand all I could about it. I “F”, focused on the problem and didn’t shotgun but, rifled in on the issue, and then I “F” had fight. I was NOT going to take this sitting down. I “fought” to walk, to breathe and to eat proper foods. My wife, Suzanne, saved my life with care giving and nutrition and all natural products she gave me. I am still around today and enjoying our twenty (20) grandchildren.
I know that the Lord gave me weakness to make me humble and even stronger in other ways as in says in Ether 12: 27. The Lord tells us that we can learn from our suffering and I did. Well, I am doing better and I can honestly say that I enjoy life now more than ever before; And, I will continue to say that I may have M.S., but M.S. does NOT HAVE ME!
As my family and I continue forward with life we try to remember that we all have choices and the freedom to choose. May we be wise and do as the scriptures says, “Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.” Moro. 10: 32
Jesus is The Way!
“And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.” D&C 122:7
Alan Osmond
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I Miss George W. Bush
By Alan on May 12 in Blog tagged class, George W. Bush, honor, humble, I miss George W. Bush, military, President, principles, respect, salute, The Family, theFamily | 1 Comment
There’s a group of ladies in the Dallas area who make and stuff neck pillows for soldiers coming through DFW airport.
They go to the airport and meet the incoming planes every week and greet the soldiers coming back for a few weeks R&R, give them a pillow and tell them they pray for them and thank them for their service.
The lady who took the pictures said everyone was so surprised to see George and Laura Bush recently just standing quietly in the waiting area with others who come to meet the troop planes. She said it was amazing to watch the faces of the soldiers light up in recognition when they spotted them and that many came over to speak and shake hands.
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This is what an American-born President does for the troops.
(And he is not running for anything)
Kirk Matson
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John’s Prophecy of Babylon’s Fall – Our World Today!
By Alan on Apr 03 in Blog tagged excess and selfishness, five reasons, habitation of devils, Holy Spirit, humble, ignoring the underprivileged, illicit relationships, John, meek, natural men submissive, our world today, patient love, Pride, prophecy of Babylon's Fall, revelation 18 Chapter of John, wealth-seeking | Comments Off
John’s Prophecy of Babylon’s Fall – Our World Today!
In the chapter 18 of the Revelation of John, the apostle saw a powerful angel descend from heaven, “and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils.” John lists five reasons for Babylon’s fall:
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Illicit relationships, interactions, and transactions that bring power and wealth. Described as “fornication,” these universally accepted things stand contrary to the Covenant.
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The intolerable sin of wealth-seeking: “and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies”
- Pride: “How much she hath glorified herself”
- Excess and selfishness: “[Babylon] lived deliciously”
- Ignoring the underprivileged: “I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.” But enough is too much: “her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”
We must “yield to the enticings of the Holy Spirit and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.” Mosiah 3: 19
Alan Osmond
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The World’s Second Richest Man – Warren Buffet.
By Alan on Mar 18 in Blog tagged appreciate what you have, Bill Gates, business, do what your feel, drives car, focus on people, help others, humble, invest, live simple, lose money, no brand name, no cell phone no computer, no credit cards, no jet, not more than you really need, own companies, right people, second richest man, small house, Warren Buffet, waste money | 4 Comments
