love, lily

Category: light

  • choose to stay.

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    Lily Aho
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    STOP. Future Lily Parker or whoever is reading this. STOP doubting. STOP trying to control your lives in ways that God needs to control. STOP what you’re doing and rethink. Recenter. Reevaluate. Recommit. Remember. The church is true. From the beginning of time there have been doubters. There have always been people that have stuggled…

  • truth.

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    Lily Aho
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    Sometimes I beat myself up about how “weak” I am and how I “can’t handle a lot” or how “I’m not as strong as I thought I was and I can’t rep the Parker name well” because of it. I hate that place of my mind. I hate that little voice that lies to me…

  • faith.

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    Lily Aho
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    I am just going to be completely honest and upfront. Believe it or not, faith is probably one of the most challenging characteristics of Christ for me to strive to improve. I believe He lived. I believe that He is the son of Heavenly Father. I believe He died for all mankind to be saved…

  • glory.

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    Lily Aho
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    Each person on this earth possesses a degree of the light of Christ. Simply because we chose to be here, we chose to follow God, and whether or not we realize it, we are a significant part of His divine purpose. I like to picture everything in the sense of the degrees of glory: telestial,…

  • worthiness.

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    Lily Aho
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    “He is always near me, though I do not see Him there. And because He loves me dearly, I am in His watchful care. So I’ll be the kind of person I know I’d like to be, if I could see the Savior standing nigh watching over me.”  I have always loved the primary song…

  • knowledge.

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    Lily Aho
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    Homework is literally the worst. I love learning, but it’s not fun anymore when it’s not a choice am I right? This month has been the beginning of college, and as much as I love it, I am kinda ready to graduate already lol. I have had times lately where I feel like I am…

  • sacrifice.

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    Lily Aho
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    Sometimes once a month I go without eating food for two meals and I’m gonna be honest it can be way more difficult for me than it should be. Somehow those couple hours without any food makes me feel like I’m a homeless rat begging hopelessly for a stale biscuit from an old man. Which…

  • teachable.

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    Lily Aho
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    For being a stubborn little girl, the characteristic of being “teachable” has been one of the most difficult for me to learn. It’s not fun to be proven wrong, to learn lessons the hard way, or to have to be uncomfortable or out of your comfort zone. So many times in my life I have…

  • courage.

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    Lily Aho
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    A little while back, one of my coworkers asked me if I had noticed the little tomato plant growing out the back door behind the restaurant. I laughed a little and went back out to look at it. After taking a closer look, I realized that there was indeed a tomato plant growing in a…

  • diligence.

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    Lily Aho
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    Consider the lilies of the filed. They do not toil or spin which means they extend from their roots and reach upwards in their steadfast growth. As a symbol of purity, devotion, and passion, lilies are a wonderful flower to be named after;). I love that the scriptures and music of the gospel share so…