Stop Hoping and Start Living

Everything changed for me when I was 18. I had come home from college not knowing what to do, until one day I was inspired by the Lord to take the step in a different direction and really focus on the things He wanted me to focus on including those in the arts, referring to acting, dancing, modeling, and writing. And hopefully one day directing, producing, choreographing, music, and athletics, and athletic art including ballet and hip-hop, and all others that will lead me to the Lord's will and pursue those dreams he wanted me to go after and do the things that I now want to do as well. With my eye single to glory of God, I am on the right path, a better path, no more fighting with the universe, but instead going with the flow of it, getting healthier and healthier everyday, and now truly knowing what it means to live. To live a life of dreams coming true, to make each day count, because we must always remember that we only get one of each day forever so we have to make each of them truly count. There is only one January 28, 2014 ever, so it is our duty to live it to it's fullest not looking back in fear but looking forward in faith and hope. Each passing day brings us new hope and new beginnings, and that is what this blog is all about, and why I wanted to start writing it is because of this fact, that a new day is dawning, and we cannot be like Lot's wife and look back and be turned into a grain of salt. We must always be pressing forward relying on the Lord for guidance and in faith taking one step at a time until that day we reach the top of his glory and are saved to live with Him and His only begotten Son in His kingdom of glory forever. As we look forward with that eye of hope and that eye single to glory of God, we have to not only believe, but know that good things and good times are ahead. Elder Richard G. Scott has repeatedly been quoted as saying that we are here "not to fail, but to succeed gloriously," (on this earth). As I search and yearn and continue to believe in a better tomorrow, I will also do my best to live each day in the moment of ... life. We have waited and suffered long enough. Let us each "lengthen our stride" and push forward, always knowing and believing that our dreams will come true and may already have. We have to have the right amount of faith and hope, and seize this day! Carpe diem! I hope to begin my life again everyday and search out those new beginnings, and never give up hope for that day when The Master will say: "Well done thou good and faithful servant, thou has been faithful over a few things, I will make thee a ruler of many things, enter into the joy, peace, safety, and rest of the Lord." Thank you for listening, Your ever faithful friend on this journey, Brian Gardner

The New Year is upon us ...

A Note for the Christmas Season and the New Year that is upon us:

Believe … all you have to do is believe … for unto this night and unto this world a Savior is born. His named shall be called Jesus, the Son of God, The holy one of Israel. Hallejuh! The world and all other worlds unto it are saved by and through the only begotten, even the Son of God, even Jesus Christ. His birth, his death, his atoning sacrifice shall not only save us all, but will give unto all those who believe in Him, the greatest of all gifts, the gift of eternal life. To bring to pass the perfection of us all, to guide us into his presence, seek ye the Kingdom of God and all things shall be brought unto it and unto the Lord’s peace and into his eternal safety and His arms of eternal joy forever. The immortality and eternal life of His children is His main goal and my oh my what peace it brings to the soul knowing that everything will be made right in the end.

The Lord’s way is the only way … the only way to eternal life. Love, live, laugh, hope, pray, believe, never stop hoping for that day when He shall say unto you: “Peace be still and know that I am God, the only begotten of the Lord, and I will give you your rest; for my yoke is easy and my burden is made light through you.” The day will soon come when all is made right, and the will and light of the Lord will shine brightly from your heart and you will know you are safe and the Lord loves you completely, without fault and without error, ye may know the “truth of all things.” Ye may know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that all things will be right again in all of our lives unto those who believe in Him. The Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the light that shines within all of us and burns brightly this Christmas season and into the wonderful new year, full of resolutions and new responsibilities and full of new hope and new beginnings.

It is the New Year that is quickly coming upon us, and yet we must never forget the spirit of Christmas is also upon us in all the hearts of those choose to believe and who will believe again. A time to reflect and a time to cherish the year that was, and a time to look forward to the year and the years ahead. What a time this is, as we look back and wonder what might have been and cherish the life and love of one who has passed on, who watches from afar, yet how close he is to our hearts. May his memory live on and his life be cherished forever. He is our guardian angel, he looks after us and pushes us along and may even have saved the life another loved one this past year. We love, hope, and yearn for the best this time of year never forgetting the year that was and the years that will ever be wondrous. We must never forget to live in the moment and never forget our blessings and the tender mercies the Lord has given us and will continue to give us if we only continue to choose to believe in Him and cherish the mystery of life and death. The eternal plan of happiness goes on every day leading we can only hope to the afterlife full of joy and happiness. We search, yearn, hope, and live this plan everyday relishing in the pleasure of joy that besets us and is given us with each passing moment, note, sunrise and sunset. A new day is truly dawning in our lives. As we set the sun on what once was and look yonder and begin anew let us all take a moment and remember what once was and what will be again. The hope in our hearts will truly become alive again and truly the sun will rise again. We put our hope in the Savior and truly hope that the best is yet to come. Looking for joy, we once again have a chance to believe. To believe most especially in the miracle that is life. The chance to continue living until we are called home, to make each day count from now on, to never miss a beat, and to always look forward with the eye of faith and our eye single to the glory of God. I am signing off for now but thank you for listening to the beat of my heart and the stroke of my pen. Best wishes, happy holidays, a merry Christmas, and a very, very happy New Year! Sending all of my love and best wishes again from your ever faithful brother and son, and always will be your friend.

Brian Robert Gardner