Come Follow Me with Valerie

If we do not trust one another- we transgress and we will not prosper. But if we turn to the Lord, seek understanding we will be filled with love and trust. And it will multiply❤️

I have found great happiness from setting boundaries, I want this for my kids.

Commandments are boundaries from God for us to create a safe space to be in relationships with others. Keeping the commandments to me means having healthy relationships with others. In relationships we can grow, develop, and find happiness. The natural man is the negative fearful part inside of us. The Holy Spirit is the fearless love we have inside. When I do things out of love they are from God,...

When someone speaks as a prophet they bring peace.

The olive tree is like the kingdom of God. The goals is working towards only producing good fruit. It’s going to take so much work and effort. The growth we see inspires us to keep working.

I see good and bad in everything. It’s a struggle to know the way forward. I share two verses I don’t see as good. I share 4 verses I see as very good.

Easter. I believe Christ showed us the path to be like Him. We have to suffer for our sins. My faith expansion changed my view of sin, I believe sin is our separation from God, our separation from truth and light. Our behaviors become very bad when we are living in sin. We don’t treat others lovingly. We have to feel our sin to heal our sin.

Authenticity is the straight and narrow. Owning and accepting myself fully led me down my straight and narrow. Learning to fully love and embrace myself was my salvation(pulling me away from harm- emotional pain). Through repentance (changing my mind), baptism (washing with water- water symbolizing ‘the truth of God’) led to a remission of sins(washed off hate) and I feel healed 😇

The devil wants people think they are right and to stay the same,to die, and think all is well, everything is fine. But God wants us to change, to live, and will give us line upon line, precept upon precept as we seek further light and knowledge we will be given it. But if we do not seek we don’t not receive.

I love the symbolism of the poison from the serpents. Serpents as old as time have been tied to dualistic thinking and the tree of good and evil. The poison creates a need for healing, creates the need for Christ. And once I started to experience this healing, I became very passionate about Christ, my life, and loving others.

Good and evil. Love and hate. Connection and disconnection. Sweet and bitter. Unconditional love and conditional love. I talk about what I think is good and what is evil. The midst of darkness is what showed me the light and brought my life great joy.

I developed a healthy relationship with my heavenly parents when I became ‘valuable no matter what’ rather than an object that could be discarded when I didn’t behave the way they wanted me to. Now I believe my heavenly parents could never discard me- I am too valuable. It was me that cut off, in my mind, people and myself from God’s acceptance. By accepting the atonement I’ve deepened my love and...

Taking ownership of our life is coming into our power. Speaking in the 1st person is powerful.

I believe we can go from immaturity to maturity *if* we take ownership of our life. We can become whole, happy, and healthy. Take ownership and create the life we want. We are free after we take ownership.

The truth of God cut me to the core. It destroyed me and a new person was born. The truth is God loves me the most God could love me every single day of my life. God’s love for me doesn’t change. That’s transformative love. I liken the scriptures to my life and find pathways forward.

I explain my lived experience with the tree of life. I view every part as good, every person as good. This is the path to maturity and faith in Jesus Christ is needed to get through the whole mess. People who stay in the knowledge part of life are full of worry. I can love and accept everyone where they are at- with no need to control them.

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I see our younger generation as Nephi- setting an example for the older generation. I’ve learned to love the older generation by experiencing the love of God.

Nephi is a broken human too. I believe the spirit of fear is the spirit of our natural man. I believe Nephi was leading with the spirit of fear which led him to kill somebody- breaking a commandment. The spirit of love leads to life, creativity, and growth - good things. Fear leads to bad things.

I felt sad reading these pages. I felt a great pressure to be in a certainty(prideful) mindset/black and white thinking. “It actually happened”… Changing and growth happens in uncertainty, in humility. I don’t believe in the BOM literally, but I find a greater understanding of God looking at everything symbolically.

I draw attention to the suffering of the Mother of Jesus, Mary. Suffering brought Jesus into the world. Miracles can not happen without suffering. That is the price. That’s reality. Here’s the poem I read by Kaitlin Shetler sometimes I wonder if mary breastfed jesus if she cried out when he bit her or if she sobbed when he would not latch and sometimes I wonder if this is all too vulgar to ask in...

Confirmation bias was when I placed my beliefs above reality. Faith crisis I disconnected from beliefs and placed reality above beliefs. I was able to reconnect to scripture and beliefs using critical thinking. Making my beliefs fit my reality.

We will be given a place on the throne if we conquer the inclination to hate, the inclination to be better than others. Humility is the doorway to the throne❤️

I believe relationships are essential for us to become whole, healthy, and happy. Accepting that I had infinite worth is accepting Gods unconditional love is accepting the Atonement. It’s helped me to see infinite worth in others and be able to become more kind and more compassionate.

Teaching that God’s acceptance is conditional is a destructive opinion. Constructive is knowing God always loves and accepts us. This is accepting Grace, a gift from God.