Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
I went to Gold's gym this morning .....like I have every day for 33 years...and I feel so much better when I swim and sweat out my troubles in the sauna and steam room. I do isometrics in the sauna after I get up a sweat.
American Prophet
In memoriam: the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith
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The Prophet Joseph Smith
When Jesus walked the earth with his disciples, he told them:
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
It was to be so with the living apostles and prophets throughout their ministries, both anciently and in modern times.
From the time Joseph Smith told a Methodist minister, a family friend, about his vision of God, he became the target of ridicule, derision, and persecution organized by the Christian clergymen of his day.
Beginning at the age of fourteen years, Joseph was continually harassed, physically assaulted, tarred and feathered, had a vial of poison poured into his throat, subjected to frivolous lawsuits for charges like "ecclesiastical perjury" (in civil court in the United States?), and falsely imprisoned for months at a time. He was to be executed military firing squad but a kind general named Doniphan refused to carry out the order.
I once had an Evangelical declare to me that any group of "meek, God-filled Christians" had "more power than any of [our] supposed apostles." On June 27,1844 a band of these "meek, God-filled Christians" exercised their "power." The following comes from the Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Section 135.
To seal the testimony of this book and the Book of Mormon, we announce the martyrdom of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and Hyrum Smith the Patriarch. They were shot in Carthage jail, on the 27th of June, 1844, about five o’clock p.m., by an armed mob—painted black—of from 150 to 200 persons. Hyrum was shot first and fell calmly, exclaiming: I am a dead man! Joseph leaped from the window, and was shot dead in the attempt, exclaiming: dO Lord my God! They were both shot after they were dead, in a brutal manner, and both received four balls.
John Taylor and Willard Richards, two of the Twelve, were the only persons in the room at the time; the former was wounded in a savage manner with four balls, but has since recovered; the latter, through the providence of God, escaped, without even a hole in his robe.
Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. In the short space of twenty years, he has brought forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents; has sent the fulness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained, to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations and commandments which compose this book of Doctrine and Covenants, and many other wise documents and instructions for the benefit of the children of men; gathered many thousands of the Latter-day Saints, founded a great city, and left a fame and name that cannot be slain. He lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people; and like most of the Lord’s anointed in ancient times, has sealed his mission and his works with his own blood; and so has his brother Hyrum. In life they were not divided, and in death they were not separated!
When Joseph went to Carthage to deliver himself up to the pretended requirements of the law, two or three days previous to his assassination, he said: “I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer’s morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men. I SHALL DIE INNOCENT, AND IT SHALL YET BE SAID OF ME—HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.”—The same morning, after Hyrum had made ready to go—shall it be said to the slaughter? yes, for so it was—he read the following paragraph, near the close of the twelfth chapter of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, and turned down the leaf upon it:
And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity. And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness, thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father. And now I . . . bid farewell unto the Gentiles; yea, and also unto my brethren whom I love, until we shall meet before the judgment-seat of Christ, where all men shall know that my garments are not spotted with your blood. The testators are now dead, and their testament is in force.
Hyrum Smith was forty-four years old in February, 1844, and Joseph Smith was thirty-eight in December, 1843; and henceforward their names will be classed among the martyrs of religion; and the reader in every nation will be reminded that the Book of Mormon, and this book of Doctrine and Covenants of the church, cost the best blood of the nineteenth century to bring them forth for the salvation of a ruined world; and that if the fire can scathe a green tree for the glory of God, how easy it will burn up the dry trees to purify the vineyard of corruption. They lived for glory; they died for glory; and glory is their eternal reward. From age to age shall their names go down to posterity as gems for the sanctified.
They were innocent of any crime, as they had often been proved before, and were only confined in jail by the conspiracy of traitors and wicked men; and their innocent blood on the floor of Carthage jail is a broad seal affixed to “Mormonism” that cannot be rejected by any court on earth, and their innocent blood on the escutcheon of the State of Illinois, with the broken faith of the State as pledged by the governor, is a witness to the truth of the everlasting gospel that all the world cannot impeach; and their innocent blood on the banner of liberty, and on the magna charta of the United States, is an ambassador for the religion of Jesus Christ, that will touch the hearts of honest men among all nations; and their innocent blood, with the innocent blood of all the martyrs under the altar that John saw, will cry unto the Lord of Hosts till he avenges that blood on the earth. Amen.
