Hi, I'm Jill

I'm a blogger, singer, artist. I'm a mother of two and a wife of one. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I'm a stay-at-home mom that "works" while my kids are napping or in bed. I have two blogs and blogging sometimes feels like a full-time job, but my family always comes first.

Once upon a time I thought I would be a professional singer. Living and working in New York City. Seeing my name in lights. I learned all too soon that environment was not conducive to being a wife and mother. I wouldn't trade my life for a lead on Broadway.

I love to knit, crochet, anything that works with yarn. I never considered myself an artist, but this a way for me to feel artistic.

Why I am a Mormon

I became a Mormon because that's what my parents were. But the reasons I stayed one were entirely my own.

I had read the Book of Mormon and the Bible. I attended Sunday and weekday church meetings. I did everything my parents wanted me to do. But there came a time when I had to know for myself if what I had been living was true.

So I prayed.

This was my answer: You already know.

And you know what? I did know. I had known all along. I didn't need some miraculous visit from an angel to prove it. I had had answers all along the way. They came as little spiritual "nudges".

I still get spiritual "nudges". They serve as reminders that God loves me. That Jesus knows me. Everything He went through during his ministry, death and resurrection was for me. He is real and His love is all I will ever need.

How I live my faith

Every Sunday, I get to work with our children's classes. My favorite is hearing them sing out about Jesus and his life. About being a good friend and example. About prayer and faith. Things that I need to work on!

I always leave my Sunday meetings feeling like I can tackle the world if I can just have the same faith as those children.

I also visit other women in my congregation at least once a month to see how their doing and share an inspirational message. It gives me the "grown-up" time I need and we're able to learn from each other.

Can husband and wife be together forever? Do you believe that families will live together in heaven?

Jill answered...

Oh, yes! Family is central to our Heavenly Fathers plan. He sent us to this earth so we could live and learn in families.

Because families are so important to Him, family relationships can and will continue beyond this life. It's our job to live in a way to make that possible.

Part of being worthy of being together forever is by making commitments not only to each other as a husband and wife, but together with God. This happens in Mormon temples.

When I married my husband, it wasn't "until death do you part". We were promised that if we are obedient to God's commandments and are faithful to each other and our children, we can live as a family in this life, and in heaven.
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Matt answered...

The Lord would not command us to love each other so much during our lives only to tear us apart in the next life. We are one flesh just as the Lord is one with his church. The scriptures say that we are not to be put asunder.
Christ gave his apostles special revelations on this subject:
Matthew, Chapter 16:
Jesus said to his apostles:
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

What else would his apostles bind, and what else could the Savior mean, if not marriages? Christ put no limit on their binding power to bind relationships and covenants. Their power extends into heaven.
And he continued by saying:
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
– because some things are kept sacred until later times when the world is ready to receive them.
Temple sealing and eternal marriage are primarily the subject of modern revelation through prophets in our time.

In the latter days, according to prophecy, Elijah has returned to join families together. Malachi 4:5-6. We believe that prophets in each age bring new revelation from God. Amos 3:7.
This latter day revelation has finally made clear how families are kept together in heaven—something people have wondered about throughout the ages. (Ephesians 5:32, wherein it says that the subject of marriage in Biblical times was “a great mystery”). In our time, the purpose of marriage and family is clear: ordinances are being performed to unite the whole human family throughout all dispensations of time. It is a unique work for the latter days. These modern revelations free human kind from the depressing, and divorce-promoting idea that the family becomes meaningless in the life hereafter. The Lord would not put us in a world so alien to our heavenly home. In heaven, families are the eternal organizational unit in his kingdom.

Are there restrictions based on race or color concerning who can join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and have the priesthood?

Jeff answered...

Of course not! It really doesn't matter where you are from or what color your skin is. The only things that matter are the content of your character. If you are worth to be baptized and live the gospel according to it's principles, then you are worthy to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Official Declaration 2, found in the Doctrine and Covenants, states "Every faithful, worthy man in the Church may receive the holy priesthood, with power to exercise its divine authority, and enjoy with his loved ones every blessing that flows therefrom, including the blessings of the temple. Accordingly, all worthy male members of the Church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color.” As long as you are worthy, you can be any nationality.