Faith

  

Sat. 6/12/21 Edmonton Mareea was asked to write a 100 word essay telling how the Savior is her foundation. This is what she wrote:

How/Why Jesus is My Foundation …..    

When I was four, I learned to sing “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong. They are weak but He is strong.”  Those words gave me comfort, and expressed feelings I had always had.  I didn’t know a lot about Jesus back then, but to me He was synonymous with Light and Love,  two things that were anchors in my life -- and continue to be. 

As a teen, I fell in love with Elvis Presley singing In The Garden … “and He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own”.  Learning the reason that is true is because of something called the Atonement sent my life in a whole new direction – and continues to do.

In my adult years, I often asked myself “If the Saviour walked beside me, would I do the things I do? ……” and I heard the words of a prophet “If you knew who walked beside you, you would never again fear.”  It had a great calming effect at the time  – and continues to have. 

Confused?  Sometimes.  Discouraged?  Often.   But fearful?  Never, so long as I focus on these songs, and remember one more thing: ….. I do not know what the future holds – but I know who holds the future.

[Did you notice anything spelled in Canadian?]-v

Wednesday, 6/16/21 Good Morning BMX, Notice the J is gone. Josh’s last 2 letters got returned. I guess he graduated from marine boot camp and they can’t forward the letters. Strange Huh. @ I have not been very talkative lately, so because I think the Director’s messages are so inspiring I include parts of them.

Faith is a magical power that even our apostles believe in and practice. Do you practice your magic often?

Gifford Nielsen was a quarterback at BYU that I admired and watched. How wonderful that he is serviceable enough to be called as a 70 and to speak in our priesthood session! Love it.

 

 

Woah! Becoming closer and closer to constant companionship! I don’t even come close to that yet. . . but I am open and willing. As you know I think my receiving equipment was broken as a child.

Bicycle crash in St. George leaves former NBA player Shawn Bradley paralyzed

Written by or for St. George News

March 17, 2021

In this Nov. 22, 1997, file photo, Dallas Mavericks' Shawn Bradley (44) looks to pass as Milwaukee Bucks' Ervin Johnson (40) defends during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game at the Reunion Arena in Dallas. Former NBA player Shawn Bradley was paralyzed when he was struck from behind by a vehicle while riding a bike near his Utah home, saying in a statement nearly two months after the accident he intended to bring awareness to bicycle safety. | Associated Press file photo by LM Otero, St. George News

ST. GEORGE — Former NBA player and St. George resident Shawn Bradley has announced that he was paralyzed after a bicycling crash in January.\A statement issued through the Dallas Mavericks on behalf of the 48-year-old Bradley was the first public acknowledgement of the incident.\Bradley released the first public details Wednesday of the accident that he suffered on Jan. 20. According to the statement, the 7’6” former NBA player with the Dallas Mavericks was struck from behind by a car while riding his bicycle a block from his home in St. George. The accident caused a traumatic spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed. After undergoing neck fusion surgery, Bradley has spent the last eight weeks hospitalized and undergoing rehabilitation.\“We are saddened to hear of Shawn’s accident. Shawn has always been incredibly determined and shown a fighting spirit,” Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said. “We wish him nothing but the best in his recovery. He will always be a part of our Mavs family.”\Bradley, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spent two years performing missionary work in Australia after his freshman year at Brigham Young University. Following his mission, Bradley was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers as the No. 2 pick in the 1993 NBA Draft, but he spent the majority of his career with the Dallas Mavericks.\In this April 16, 1998, file photo, Dallas Mavericks’ Shawn Bradley goes up for a basket against the Golden State Warriors during the second quarter of an NBA basketball at the Oakland (Calif.) Coliseum Arena. Former NBA player Shawn Bradley was paralyzed when he was struck from behind by a vehicle while riding a bike near his Utah home, saying in a statement nearly two months after the accident he intended to bring awareness to bicycle safety. | Associated Press photo by Ben Margot, St. George News\“His very strong sense of faith is being tested as he participates in grueling physical therapy and learns how to cope with the challenges of paraplegia,” the statement reads. “Doctors have advised him that his road to recovery will be both long and arduous, perhaps an even more difficult physical challenge than playing professional basketball.”\With his wife Carrie at his side around the clock and supported by a team of rehabilitation specialists and family, Bradley is reportedly in good spirits. He plans to use his accident as a platform to bring greater public awareness to the importance of bicycle safety.\“We are deeply saddened to hear of Shawn’s injury and our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family,” Donnie Nelson, president of basketball operations for the Dallas Mavericks, said. “In his eight-plus seasons in Dallas, Shawn demonstrated all of the qualities you want in a person representing your organization. He has always exhibited unwavering grit and determination and we are thinking of him at this difficult time. He is a Maverick for life.”\Bradley spent the last eight-plus seasons of his 12-year career with the Mavericks, who acquired him as part of a nine-player trade with the New Jersey Nets in 1997. Two years earlier, the 76ers had traded Bradley to the Nets.\Bradley averaged at least three blocks per game in each of his first six seasons, including an NBA-best 3.4 the season he was traded to Dallas. Bradley’s career averages were 8.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks.\Bradley asked to convey his deep appreciation for the outpouring of well wishes and prayers he has received from family, friends and fans. He does not plan to issue further public updates, preferring to devote his full concentration on his rehabilitation.\BMX, I don’t watch the news. I included the above story because I was so surprised, while looking up the reason for our smoke filled sky on the internet. I ride my bike more often than I drive, or at least equally. I have been hit by cars 3 times that I remember. How dangerous! His whole life is changed, just because he rode a bike on the street. This could have been me! “But for the grace of God there go I.”