The 165th anniversary of the martyrdom of the first prophet of God in modern times is Saturday, June 27th. As the world mourns the passing of celebrities such as Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson. perhaps Americans might find a moment to consider and remember the murder of the American Prophet, Joseph Smith. Mormons all over the world will sing this Sunday:
Long shall his blood which was shed by assassins plead unto heaven while the earth lauds his fame. Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven. Traitors and tyrants, now fight him in vain. Mingling with gods he can plan for his brethren. Death cannot conquer the hero again. (Praise to the Man, Hymn 27)
I am deeply thankful for my father, Gary Earl Robinson, and the wonderful family that I get to research and find pictures, journals, and all sorts of items that allow me to get to know them. Mavis and I have studied them for the last 27 years. We feel like we are their friends. I cannot hardly wait to meet them...which, with my recent diagnoses, will be in the next few years.
Friday, June 26, 2009
TRUTH
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:00 AM
Our Purpose !
I, Thomas Terry Robinson Bassett, testify that our dear ancestors want us to get to know them. My wife Mavis has the "spirit of Elijah" as do I. We started our family history journey in 1984 when the LDS church asked members to fill out our 4 generation charts and send them in to be recorded.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
ALS thoughts
My speech is slowing some now....I feel good with the maxgxl glutethione capsules I take 3 times a day. It slows the progress of this horrible disease . My thoughts turn to God more than ever as I realize I'm in His hands from now on.
My prayer every day is to know what Heavenly Father would have me do today. I want to know what I promised Him I would do when I came to earth. Then, when He tells me by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, if I keep the commandments, I will know what to do!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
family
I love my dear family with all my heart! We knew each other before we came to earth life, so it seems natural that we love each other here. I pray we can ALL be together when we go to the other side of the veil.....
It is my belief that Jesus Christ, the Savior and redeemer of all of us, will return again soon to dwell on this earth and reclaim His lost sheep and return them to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Monday, June 22, 2009
My Church !
Foundation upon Which Church Is Built Posted: 22 Jun 2009 12:00 AM PDT "Joseph Smith was not only a great man, but he was an inspired servant of the Lord, a prophet of God. His greatness consists in one thing—the truthfulness of his declaration that he saw the Father and the Son and that he responded to the reality of that divine revelation. . . ."For the first time in eighteen hundred years, God had revealed himself as a personal being. Furthermore, the Father and the Son demonstrated the undeniable truth that they are separate and distinct personages. Indeed, the relationship of the Father and the Son was reaffirmed by the divine introduction to the boy prophet, 'This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him.' (JS—H 1:17.) Those who were baptized into the Church on the sixth of April, 1830, believed in the existence of a personal God; they believed that his reality and the reality of his Son, Jesus Christ, constitute the eternal foundation upon which this Church is built."Once we accept Christ as divine, it is easy to visualize his Father as being just as personal as he. Christ said, 'He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.' (John 14:9.) Faith in the existence of a divine and real and living personal God was the first element that contributed to the perpetuity of the Church of Jesus Christ in ancient times, and it is the everlasting foundation upon which The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is built today." Howard W. Hunter, The Sixth Day of April, 1830, Ensign, May 1991, 64 Topics: God the Father, First Vision, Joseph Smith  |
Saturday, June 20, 2009
our 15 generation gedcom on ancestry
DNA
I just attatched Mavis' fathers DNA testing results to our family trees at Ancestry.com. We are excited that her father Thomas Alvin Hadley consented to have his DNA saved for posterity and genealogical research before he died in 2005. He was and is a great man, husband, and father.
Friday, June 19, 2009
www.maxgxl.com/180821
Network Marketing-Max GXL
So I have decided to launch and new business and become apart of a business known as Max International. Max International obviously is a network marketing company aka MLM company. I was very skeptical of joining this particular company at first, but lets just say my friend convinced me to do it. But I did do some research before hand. Like a nerd I went on that scam.com to check if it was a scam or if it was legit. Well it was a green light so I decided to invest $229.00 that I really shouldn’t have into this business.
So now you are probably thinking what the heck am I talking about? What is this product? Well for starters Max GXL is one of the most effective glutathione producers that is going to explode the world very soon. Glutathione is, in a nut shell, three proteins in one molecule produced by every cell in your body. It is the body’s most powerful antioxidant, almost one million times more effective than taking Vitamin C and E. Glutathione helps fight inflammation, which helps in keeping our cellular health in tact. It also helps to improve our focus and concentration, mental functions, increase energy and even improve our heart and lung function. Now if I were you right now I would think that this is pretty impressive!
