The Mormon Cat Lady

The foundation principle here is repent and be obedient. If you find yourself thinking “I can’t afford to tithe,” let me tell you you can’t afford  not  to tithe! http://www.kcm.org/real-help/finances/apply/how-take-communion-over-your-tithe As I track my expenses I’m learning where I can be more frugal and where I could actually be spending and donating a little more I’ve discovered I spend way too much on take out and now pack my own lunch at home. https://www.lds.org/search?lang=eng&query=obedience+brings+blessings So how are repentance and obedience tied to self-reliance? First, we need to stop thinking of repentance as being sorry or remorseful about things. True repentance means changing into our true selves as we shake off the shackles of dependence on societal programs or governmental aid or even the shackles of an old way of life before the Gospel became a reality to us. Obedience to Heavenly father frees us because he has the best plan for us and knows t...

This segment in the book is geared toward couples but there is every way a single saint can use it, I promise. The foundation principle here is Exercise faith in Jesus Christ which I'm now sharing with my base here. I'm having more of a challenge this week keeping my financial log because I gave up tea and coffee and withdrawal  has been godawful. Last week I logged every thing I bought and noticed I spend way too much on take out food. Part of it is my new freedom with money since I became sober but part of it was fear that I'd break down and call a dealer. I've learned to counsel with the Lord over all I do. I shared all of last week's lesson on this blog already and it was a fun experience. Counselling with the LORD is definitely the way to go with finances. We need to pray over everything. Like Alma said, cry to the LORD over everything. Too many people ignore prayer and never call on the Lord and then when a crisis hits they think they're going to jerk th...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints offers self-reliance courses and my ward is doing Personal Finances. As the mission of this 'blog is to share my journey with others I want to start by sharing that self-reliance is a principle of salvation. https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2016-12-037-my-self-reliance-group?category=chapter-1-becoming-a-wise-and-faithful-steward&lang=eng That's how the group learns. Everybody gets an equal chance to grow both temporally and spiritually. I've already learned that I spend way too much money on takeout food. Right now I've been sober for 34 days and I have a fear of losing that. So I tend to overspend just to avoid using drugs. However, as I learn to trust the Lord with my sobriety I also am learning to trust him with my finances. You may be wondering how self-reliance is a principle of salvation. Well, in John 10:10 Jesus tells us that he came so that we could have life, and have it abundantly. The abundant l...

The posts that you see printed below from "The Value of Faith" to "Three Years of a Family and Real Joy Part One are from this past year and were originally posted on "Word of Faith Mormon", my WordPress blog. However, some people are telling me they can't get into the WORDPRESS blog. SO I'm reprinting my old blog posts today., 11 October 2018. Everything below this post is an old one. As for my struggles with addiction, I have been drug free since 25 August 2018. I have not used crack or cocaine since 13 August 2018. I haven't used any drug including marijuana since the 25th of August. On September 13th I smoked my last cigarette. Now my struggle is with tea and coffee and let me tell you , it is real. I stopped drinking coffee and tea on 1 October and the withdrawal was hellacious.  I had a splitting headache and I couldn't stop crying and snapping at everyone. I realized in the middle of the day that this was similar to what i went through...

I have always seen Judas Iscariot as a tragic figure and my learning the doctrine of the pre-mortal life has compounded this view. In the ante-mortal existence we had the freedom to choose to side with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ or side with satan. If we have a physical body we chose God back then. Judas Iscariot had a physical body so he obviously chose God's Plan of Salvation while still in the ante-mortal realm. I suspect in the mortal realm he thought he could have the best of both worlds. After all, Jesus had escaped from the midst of people who had tried to kill him before. In the Testament of Luke Jesus got people so angry they tried to throw him off a cliff. In John people tried to stone him, but Jesus had the power to lay down his life and that would only happen when the time was right. Judas Iscariot was a disciple , one of the Twelve Apostles, and would have witnessed that. I believe Judas thought he could get the best of both worlds. When Judas saw Jesus was c...

o I haven't gotten any responses for my "religious hypocrite" post. That doesn't surprise me. If anyone reads this blog you all probably were shocked and hurt. My testimony is real and it is burning inside me. https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/12-steps-to-change?lang=eng https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-08-002-step-2-hope-prestons-story-about-drug-addiction-recovery?category=12-steps-to-change&lang=eng https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-08-002-step-2-hope-prestons-story-about-drug-addiction-recovery?category=12-steps-to-change&lang=en https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-08-004-step-4-truth-austins-story-about-addiction-recovery?category=12-steps-to-change&lang=eng https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-08-0051-step-5-confession-moronis-story-about-drug-addiction-recovery?category=12-steps-to-change&lang=eng https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-08-006-step-6-change-of-heart-arams-story-about-drug...

So the whole reason I started this blog was to share my journey and maybe see if the lessons I learn can apply to others. Recovery literature says we're only as sick as our secrets. Well there'll be no secrets once this post is published. I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and I'm a crack-whore. Not was. AM. Saturday night I was performing oral sex on a guy to get him to share a few lousy tokes of crack cocaine with me and Sunday morning I was standing AT THE PULPIT GIVING A SACRAMENT TALK THAT PEOPLE SAID PIERCED THEIR HEARTS. Who I am at Church is not who I am in the rest of the world. My God how can I stand this? I'm at the crossroads. The Big Book of AA states that many addicts pursue the delusion that they will someday control their addiction to the gates of insanity and even death.  Certainly I've pursued and am pursuing that delusion right through the howling winds of insanity. Why else would I keep doing it if I stil...