Becoming a Heaven on Earth

Home can be a heav'n on earth when we are filled with love

Bringing happiness and joy, rich blessings from above-

Warmth and kindness, charity, safety and security-

Making home a part of heaven, where we want to be.

Drawing fam'ly near each week, we'll keep love burning bright.

Serving Him with cheerful hearts, we'll grow in truth and light.

Parents teach and lead the way, children honor and obey,

Reaching for our home in heaven, where we want to stay.

Praying daily in our home, we'll feel His love divine;

Searching scriptures faithfully, we'll nourish heart and mind.

Singing hymns of thanks, we'll say, "Father, help us find the way

Leading to our home in heaven, where we long to stay."

~ LDS Hymn #298

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Porter Rockwell My thoughts at 02:14 PM, March 28, 2009 Quotes “Porter Rockwell was yesterday afternoon ushered into heaven clothed with  immortality and eternal life, and crowned with all the glory which belongs  to a departed Saint. He had his little faults but Porter’s life on earth,  taken altogether, was one worthy of example, and reflected honor upon the  church. Through all his trials he had never once forgotten his obligations  to his brethren and his God.” ~ Joseph F. Smith June 1878 It always bothers me how there is so much controversy surrounding this man in the church.  We once performed a piece I wrote concerning him and his first wife's courtship.  It was a little rowdy (as one can expect), but at the end my husband read something about how he never lost his love for Joseph Smith or the church, and his voice broke.  I remember feeling a witness that this was true, and that he was a magnificent man.  We are all so imperfect - I think it's harder for those whose lives have been well aired.  Sometimes I wonder what kind of fiend I would be made out to be if my life were under a microscope. Care to Share? Untitled Comment This is how I feel toward Emma. Inspired by Anonymous at 04:59 PM, May 8, 2009 Link