“But I feel fine most of the time, I only get tired occasionally, so do I really need this product?”, is what some people may be thinking. Well the sad news about glutathione is that begins to lessen about 10%-15% per decade starting at the age of twenty 20? Are you kidding me? Normal daily actions can lead to the depletion of your available supply of glutathione. Stress, exercise,injury, and pollution and such are just some of the things that can cause this. Not fun. The outcome of all this results in lower energy, higher cell inflammation, accelerated aging(now who wants that?), and lower immune function.
Ok so who is behind all of this? Well a man by the name of Dr. Robert Keller invented this master product. Dr. Keller was named as one of the worlds 2,000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century, and has served on the scientific review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the VA. He has served on the faculties of the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin (Marquette Univ.) He has published more than 100 original articles in various medical journals. The Consumers’ Research Council has named Dr. Keller one of America’s “Top Physicians in 2003, 2004, and 2005 in the fields of Internal Medicine, Immunology and Hematology. Dr. Keller continues his medical practice and research activities at his clinic and laboratory in Florida.
Not only did Dr. Keller come up with just this one amazing product. There is more! I know right, how can it get much better than this? They also have the Max N-Fuze. Now this product is all about delivering the nutrients you need. In just one ounce of the Max N-Fuze you receive all of the following nutrients with the values of:
- The vitamin B-6 of 70 eggs (WOW!)
- The Vitamin C of 4 oranges
- The vitamin A of 1 cup of spinach
- The Vitamin B-5 of 3 lbs. of raw cauliflower
- The Vitamin B-2 of 6 cups of almonds
- The folate of 40 spears of asparagus
- The selenium of 3.5 lbs. of raw tofu
- The manganese of 6 cups of garbanzo beans
- The vitamin E of 6 lbs. of avocados
- The vitamin D of 8 glasses of milk
- The vitamin B-1 of 150 cloves of garlic
- The vitamin B-12 of 2 gallons of yogurt
- The niacin of 5 large potatoes
- The biotin of 28.5 cups of swiss chard
- The zinc of 4.5 cups of green peas
Now that is alot of stuff in one ounce. It doesn’t taste to bad either. It uses nanotechnology to deliver targeted nutrients that are capable of being absorbed and used by the cell.
Wait! Don’t stop reading yet! I’m not done! There is one more thing! And I have to say this is my favorite. They also have the weightloss product Max WLX. Let’s do some history on this. Way back when in 1994 researchers discovered a communication between fat cells and the brain. If you do not know already, a messaging hormone in your fat cells in your body called leptin tells your body when you have had enough to eat and are full. Now the trick is in order for this to work your brain has to hear the leptin’s message. This message can easily be drowned out and that is what causes overeating. When the body is sensitive to this message, it does the exact opposite and the body is now satisfied. When the message is ignored that is what causes weight gain in most individuals today and increases leptin levels and turns into a vicious cycle.
Max WLX lowers the leptin levels to return the body to regain its sensitivity to the message so you are less likely to overeat while also increasing your metabolism. Max WLX helps to work with your body rather than against it. In a recent 8 week, placebo controlled study the people using the Max WLX:
- lost 21.5 pounds of body fat in 8 weeks
- lost 3.96 inches off of their waist
- lost 3.28 inches off of their hips
- lost 1.2 inches off of each thigh
- Elevated leptin levels were reduced by 42%
- Had a 90% greater fat loss than those of diet and exercise alone!
So I hope you now understand why I truly fell in love per say of this product! If you have any time, I would suggest taking the free tour! It doesn’t cost anything and it can tell you even more wonderful and amazing facts that I was not able to put in here! Not only can you be a consumer of this product,you can also make a profit from it too. And feel good about it and have energy to do it!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
I really like this site...it helps me to see others with ALS....About PatientsLikeMe
Founded in 2004 by three MIT engineers whose collective experience spans from running the world's only non-profit biotechnology laboratory to large-scale online commerce applications, PatientsLikeMe is a privately funded company dedicated to making a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with life-changing diseases. Our personal experiences with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) inspired us to create a community of patients, doctors, and organizations that inspires, informs, and empowers individuals. We're committed to providing patients with access to the tools, information, and experiences that they need to take control of their disease.
In 1998, a young carpenter named Stephen Heywood was diagnosed with ALS. The Heywood family began taking charge of Stephen's care, searching the world over for ideas that would extend his life and improve the way he lived. This set in motion a series of events that have led to PatientsLikeMe, a new system of medicine by patients for patients. We're here to give patients the power to control their disease and to share what they learn with others. We're here to help you.
Our goal is to enable people to share information that can improve the lives of patients diagnosed with life-changing diseases. To make this happen, we've created a platform for collecting and sharing real world, outcome-based patient data (patientslikeme.com) and are establishing data-sharing partnerships with doctors, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, research organizations, and non-profits. Contact us if you're interested in working together to achieve our goals.
Life
This is what we HAVE to do as families nowadays.....forgive each other every day, sometimes many times a day......if we love them, that is what we do!!!
Why we do what we do !
Church History Gems |
Provide Ordinances for Ancestors Posted: 17 Jun 2009 12:00 AM PDT "In [an] epistle, written one hundred and fifty years ago, Joseph Smith stated: 'The Saints have the privilege of being baptized for . . . their relatives who are dead . . . who have received the gospel in the spirit . . . through . . . those who have been commissioned to preach to them. . . . Those saints who neglect it in behalf of their deceased relatives, do it at the peril of their own salvation.' (History of the Church, 4:231; italics added.)"The prophet Elijah committed the keys for vicarious work to Joseph Smith in the Kirtland Temple (see D&C 110:13–16) to fulfill the Lord's promise that 'he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers' (D&C 2:2)."Through further revelation to Joseph Smith and subsequent prophets, there has come an understanding of and provision for temple work and the family history effort that supports it. Every prophet since Joseph Smith has emphasized the imperative need to provide all ordinances for ourselves and our deceased ancestors." Richard G. Scott, Redemption: The Harvest of Love, Ensign, Nov. 1990, 5 Topics: Family History |
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
www.maxgxl.com/180821
I went to a wonderful corporate fly-in for my MAX GXL company monday. The product, glutethione, is the best thing for my family and me on the planet. It makes me feel loads better and sleep better with my ALS condition. I'm taking 2 packets a day and want to take more when I can. I need to share this product with as many people as I can while I'm alive. It will change lives, fight off sickness and disease, and help people get a permanent income.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Ed and I will go to the 5th ward breakfast at 7:30...then go to Gold's gym to swim...then over to Lincoln's to get our Kangen water. We will go to Gregory Pontiac to try some cars and trucks for us after we all get some help. Then we have a luau to go to at 5.....what a day planned.
Friday, June 12, 2009
This Church is TRUE !! click to see...
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last day fun
i had a good last day...may stop by tomorrow to see if i left anything....sold a beautiful 2002 lincoln continental with 16 k miles to my friends carl and ilene oliver....then lincoln and carol fuqua took mavis and i to chuckarama for dinner...awesome !! what a day to remember.
RETIREMENT
My last day of automobile selling after 29 years in Utah county is TODAY !! I am sad to leave the cars (GM) and the crew. I can't physically keep up with my customers anymore.....so I'm setting up an office in Orem to do Genealogy as much as possible while I can. I love it with all of my heart. I love Mavis and my ancestors....we know them now after 27 years of researching them. We've done hundreds of ordinances in the LDS Temples for them. We have lots more to do.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks motor neurons in the brain (upper motor neurons) and spinal cord (lower motor neurons).
These motor neurons control the movement of voluntary muscles. When the motor neurons can no longer send impulses to the muscles due to ALS, the muscles begin to waste away (atrophy), causing increased muscle weakness. Motor neuron, or nerve cell, death makes it impossible for the brain to control muscles or signal them to move.
Symptoms of ALS include twitching and cramping of muscles (called fasciculation), loss of motor control in hands and arms, impaired use of the arms and legs, weakness and fatigue, tripping and falling, dropping things, slurred or thick speech and difficulty breathing or swallowing.
In most cases, ALS patients do not experience impaired intellectual reasoning, vision or hearing. Eye and bladder muscles, along with sexual function and drive, are not normally affected.
ALS is diagnosed using a variety of tests and examinations, including laboratory tests, muscle and nerve biopsy, spinal tap, X-rays, MRI's and electrodiagnostic tests.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
life with ALS
Monday, June 1, 2009
माय जून
About Me
- tmcent
- Provo, Utah, United States
- 55 years old, from Boise, Idaho. I was born to Gary Earl Robinson and Velva Lea Yancey 20 August 1953 at St. Alphonsis hospital.